diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 67ad116..9bd77f7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ import { serveStatic } from '@hono/node-server/serve-static'
 app.use('/static/*', serveStatic({ root: './' }))
 ```
 
-Note that `root` must be _relative_ to the current working directory from which the app was started. Absolute paths are not supported.
+Note that `root` must be _relative_ to the current working directory from which the app was started.
 
 This can cause confusion when running your application locally.
 
diff --git a/src/serve-static.ts b/src/serve-static.ts
index faea8bd..005c426 100644
--- a/src/serve-static.ts
+++ b/src/serve-static.ts
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ const createStreamBody = (stream: ReadStream) => {
   return body
 }
 
-const addCurrentDirPrefix = (path: string) => {
-  return `./${path}`
+const addDirPrefix = (path: string, absolute: boolean) => {
+  return absolute ? '/' + path : `./${path}`
 }
 
 const getStats = (path: string) => {
@@ -57,6 +57,18 @@ const getStats = (path: string) => {
 }
 
 export const serveStatic = (options: ServeStaticOptions = { root: '' }): MiddlewareHandler => {
+  let isAbsoluteRoot = false
+  let root: string
+
+  if (options.root) {
+    if (options.root.startsWith('/')) {
+      isAbsoluteRoot = true
+      root = new URL(`file://${options.root}`).pathname
+    } else {
+      root = options.root
+    }
+  }
+
   return async (c, next) => {
     // Do nothing if Response is already set
     if (c.finalized) {
@@ -67,11 +79,11 @@ export const serveStatic = (options: ServeStaticOptions = { root: '' }): Middlew
 
     let path = getFilePathWithoutDefaultDocument({
       filename: options.rewriteRequestPath ? options.rewriteRequestPath(filename) : filename,
-      root: options.root,
+      root,
     })
 
     if (path) {
-      path = addCurrentDirPrefix(path)
+      path = addDirPrefix(path, isAbsoluteRoot)
     } else {
       return next()
     }
@@ -81,12 +93,12 @@ export const serveStatic = (options: ServeStaticOptions = { root: '' }): Middlew
     if (stats && stats.isDirectory()) {
       path = getFilePath({
         filename: options.rewriteRequestPath ? options.rewriteRequestPath(filename) : filename,
-        root: options.root,
+        root,
         defaultDocument: options.index ?? 'index.html',
       })
 
       if (path) {
-        path = addCurrentDirPrefix(path)
+        path = addDirPrefix(path, isAbsoluteRoot)
       } else {
         return next()
       }
diff --git a/test/assets/static-absolute-root-with-dots/hello.txt b/test/assets/static-absolute-root-with-dots/hello.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35fd066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/assets/static-absolute-root-with-dots/hello.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hello with absolute root with dots
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/assets/static-absolute-root/hello.txt b/test/assets/static-absolute-root/hello.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..378a9e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/assets/static-absolute-root/hello.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hello with absolute root
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/serve-static.test.ts b/test/serve-static.test.ts
index 3735098..06dfab7 100644
--- a/test/serve-static.test.ts
+++ b/test/serve-static.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Hono } from 'hono'
 import request from 'supertest'
+import path from 'path'
 import { serveStatic } from './../src/serve-static'
 import { createAdaptorServer } from './../src/server'
 
@@ -43,6 +44,16 @@ describe('Serve Static Middleware', () => {
     })
   )
 
+  app.all(
+    '/static-absolute-root/*',
+    serveStatic({ root: path.join(path.dirname(__filename), 'assets') })
+  )
+
+  app.all(
+    '/static-absolute-root-with-dots/*',
+    serveStatic({ root: path.join(path.dirname(__filename), 'assets') + '/../assets' })
+  )
+
   const server = createAdaptorServer(app)
 
   it('Should return index.html', async () => {
@@ -196,4 +207,20 @@ describe('Serve Static Middleware', () => {
     expect(res.headers['vary']).toBeUndefined()
     expect(res.text).toBe('Hello Not Compressed')
   })
+
+  it('Should return 200 with an absolute root - /static-absolute-root/hello.txt', async () => {
+    const res = await request(server).get('/static-absolute-root/hello.txt')
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200)
+    expect(res.headers['content-type']).toBe('text/plain; charset=utf-8')
+    expect(res.headers['content-length']).toBe('24')
+    expect(res.text).toBe('Hello with absolute root')
+  })
+
+  it('Should return 200 with an absolute root with dots - /static-absolute-root-with-dots/hello.txt', async () => {
+    const res = await request(server).get('/static-absolute-root-with-dots/hello.txt')
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200)
+    expect(res.headers['content-type']).toBe('text/plain; charset=utf-8')
+    expect(res.headers['content-length']).toBe('34')
+    expect(res.text).toBe('Hello with absolute root with dots')
+  })
 })