diff --git a/src/esm/hook/resolve.ts b/src/esm/hook/resolve.ts
index cefb97bd2..39d57bb53 100644
--- a/src/esm/hook/resolve.ts
+++ b/src/esm/hook/resolve.ts
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ export const resolve: resolve = async (
 	const isPath = (
 		specifier.startsWith(fileProtocol)
 		|| isRelativePathPattern.test(specifier)
+		|| path.isAbsolute(specifier)
 	);
 
 	// bare specifier