diff --git a/compiler/fir/fir-deserialization/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/deserialization/AbstractFirDeserializedSymbolProvider.kt b/compiler/fir/fir-deserialization/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/deserialization/AbstractFirDeserializedSymbolProvider.kt
index 712e7dba351..f1aae62e290 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/fir-deserialization/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/deserialization/AbstractFirDeserializedSymbolProvider.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/fir-deserialization/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/deserialization/AbstractFirDeserializedSymbolProvider.kt
@@ -57,7 +57,15 @@ abstract class LibraryPathFilter {
 
         override fun accepts(path: Path?): Boolean {
             if (path == null) return false
-            return libs.any { path.startsWith(it) }
+            val isPathAbsolute = path.isAbsolute
+            val absolutePath by lazy(LazyThreadSafetyMode.NONE) { path.toAbsolutePath() }
+            return libs.any {
+                when {
+                    it.isAbsolute && !isPathAbsolute -> absolutePath.startsWith(it)
+                    !it.isAbsolute && isPathAbsolute -> path.startsWith(it.toAbsolutePath())
+                    else -> path.startsWith(it)
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/LauncherScriptTest.kt b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/LauncherScriptTest.kt
index 718999acbde..8800ebfe27f 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/LauncherScriptTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/LauncherScriptTest.kt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CompilerSystemProperties
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.ExitCode
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.K2JVMCompiler
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.CompilerTestUtil
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.KotlinTestUtils
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TestCaseWithTmpdir
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.util.KtTestUtil
@@ -507,4 +508,21 @@ println(42)
             expectedStderr = ""
         )
     }
+
+    fun testK2ClassPathWithRelativeDir() {
+        val file1kt = tmpdir.resolve("file1.kt").apply {
+            writeText("class C")
+        }
+        CompilerTestUtil.executeCompilerAssertSuccessful(K2JVMCompiler(), listOf("-d", tmpdir.absolutePath, "-language-version", "2.0", file1kt.absolutePath))
+        val file2kt = tmpdir.resolve("file1.kt").apply {
+            writeText("val c = C()")
+        }
+        runProcess(
+            "kotlinc",
+            "-cp", ".", "-d", ".", "-language-version", "2.0", file2kt.absolutePath,
+            workDirectory = tmpdir,
+            expectedStdout = "",
+            expectedStderr = "warning: language version 2.0 is experimental, there are no backwards compatibility guarantees for new language and library features\n"
+        )
+    }
 }