diff --git a/cio/io_test.go b/cio/io_test.go
index a86a4d670..c38a6640a 100644
--- a/cio/io_test.go
+++ b/cio/io_test.go
@@ -81,46 +81,27 @@ func TestLogFileFailOnRelativePath(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Error(t, err, "absolute path needed")
 }
 
-func TestLogURIGenerator(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, tc := range []struct {
-		scheme   string
-		path     string
-		args     map[string]string
-		expected string
-		err      string
-	}{
-		{
-			scheme:   "fifo",
-			path:     "/full/path/pipe.fifo",
-			expected: "fifo:///full/path/pipe.fifo",
-		},
-		{
-			scheme: "file",
-			path:   "/full/path/file.txt",
-			args: map[string]string{
-				"maxSize": "100MB",
-			},
-			expected: "file:///full/path/file.txt?maxSize=100MB",
-		},
-		{
-			scheme: "binary",
-			path:   "/full/path/bin",
-			args: map[string]string{
-				"id": "testing",
-			},
-			expected: "binary:///full/path/bin?id=testing",
-		},
-		{
-			scheme: "unknown",
-			path:   "nowhere",
-			err:    "absolute path needed",
-		},
-	} {
+type LogURIGeneratorTestCase struct {
+	// Arbitrary scheme string (e.g. "binary")
+	scheme string
+	// Path to executable/file: (e.g. "/some/path/to/bin.exe")
+	path string
+	// Extra query args expected to be in the URL (e.g. "id=123")
+	args map[string]string
+	// What the test case is expecting as an output (e.g. "binary:///some/path/to/bin.exe?id=123")
+	expected string
+	// Error string to be expected:
+	err string
+}
+
+func baseTestLogURIGenerator(t *testing.T, testCases []LogURIGeneratorTestCase) {
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		uri, err := LogURIGenerator(tc.scheme, tc.path, tc.args)
-		if err != nil {
-			assert.Error(t, err, tc.err)
+		if tc.err != "" {
+			assert.ErrorContains(t, err, tc.err)
 			continue
 		}
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, tc.expected, uri.String())
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cio/io_unix_test.go b/cio/io_unix_test.go
index d84d4a8ca..53766179f 100644
--- a/cio/io_unix_test.go
+++ b/cio/io_unix_test.go
@@ -209,3 +209,40 @@ func initProducers(t *testing.T, producers producers, stdout, stderr string) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Nil(t, producers.Stderr.Close())
 }
+
+func TestLogURIGenerator(t *testing.T) {
+	baseTestLogURIGenerator(t, []LogURIGeneratorTestCase{
+		{
+			scheme:   "fifo",
+			path:     "/full/path/pipe.fifo",
+			expected: "fifo:///full/path/pipe.fifo",
+		},
+		{
+			scheme: "file",
+			path:   "/full/path/file.txt",
+			args: map[string]string{
+				"maxSize": "100MB",
+			},
+			expected: "file:///full/path/file.txt?maxSize=100MB",
+		},
+		{
+			scheme: "binary",
+			path:   "/full/path/bin",
+			args: map[string]string{
+				"id": "testing",
+			},
+			expected: "binary:///full/path/bin?id=testing",
+		},
+		{
+			scheme: "unknown",
+			path:   "nowhere",
+			err:    "must be absolute",
+		},
+		{
+			scheme: "binary",
+			path:   "C:\\path\\to\\binary",
+			// NOTE: Windows paths should not be be parse-able outside of Windows:
+			err: "must be absolute",
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/cio/io_windows_test.go b/cio/io_windows_test.go
index ccb70e2d8..e31c7ae28 100644
--- a/cio/io_windows_test.go
+++ b/cio/io_windows_test.go
@@ -62,3 +62,50 @@ func TestLogFileBackslash(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "file:///C:/foo/bar.log", res.Config().Stdout)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestLogURIGenerator(t *testing.T) {
+	baseTestLogURIGenerator(t, []LogURIGeneratorTestCase{
+		{
+			scheme:   "slashes",
+			path:     "C:/full/path/pipe.fifo",
+			expected: "slashes:///C:/full/path/pipe.fifo",
+		},
+		{
+			scheme:   "backslashes",
+			path:     "C:\\full\\path\\pipe.fifo",
+			expected: "backslashes:///C:/full/path/pipe.fifo",
+		},
+		{
+			scheme:   "mixedslashes",
+			path:     "C:\\full/path/pipe.fifo",
+			expected: "mixedslashes:///C:/full/path/pipe.fifo",
+		},
+		{
+			scheme: "file",
+			path:   "C:/full/path/file.txt",
+			args: map[string]string{
+				"maxSize": "100MB",
+			},
+			expected: "file:///C:/full/path/file.txt?maxSize=100MB",
+		},
+		{
+			scheme: "binary",
+			path:   "C:/full/path/bin",
+			args: map[string]string{
+				"id": "testing",
+			},
+			expected: "binary:///C:/full/path/bin?id=testing",
+		},
+		{
+			scheme: "unknown",
+			path:   "nowhere",
+			err:    "must be absolute",
+		},
+		{
+			scheme: "unixpath",
+			path:   "/some/unix/path",
+			// NOTE: Unix paths should not be usable on Windows:
+			err: "must be absolute",
+		},
+	})
+}