diff --git a/headers/os/storage/Path.h b/headers/os/storage/Path.h
index 13438a40f9..d12723afc3 100644
--- a/headers/os/storage/Path.h
+++ b/headers/os/storage/Path.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2009, Haiku, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright 2002-2012, Haiku, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
  * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
  */
 #ifndef _PATH_H
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public:
 							BPath(const BEntry* entry);
 							BPath(const char* dir, const char* leaf = NULL,
 								bool normalize = false);
-							BPath(const BDirectory* dir, 
+							BPath(const BDirectory* dir,
 								const char* leaf = NULL,
 								bool normalize = false);
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public:
 			status_t		SetTo(const BEntry* entry);
 			status_t		SetTo(const char* path, const char* leaf = NULL,
 								bool normalize = false);
-			status_t		SetTo(const BDirectory* dir, 
+			status_t		SetTo(const BDirectory* dir,
 								const char* leaf = NULL,
 								bool normalize = false);
 			void			Unset();
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ public:
 			const char*		Path() const;
 			const char*		Leaf() const;
 			status_t		GetParent(BPath* path) const;
+			bool			IsAbsolute() const;
 
 			bool			operator==(const BPath& item) const;
 			bool			operator==(const char* path) const;
diff --git a/src/kits/storage/Path.cpp b/src/kits/storage/Path.cpp
index 7ba3171ab8..7c612992cd 100644
--- a/src/kits/storage/Path.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/storage/Path.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2009, Haiku Inc.
+ * Copyright 2002-2012, Haiku Inc.
  * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
  *
  * Authors:
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@
  *		Ingo Weinhold, bonefish@users.sf.net
  */
 
+
 /*!
 	\file Path.cpp
 	BPath implementation.
 */
 
+
 #include <Path.h>
 
 #include <new>
@@ -402,6 +404,16 @@ BPath::GetParent(BPath* path) const
 }
 
 
+bool
+BPath::IsAbsolute() const
+{
+	if (InitCheck() != B_OK)
+		return false;
+
+	return fName[0] == '/';
+}
+
+
 /*! \brief Performs a simple (string-wise) comparison of paths.
 	No normalization takes place! Uninitialized BPath objects are considered
 	to be equal.