diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/vrml/ReaderWriterVRML2.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/vrml/ReaderWriterVRML2.cpp
index 0af7c63b1..31879b05e 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/vrml/ReaderWriterVRML2.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/vrml/ReaderWriterVRML2.cpp
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ osgDB::ReaderWriter::ReadResult ReaderWriterVRML2::readNode(const std::string &f
     std::string unixFileName = osgDB::convertFileNameToUnixStyle(fileName);
 
 #ifdef WIN32
-    fileName = "file://" + unixFileName;
+    if(unixFileName[1] == ':') // absolute path
 #else
     if(unixFileName[0] == '/') // absolute path
+#endif
         fileName = "file://" + unixFileName;
     else // relative path
         fileName = unixFileName;
-#endif
 
     std::fstream null;
     openvrml::browser *browser = new openvrml::browser(null, null);