diff --git a/src/effects/VST/VSTEffect.cpp b/src/effects/VST/VSTEffect.cpp
index 24b6185ad..5e6d8829e 100644
--- a/src/effects/VST/VSTEffect.cpp
+++ b/src/effects/VST/VSTEffect.cpp
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ PluginPaths VSTEffectsModule::FindPluginPaths(PluginManagerInterface & pm)
    wxString vstpath = wxString::FromUTF8(getenv("VST_PATH"));
    if (!vstpath.empty())
    {
-      wxStringTokenizer tok(vstpath);
+      wxStringTokenizer tok(vstpath, wxPATH_SEP);
       while (tok.HasMoreTokens())
       {
          pathList.push_back(tok.GetNextToken());
diff --git a/src/effects/ladspa/LadspaEffect.cpp b/src/effects/ladspa/LadspaEffect.cpp
index a5e38daa7..1580a8e98 100644
--- a/src/effects/ladspa/LadspaEffect.cpp
+++ b/src/effects/ladspa/LadspaEffect.cpp
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ FilePaths LadspaEffectsModule::GetSearchPaths()
    pathVar = wxString::FromUTF8(getenv("LADSPA_PATH"));
    if (!pathVar.empty())
    {
-      wxStringTokenizer tok(pathVar);
+      wxStringTokenizer tok(pathVar, wxPATH_SEP);
       while (tok.HasMoreTokens())
       {
          pathList.push_back(tok.GetNextToken());