diff --git a/oml/media/pdf.py b/oml/media/pdf.py
index 2ce2b31..dbcb5db 100644
--- a/oml/media/pdf.py
+++ b/oml/media/pdf.py
@@ -226,6 +226,8 @@ def extract_text(pdf):
     if sys.platform == 'darwin':
         cmd = ['/usr/bin/mdimport', '-d2', pdf]
     else:
+        if sys.platform == 'win32':
+            pdf = get_short_path_name(pdf)
         cmd = ['pdftotext', pdf, '-']
     p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
     stdout, stderr = p.communicate()