diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 8548c02d2..16b1562ed 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ As features stabilize some brief notes about them will accumulate here.
 * Render invalidation issue when closing tabs other than the last tab. Thanks
   to @Mrreadiness! #5441 #5304
 * Search mode now accepts composed input from the IME. Thanks to @kenchou! #5564
+* Quick select mode will now accept unix paths with `//` in them. #5763
 
 #### Updated
 * Bundled conpty.dll and OpenConsole.exe to build 1.19.240130002.nupkg
diff --git a/wezterm-gui/src/overlay/quickselect.rs b/wezterm-gui/src/overlay/quickselect.rs
index c5b0fcdc6..db631fbe8 100644
--- a/wezterm-gui/src/overlay/quickselect.rs
+++ b/wezterm-gui/src/overlay/quickselect.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const PATTERNS: [&str; 14] = [
     // markdown_url
     r"\[[^]]*\]\(([^)]+)\)",
     // url
-    r"(?:https?://|git@|git://|ssh://|ftp://|file:///)\S+",
+    r"(?:https?://|git@|git://|ssh://|ftp://|file://)\S+",
     // diff_a
     r"--- a/(\S+)",
     // diff_b
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const PATTERNS: [&str; 14] = [
     // docker
     r"sha256:([0-9a-f]{64})",
     // path
-    r"(?:[.\w\-@~]+)?(?:/[.\w\-@]+)+",
+    r"(?:[.\w\-@~]+)?(?:/+[.\w\-@]+)+",
     // color
     r"#[0-9a-fA-F]{6}",
     // uuid