diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index b4eac71..54988b7 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -103,11 +103,12 @@ function processPatterns(
   }
 
   for (let pattern of patterns) {
-    pattern = normalizePattern(pattern, expandDirectories, cwd, properties, false);
     if (pattern.startsWith('!') && pattern[1] !== '(') {
-      ignorePatterns.push(pattern.slice(1));
+      const newPattern = normalizePattern(pattern.slice(1), expandDirectories, cwd, properties, true);
+      ignorePatterns.push(newPattern);
     } else {
-      matchPatterns.push(pattern);
+      const newPattern = normalizePattern(pattern, expandDirectories, cwd, properties, false);
+      matchPatterns.push(newPattern);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/test/index.test.ts b/test/index.test.ts
index 61e8bc3..f9ac36b 100644
--- a/test/index.test.ts
+++ b/test/index.test.ts
@@ -306,6 +306,20 @@ test('negative patterns in options', async () => {
   assert.deepEqual(files2.sort(), ['a/b.txt', 'b/b.txt']);
 });
 
+test('negative absolute patterns in options', async () => {
+  const files = await glob({
+    patterns: [`${cwd.replaceAll('\\', '/')}**/*.txt`, `!${cwd.replaceAll('\\', '/')}**/b.txt`],
+    cwd
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(files.sort(), ['a/a.txt', 'b/a.txt']);
+
+  const files2 = await glob({
+    patterns: [`${cwd.replaceAll('\\', '/')}**/*.txt`, `!${cwd.replaceAll('\\', '/')}**/a.txt`],
+    cwd
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(files2.sort(), ['a/b.txt', 'b/b.txt']);
+});
+
 test('sync version', () => {
   const files = globSync(['a/*.txt'], { cwd });
   assert.deepEqual(files.sort(), ['a/a.txt', 'a/b.txt']);