diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Asset/PathPackage.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Asset/PathPackage.php
index 4dcda08e06..5621986fb5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Asset/PathPackage.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Asset/PathPackage.php
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ class PathPackage extends Package
 
         $versionedPath = $this->getVersionStrategy()->applyVersion($path);
 
-        if ($this->isAbsoluteUrl($versionedPath)) {
+        // if absolute or begins with /, we're done
+        if ($this->isAbsoluteUrl($versionedPath) || ($versionedPath && '/' === $versionedPath[0])) {
             return $versionedPath;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Asset/Tests/PathPackageTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Asset/Tests/PathPackageTest.php
index a1ac26442a..4a9f90df90 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Asset/Tests/PathPackageTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Asset/Tests/PathPackageTest.php
@@ -35,16 +35,16 @@ class PathPackageTest extends TestCase
 
             array('', '', '/foo', '/foo?v1'),
 
-            array('/foo', '', '/foo', '/foo/foo?v1'),
-            array('/foo', '', 'foo', '/foo/foo?v1'),
-            array('foo', '', 'foo', '/foo/foo?v1'),
-            array('foo/', '', 'foo', '/foo/foo?v1'),
-            array('/foo/', '', 'foo', '/foo/foo?v1'),
+            array('/foo', '', '/bar', '/bar?v1'),
+            array('/foo', '', 'bar', '/foo/bar?v1'),
+            array('foo', '', 'bar', '/foo/bar?v1'),
+            array('foo/', '', 'bar', '/foo/bar?v1'),
+            array('/foo/', '', 'bar', '/foo/bar?v1'),
 
-            array('/foo', 'version-%2$s/%1$s', '/foo', '/foo/version-v1/foo'),
-            array('/foo', 'version-%2$s/%1$s', 'foo', '/foo/version-v1/foo'),
-            array('/foo', 'version-%2$s/%1$s', 'foo/', '/foo/version-v1/foo/'),
-            array('/foo', 'version-%2$s/%1$s', '/foo/', '/foo/version-v1/foo/'),
+            array('/foo', 'version-%2$s/%1$s', '/bar', '/version-v1/bar'),
+            array('/foo', 'version-%2$s/%1$s', 'bar', '/foo/version-v1/bar'),
+            array('/foo', 'version-%2$s/%1$s', 'bar/', '/foo/version-v1/bar/'),
+            array('/foo', 'version-%2$s/%1$s', '/bar/', '/version-v1/bar/'),
         );
     }
 
@@ -61,17 +61,17 @@ class PathPackageTest extends TestCase
     public function getContextConfigs()
     {
         return array(
-            array('', '/foo', '', '/foo', '/foo/foo?v1'),
-            array('', '/foo', '', 'foo', '/foo/foo?v1'),
-            array('', 'foo', '', 'foo', '/foo/foo?v1'),
-            array('', 'foo/', '', 'foo', '/foo/foo?v1'),
-            array('', '/foo/', '', 'foo', '/foo/foo?v1'),
+            array('', '/foo', '', '/baz', '/baz?v1'),
+            array('', '/foo', '', 'baz', '/foo/baz?v1'),
+            array('', 'foo', '', 'baz', '/foo/baz?v1'),
+            array('', 'foo/', '', 'baz', '/foo/baz?v1'),
+            array('', '/foo/', '', 'baz', '/foo/baz?v1'),
 
-            array('/bar', '/foo', '', '/foo', '/bar/foo/foo?v1'),
-            array('/bar', '/foo', '', 'foo', '/bar/foo/foo?v1'),
-            array('/bar', 'foo', '', 'foo', '/bar/foo/foo?v1'),
-            array('/bar', 'foo/', '', 'foo', '/bar/foo/foo?v1'),
-            array('/bar', '/foo/', '', 'foo', '/bar/foo/foo?v1'),
+            array('/bar', '/foo', '', '/baz', '/baz?v1'),
+            array('/bar', '/foo', '', 'baz', '/bar/foo/baz?v1'),
+            array('/bar', 'foo', '', 'baz', '/bar/foo/baz?v1'),
+            array('/bar', 'foo/', '', 'baz', '/bar/foo/baz?v1'),
+            array('/bar', '/foo/', '', 'baz', '/bar/foo/baz?v1'),
         );
     }