diff --git a/contrib/audio/.mailcap b/contrib/audio/.mailcap
index cef149d2..e7ebe027 100644
--- a/contrib/audio/.mailcap
+++ b/contrib/audio/.mailcap
@@ -1 +1 @@
-audio/*; echo '{"command":["loadfile","%s","append-play"]}' | socat - /tmp/mpv.sock 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
+audio/*; echo.exe %s | socat - /tmp/mpv.sock 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
diff --git a/contrib/audio/echo.c b/contrib/audio/echo.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c0b3915d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/audio/echo.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    printf("{\"command\":[\"loadfile\",\"%s\",\"append-play\"]}\n", argv[1]);
+    return 0;
+}