diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.java
index c24739d498..2f3ea7f360 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.java
@@ -418,12 +418,14 @@ public class PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver implements ResourcePatternResol
 	protected void addClassPathManifestEntries(Set<Resource> result) {
 		try {
 			String javaClassPathProperty = System.getProperty("java.class.path");
-			for (String url : StringUtils.delimitedListToStringArray(
+			for (String path : StringUtils.delimitedListToStringArray(
 					javaClassPathProperty, System.getProperty("path.separator"))) {
 				try {
-					if (url.endsWith(ResourceUtils.JAR_FILE_EXTENSION)) {
+					if (path.endsWith(ResourceUtils.JAR_FILE_EXTENSION)) {
+						File file = new File(path);
 						UrlResource jarResource = new UrlResource(ResourceUtils.JAR_URL_PREFIX +
-								ResourceUtils.FILE_URL_PREFIX + url + ResourceUtils.JAR_URL_SEPARATOR);
+								ResourceUtils.FILE_URL_PREFIX + file.getAbsolutePath() +
+								ResourceUtils.JAR_URL_SEPARATOR);
 						if (jarResource.exists()) {
 							result.add(jarResource);
 						}
@@ -431,7 +433,7 @@ public class PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver implements ResourcePatternResol
 				}
 				catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
 					if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-						logger.debug("Cannot search for matching files underneath [" + url +
+						logger.debug("Cannot search for matching files underneath [" + path +
 								"] because it cannot be converted to a valid 'jar:' URL: " + ex.getMessage());
 					}
 				}