diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index bbb4419ee94..68f99882579 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-04-04  Gabor Vida  <vidagabor@gmail.com>  (tiny change)
+
+	* ido.el (ido-wide-find-dirs-or-files): Use file-name-absolute-p
+	(bug#11145).
+
 2012-04-04  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 
 	* comint.el (comint--common-quoted-suffix): Check string boundary
diff --git a/lisp/ido.el b/lisp/ido.el
index dcaa8f373ce..fe94c7f225e 100644
--- a/lisp/ido.el
+++ b/lisp/ido.el
@@ -3269,7 +3269,7 @@ for first matching file."
     (while filenames
       (setq filename (car filenames)
 	    filenames (cdr filenames))
-      (if (and (string-match "^/" filename)
+      (if (and (file-name-absolute-p filename)
 	       (file-exists-p filename))
 	  (setq d (file-name-directory filename)
 		f (file-name-nondirectory filename)