Index: llvm/trunk/test/tools/llvm-rc/absolute.test
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/test/tools/llvm-rc/absolute.test
+++ llvm/trunk/test/tools/llvm-rc/absolute.test
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+; RUN: touch %t.manifest
+; RUN: echo "1 24 \"%t.manifest\"" > %t.rc
+; RUN: llvm-rc %t.rc
Index: llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-rc/ResourceFileWriter.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-rc/ResourceFileWriter.cpp
+++ llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-rc/ResourceFileWriter.cpp
@@ -1502,6 +1502,10 @@
   SmallString<128> Cwd;
   std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer> Result;
 
+  // 0. The file path is absolute and the file exists.
+  if (sys::path::is_absolute(File))
+    return errorOrToExpected(MemoryBuffer::getFile(File, -1, false));
+
   // 1. The current working directory.
   sys::fs::current_path(Cwd);
   Path.assign(Cwd.begin(), Cwd.end());
@@ -1510,8 +1514,7 @@
     return errorOrToExpected(MemoryBuffer::getFile(Path, -1, false));
 
   // 2. The directory of the input resource file, if it is different from the
-  // current
-  //    working directory.
+  // current working directory.
   StringRef InputFileDir = sys::path::parent_path(Params.InputFilePath);
   Path.assign(InputFileDir.begin(), InputFileDir.end());
   sys::path::append(Path, File);