diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 416ae0ede..506cf69bd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Nmap Changelog ($Id$); -*-text-*-
 
+o On Windows, paths beginning with \ are now considered absolute when
+  used with the --script option.
+
 o Zenmap no longer double-spaces its output (by inadvertently
   duplicating newlines) when viewing scan results that were saved to a
   file.
diff --git a/nse_init.cc b/nse_init.cc
index 54029f7d8..d92d06757 100644
--- a/nse_init.cc
+++ b/nse_init.cc
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ static bool filename_is_absolute(const char *file) {
 	if (file[0] == '/')
 		return true;
 #ifdef WIN32
-	if (file[0] != '\0' && file[1] == ':')
+	if ((file[0] != '\0' && file[1] == ':') || file[0] == '\\')
 		return true;
 #endif
 	return false;