diff --git a/src/os/win32/sigar_os.h b/src/os/win32/sigar_os.h
index 537cdd0d..fd060e39 100644
--- a/src/os/win32/sigar_os.h
+++ b/src/os/win32/sigar_os.h
@@ -448,6 +448,11 @@ typedef BOOLEAN (CALLBACK *winsta_query_info)(HANDLE,
 /* kernel32.dll */
 typedef BOOL (CALLBACK *kernel_memory_status)(MEMORYSTATUSEX *);
 
+/* mpr.dll */
+typedef BOOL (CALLBACK *mpr_get_net_connection)(LPCTSTR,
+                                                LPTSTR,
+                                                LPDWORD);
+
 #define SIGAR_DLLFUNC(api, name) \
     struct { \
          const char *name; \
@@ -528,6 +533,14 @@ typedef struct {
     sigar_dll_func_t end;
 } sigar_kernel_t;
 
+typedef struct {
+    sigar_dll_handle_t handle;
+
+    SIGAR_DLLFUNC(mpr, get_net_connection);
+
+    sigar_dll_func_t end;
+} sigar_mpr_t;
+
 struct sigar_t {
     SIGAR_T_BASE;
     char *machine;
@@ -543,6 +556,7 @@ struct sigar_t {
     sigar_psapi_t psapi;
     sigar_winsta_t winsta;
     sigar_kernel_t kernel;
+    sigar_mpr_t mpr;
     sigar_win32_pinfo_t pinfo;
     sigar_cache_t *netif_adapters;
     sigar_cache_t *netif_mib_rows;
diff --git a/src/os/win32/win32_sigar.c b/src/os/win32/win32_sigar.c
index fed8e0d3..bbca0321 100755
--- a/src/os/win32/win32_sigar.c
+++ b/src/os/win32/win32_sigar.c
@@ -358,6 +358,13 @@ static sigar_psapi_t sigar_kernel = {
     { NULL, NULL }
 };
 
+static sigar_mpr_t sigar_mpr = {
+    "mpr.dll",
+    NULL,
+    { "WNetGetConnectionA", NULL },
+    { NULL, NULL }
+};
+
 #define DLLMOD_COPY(name) \
     memcpy(&(sigar->##name), &sigar_##name, sizeof(sigar_##name))
 
@@ -539,6 +546,7 @@ int sigar_os_open(sigar_t **sigar_ptr)
     DLLMOD_COPY(psapi);
     DLLMOD_COPY(winsta);
     DLLMOD_COPY(kernel);
+    DLLMOD_COPY(mpr);
 
     sigar->log_level = -1; /* else below segfaults */
     /* XXX init early for use by javasigar.c */
@@ -576,6 +584,7 @@ int sigar_os_close(sigar_t *sigar)
     DLLMOD_FREE(psapi);
     DLLMOD_FREE(winsta);
     DLLMOD_FREE(kernel);
+    DLLMOD_FREE(mpr);
 
     if (sigar->perfbuf) {
         free(sigar->perfbuf);
@@ -1770,6 +1779,9 @@ static void get_fs_options(char *opts, int osize, long flags)
 #endif
 }
 
+#define sigar_WNetGetConnection \
+    sigar->mpr.get_net_connection.func
+
 SIGAR_DECLARE(int) sigar_file_system_list_get(sigar_t *sigar,
                                               sigar_file_system_list_t *fslist)
 {
@@ -1778,6 +1790,8 @@ SIGAR_DECLARE(int) sigar_file_system_list_get(sigar_t *sigar,
     /* XXX: hmm, Find{First,Next}Volume not available in my sdk */
     DWORD len = GetLogicalDriveStringsA(sizeof(name), name);
 
+    DLLMOD_INIT(mpr, TRUE);
+
     if (len == 0) {
         return GetLastError();
     }
@@ -1831,6 +1845,14 @@ SIGAR_DECLARE(int) sigar_file_system_list_get(sigar_t *sigar,
         SIGAR_SSTRCPY(fsp->dir_name, ptr);
         SIGAR_SSTRCPY(fsp->dev_name, ptr);
 
+        if ((drive_type == DRIVE_REMOTE) && sigar_WNetGetConnection) {
+            DWORD len = sizeof(fsp->dev_name);
+            char drive[3] = {'\0', ':', '\0'}; /* e.g. "X:" w/o trailing "\" */
+            drive[0] = fsp->dir_name[0];
+            sigar_WNetGetConnection(drive, fsp->dev_name, &len);
+            /* ignoring failure, leaving dev_name as dir_name */
+        }
+
         /* we set fsp->type, just looking up sigar.c:fstype_names[type] */
         sigar_fs_type_get(fsp);