diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-dwp/X86/absolute_paths.test b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-dwp/X86/absolute_paths.test
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-dwp/X86/absolute_paths.test
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+; RUN: rm -rf %t
+; RUN: mkdir -p %t
+; RUN: llc %s --split-dwarf-file=%t/test.dwo --split-dwarf-output=%t/test.dwo --filetype=obj -o %t/test.o
+; RUN: llvm-dwp -e %t/test.o -o %t/test.dwp
+
+define void @banana() local_unnamed_addr #0 !dbg !8 {
+  ret void, !dbg !12
+}
+
+attributes #0 = { norecurse nounwind readnone sspstrong uwtable "correctly-rounded-divide-sqrt-fp-math"="false" "disable-tail-calls"="false" "frame-pointer"="none" "less-precise-fpmad"="false" "min-legal-vector-width"="0" "no-infs-fp-math"="false" "no-jump-tables"="false" "no-nans-fp-math"="false" "no-signed-zeros-fp-math"="false" "no-trapping-math"="true" "stack-protector-buffer-size"="4" "target-cpu"="x86-64" "target-features"="+cx8,+fxsr,+mmx,+sse,+sse2,+x87" "unsafe-fp-math"="false" "use-soft-float"="false" }
+
+!llvm.dbg.cu = !{!0}
+!llvm.module.flags = !{!3, !4, !5, !6}
+!llvm.ident = !{!7}
+
+!0 = distinct !DICompileUnit(language: DW_LANG_C99, file: !1, producer: "clang version 11.0.1", isOptimized: true, runtimeVersion: 0, splitDebugFilename: "test.dwo", emissionKind: FullDebug, enums: !2, splitDebugInlining: false, nameTableKind: GNU)
+!1 = !DIFile(filename: "/tmp/test.c", directory: "/tmp")
+!2 = !{}
+!3 = !{i32 7, !"Dwarf Version", i32 4}
+!4 = !{i32 2, !"Debug Info Version", i32 3}
+!5 = !{i32 1, !"wchar_size", i32 4}
+!6 = !{i32 7, !"PIC Level", i32 2}
+!7 = !{!"clang version 11.0.1"}
+!8 = distinct !DISubprogram(name: "banana", scope: !9, file: !9, line: 1, type: !10, scopeLine: 1, flags: DIFlagPrototyped | DIFlagAllCallsDescribed, spFlags: DISPFlagDefinition | DISPFlagOptimized, unit: !0, retainedNodes: !2)
+!9 = !DIFile(filename: "test.c", directory: "/tmp")
+!10 = !DISubroutineType(types: !11)
+!11 = !{null}
+!12 = !DILocation(line: 1, column: 20, scope: !8)
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-dwp/llvm-dwp.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-dwp/llvm-dwp.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-dwp/llvm-dwp.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-dwp/llvm-dwp.cpp
@@ -526,8 +526,8 @@
     std::string DWOCompDir =
         dwarf::toString(Die.find(dwarf::DW_AT_comp_dir), "");
     if (!DWOCompDir.empty()) {
-      SmallString<16> DWOPath;
-      sys::path::append(DWOPath, DWOCompDir, DWOName);
+      SmallString<16> DWOPath{std::move(DWOName)};
+      sys::fs::make_absolute(DWOCompDir, DWOPath);
       DWOPaths.emplace_back(DWOPath.data(), DWOPath.size());
     } else {
       DWOPaths.push_back(std::move(DWOName));