Index: webservices/jsr109-impl/src/main/java/org/glassfish/webservices/WebServicesDeployer.java
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--- webservices/jsr109-impl/src/main/java/org/glassfish/webservices/WebServicesDeployer.java	(revision 35415)
+++ webservices/jsr109-impl/src/main/java/org/glassfish/webservices/WebServicesDeployer.java	(working copy)
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
                 wsdlFile = new File(wsdlDir, wsdlFileUri);
             } else {
                 wsdlFileUri = ws.getWsdlFileUri();
-                if(wsdlFileUri.startsWith("/")) {
+                if(/*wsdlFileUri.startsWith("/")*/ new File(wsdlFileUri).isAbsolute()) {
                     wsdlFile = new File(wsdlFileUri);
                 } else {
                     wsdlFile = new File(moduleDir, wsdlFileUri);