diff --git a/src/tests/test_config_path.rs b/src/tests/test_config_path.rs
index 4553408d09..9f9c490a32 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_config_path.rs
+++ b/src/tests/test_config_path.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,58 @@
 use nu_test_support::nu;
+use std::fs;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
+fn adjust_canonicalization<P: AsRef<Path>>(p: P) -> String {
+    p.as_ref().display().to_string()
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+fn adjust_canonicalization<P: AsRef<Path>>(p: P) -> String {
+    const VERBATIM_PREFIX: &str = r#"\\?\"#;
+    let p = p.as_ref().display().to_string();
+    if p.starts_with(VERBATIM_PREFIX) {
+        p[VERBATIM_PREFIX.len()..].to_string()
+    } else {
+        p
+    }
+}
 
 #[test]
 fn test_default_config_path() {
     let config_dir = nu_path::config_dir().expect("Could not get config directory");
+    let config_dir_nushell = config_dir.join("nushell");
+    // Create the config dir folder structure if it does not already exist
+    if !config_dir_nushell.exists() {
+        let _ = fs::create_dir_all(&config_dir_nushell);
+    }
     let cwd = std::env::current_dir().expect("Could not get current working directory");
+    let config_path = config_dir_nushell.join("config.nu");
+
+    // Create an empty file for canonicalization if it doesn't already exist
+    if !config_path.exists() {
+        let _ = std::fs::File::create(&config_path);
+    }
+
+    // We use canonicalize here in case the config or env is symlinked since $nu.config-path is returning the canonicalized path in #8653
+    let canon_config_path = adjust_canonicalization(
+        std::fs::canonicalize(config_path).expect("canonicalize config-path failed"),
+    );
 
-    let config_path = config_dir.join("nushell").join("config.nu");
     let actual = nu!(cwd: &cwd, "$nu.config-path");
-    assert_eq!(actual.out, config_path.to_string_lossy().to_string());
+    assert_eq!(actual.out, canon_config_path);
+    let env_path = config_dir_nushell.join("env.nu");
 
-    let env_path = config_dir.join("nushell").join("env.nu");
+    // Create an empty file for canonicalization if it doesn't already exist
+    if !env_path.exists() {
+        let _ = std::fs::File::create(&env_path);
+    }
+
+    let canon_env_path = adjust_canonicalization(
+        std::fs::canonicalize(env_path).expect("canonicalize of env-path failed"),
+    );
     let actual = nu!(cwd: &cwd, "$nu.env-path");
-    assert_eq!(actual.out, env_path.to_string_lossy().to_string());
+    assert_eq!(actual.out, canon_env_path);
 }
 
 #[test]