diff --git a/cobra/cmd/helpers.go b/cobra/cmd/helpers.go
index d5c276f9..8730062a 100644
--- a/cobra/cmd/helpers.go
+++ b/cobra/cmd/helpers.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func guessProjectPath() {
 	srcPath := getSrcPath()
 	// if provided, inspect for logical locations
 	if strings.ContainsRune(inputPath, os.PathSeparator) {
-		if filepath.IsAbs(inputPath) {
+		if filepath.IsAbs(inputPath) || filepath.HasPrefix(inputPath, string(os.PathSeparator)) {
 			// if Absolute, use it
 			projectPath = filepath.Clean(inputPath)
 			return
diff --git a/cobra/cmd/helpers_test.go b/cobra/cmd/helpers_test.go
index dc9b3f3a..bd0f7595 100644
--- a/cobra/cmd/helpers_test.go
+++ b/cobra/cmd/helpers_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func reset() {
 func TestProjectPath(t *testing.T) {
 	checkGuess(t, "", filepath.Join("github.com", "spf13", "hugo"), filepath.Join(getSrcPath(), "github.com", "spf13", "hugo"))
 	checkGuess(t, "", filepath.Join("spf13", "hugo"), filepath.Join(getSrcPath(), "github.com", "spf13", "hugo"))
-	checkGuess(t, "", filepath.Join("/", "bar", "foo"), filepath.Join(getSrcPath(), "bar", "foo"))
+	checkGuess(t, "", filepath.Join("/", "bar", "foo"), filepath.Join("/", "bar", "foo"))
 	checkGuess(t, "/bar/foo", "baz", filepath.Join("/", "bar", "foo", "baz"))
 	checkGuess(t, "/bar/foo/cmd", "", filepath.Join("/", "bar", "foo"))
 	checkGuess(t, "/bar/foo/command", "", filepath.Join("/", "bar", "foo"))