diff --git a/.changeset/metal-walls-switch.md b/.changeset/metal-walls-switch.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcc9d63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/metal-walls-switch.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'vite-plugin-static-copy': patch
+---
+
+using absolute path src with `structured: true` was not working
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index c1c6f3d..8c0f713 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -60,16 +60,21 @@ export const collectCopyTargets = async (
     })
 
     for (const matchedPath of matchedPaths) {
+      const relativeMatchedPath = path.isAbsolute(matchedPath)
+        ? path.relative(root, matchedPath)
+        : matchedPath
+      const absoluteMatchedPath = path.resolve(root, matchedPath)
+
       if (transform) {
-        const srcStat = await fs.stat(path.resolve(root, matchedPath))
+        const srcStat = await fs.stat(absoluteMatchedPath)
         if (!srcStat.isFile()) {
           throw new Error(
-            `"transform" option only supports a file: '${matchedPath}' is not a file`
+            `"transform" option only supports a file: '${relativeMatchedPath}' is not a file`
           )
         }
       }
 
-      const { base, dir } = path.parse(matchedPath)
+      const { base, dir } = path.parse(relativeMatchedPath)
 
       let destDir: string
       if (!structured || !dir) {
@@ -81,10 +86,10 @@ export const collectCopyTargets = async (
       }
 
       copyTargets.push({
-        src: matchedPath,
+        src: relativeMatchedPath,
         dest: path.join(
           destDir,
-          rename ? await renameTarget(base, rename, matchedPath) : base
+          rename ? await renameTarget(base, rename, absoluteMatchedPath) : base
         ),
         transform,
         preserveTimestamps: preserveTimestamps ?? false,
diff --git a/test/fixtures/vite.structured.config.ts b/test/fixtures/vite.structured.config.ts
index af63a0d..990c2e2 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/vite.structured.config.ts
+++ b/test/fixtures/vite.structured.config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
 import { viteStaticCopy } from 'vite-plugin-static-copy'
+import path from 'node:path'
+import url from 'node:url'
+import { normalizePath } from 'vite'
+
+const _dirname = path.dirname(url.fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
 
 export default defineConfig({
   appType: 'custom', // disable SPA/MPA fallback
@@ -32,6 +37,10 @@ export default defineConfig({
         {
           src: 'dir/bar.txt',
           dest: ''
+        },
+        {
+          src: normalizePath(path.resolve(_dirname, 'dir/*.txt')),
+          dest: 'fixture4'
         }
       ],
       structured: true
diff --git a/test/testcases.ts b/test/testcases.ts
index 959edfb..27bc87d 100644
--- a/test/testcases.ts
+++ b/test/testcases.ts
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ export const testcases: Record<string, Testcase[]> = {
       name: 'dir to empty dest',
       src: './dir/bar.txt',
       dest: '/dir/bar.txt'
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'absolute path',
+      src: './dir/bar.txt',
+      dest: '/fixture4/dir/bar.txt'
     }
   ]
 }