diff -r 435ec4e14eff -r aeca8151886e hotspot/make/windows/makefiles/defs.make
--- a/hotspot/make/windows/makefiles/defs.make	Wed Feb 22 10:32:29 2012 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/make/windows/makefiles/defs.make	Wed Feb 22 09:24:35 2012 +0100
@@ -202,3 +202,19 @@
   # Must pass this down to nmake.
   MAKE_ARGS += BUILD_WIN_SA=1
 endif
+
+# Propagate compiler and tools paths from configure to nmake. 
+# Need to make sure they contain \\ and not /.
+ifneq ($(SPEC),)
+  ifeq ($(USING_CYGWIN), true)
+    MAKE_ARGS += CXX="$(subst /,\\,$(shell /bin/cygpath -s -m -a $(CXX)))"
+    MAKE_ARGS += LD="$(subst /,\\,$(shell /bin/cygpath -s -m -a $(LD)))"
+    MAKE_ARGS += RC="$(subst /,\\,$(shell /bin/cygpath -s -m -a $(RC)))"
+    MAKE_ARGS += MT="$(subst /,\\,$(shell /bin/cygpath -s -m -a $(MT)))"
+  else
+    MAKE_ARGS += CXX="$(subst /,\\,$(CXX))"
+    MAKE_ARGS += LD="$(subst /,\\,$(LD))"
+    MAKE_ARGS += RC="$(subst /,\\,$(RC))"
+    MAKE_ARGS += MT="$(subst /,\\,$(MT))"
+  endif
+endif