diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/save.go b/pkg/chartutil/save.go
index dd835a924..201372a0f 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/save.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/save.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
 
@@ -205,9 +204,8 @@ func writeTarContents(out *tar.Writer, c *chart.Chart, prefix string) error {
 // writeToTar writes a single file to a tar archive.
 func writeToTar(out *tar.Writer, name string, body []byte) error {
 	// TODO: Do we need to create dummy parent directory names if none exist?
-	name = strings.Replace(name, "\\", "/", -1)
 	h := &tar.Header{
-		Name: name,
+		Name: filepath.ToSlash(name),
 		Mode: 0755,
 		Size: int64(len(body)),
 	}