diff --git a/components/rx/rxfileutils.pas b/components/rx/rxfileutils.pas
index fb09b865d..0a1a3e658 100644
--- a/components/rx/rxfileutils.pas
+++ b/components/rx/rxfileutils.pas
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ uses
 
 function GetFileOwnerUser(const SearchDomain, FileName:String):String;
 procedure GetFileOwnerData(const SearchDomain, FileName:String;out UserName, DomainName:string);
+function NormalizeDirectoryName(const DirName:string):string;
 implementation
 uses
 {$IFDEF WINDOWS}
@@ -127,5 +128,16 @@ begin
   {$ENDIF}
 end;
 
+{replase any dir separators '\' or '/' to system directory separator }
+function NormalizeDirectoryName(const DirName: string): string;
+var
+  i:integer;
+begin
+  Result:=DirName;
+  for i:=1 to Length(Result) do
+    if Result[i] in ['/', '\'] then
+      Result[i]:=DirectorySeparator;
+end;
+
 end.