diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 674b2098c..7c0e6b286 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-03-31  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Source/NSString.m: (isAbsolutePath) always treat a path beginning
+	with '/' as absolute except when in windows mode or on windows and
+	not in unix mode.
+
 2005-03-23  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* config/pathxml.m4: Fix to get --with-xml-prefix= to work for
diff --git a/Source/NSString.m b/Source/NSString.m
index 747748f32..8b5d812b1 100644
--- a/Source/NSString.m
+++ b/Source/NSString.m
@@ -4412,6 +4412,12 @@ static NSFileManager *fm = nil;
     {
       return YES;		// Begins with tilde ... absolute
     }
+#if !defined(__MINGW__)
+  if (c == '/' && GSPathHandlingWindows() == NO)
+    {
+      return YES;		// Begins with slash ... absolute on unix. 
+    }
+#endif
   root = rootOf(self, l);
   if (root > 0 && pathSepMember([self characterAtIndex: root-1]))
     {