diff --git a/native/src/base/files.rs b/native/src/base/files.rs
index 92f1c71c9..bc7abf188 100644
--- a/native/src/base/files.rs
+++ b/native/src/base/files.rs
@@ -261,6 +261,11 @@ impl Utf8CStr {
 
         let mut path = cstr::buf::default();
         let mut components = self.split('/').filter(|s| !s.is_empty());
+
+        if self.starts_with('/') {
+            path.append_path("/");
+        }
+
         loop {
             let Some(s) = components.next() else {
                 break;