1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/abspath.c b/abspath.c
index f04ac18e33..5d624307d5 100644
--- a/abspath.c
+++ b/abspath.c
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ const char *absolute_path(const char *path)
 {
 	static char buf[PATH_MAX + 1];
 
-	if (is_absolute_path(path)) {
+	if (!*path) {
+		die("The empty string is not a valid path");
+	} else if (is_absolute_path(path)) {
 		if (strlcpy(buf, path, PATH_MAX) >= PATH_MAX)
 			die("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
 	} else {