diff --git a/llvm/lib/DebugInfo/Symbolize/Symbolize.cpp b/llvm/lib/DebugInfo/Symbolize/Symbolize.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/DebugInfo/Symbolize/Symbolize.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/DebugInfo/Symbolize/Symbolize.cpp
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@
   // Try /usr/lib/debug/path/to/original_binary/debuglink_name
   DebugPath = "/usr/lib/debug";
 #endif
+  // Make the path absolute so that lookups will go to
+  // "/usr/lib/debug/full/path/to/debug", not
+  // "/usr/lib/debug/to/debug"
+  llvm::sys::fs::make_absolute(OrigDir);
   llvm::sys::path::append(DebugPath, llvm::sys::path::relative_path(OrigDir),
                           DebuglinkName);
   if (checkFileCRC(DebugPath, CRCHash)) {