diff --git a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
index ddd82663eee3..1939424eb8b6 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "llvm/Support/FileSystem.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/MemoryBuffer.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/StringSaver.h"
+#include <cctype>
 
 using namespace llvm;
 using namespace lld;
@@ -138,8 +139,12 @@ void LinkerScript::expect(StringRef Expect) {
     error(Expect + " expected, but got " + Tok);
 }
 
+static bool isDOSAbsolutePath(StringRef S) {
+  return isalpha(S[0]) && S.substr(1).startswith(":\\");
+}
+
 void LinkerScript::addFile(StringRef S) {
-  if (S.startswith("/")) {
+  if (S.startswith("/") || isDOSAbsolutePath(S)) {
     Driver->addFile(S);
   } else if (S.startswith("=")) {
     if (Config->Sysroot.empty())