diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml
index a4dcf16408..ec20027659 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml
@@ -220,12 +220,24 @@ jobs:
               echo "$OUTPUT"
               ../bashunit -a contains 'Invalid entry in ignoreErrors' "$OUTPUT"
               ../bashunit -a contains 'tests is neither a directory, nor a file path, nor a fnmatch pattern.' "$OUTPUT"
+          - script: |
+              cd e2e/bad-exclude-paths
+              OUTPUT=$(../../bin/phpstan analyse -c phpneon.php || true)
+              echo "$OUTPUT"
+              ../bashunit -a contains 'Invalid entry in ignoreErrors' "$OUTPUT"
+              ../bashunit -a contains 'src/test.php is neither a directory, nor a file path, nor a fnmatch pattern.' "$OUTPUT"
           - script: |
               cd e2e/bad-exclude-paths
               OUTPUT=$(../../bin/phpstan analyse -c excludePaths.neon || true)
               echo "$OUTPUT"
               ../bashunit -a contains 'Invalid entry in excludePaths' "$OUTPUT"
               ../bashunit -a contains 'tests is neither a directory, nor a file path, nor a fnmatch pattern.' "$OUTPUT"
+          - script: |
+              cd e2e/bad-exclude-paths
+              OUTPUT=$(../../bin/phpstan analyse -c phpneon2.php || true)
+              echo "$OUTPUT"
+              ../bashunit -a contains 'Invalid entry in excludePaths' "$OUTPUT"
+              ../bashunit -a contains 'src/test.php is neither a directory, nor a file path, nor a fnmatch pattern.' "$OUTPUT"
 
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout"
diff --git a/e2e/bad-exclude-paths/phpneon.php b/e2e/bad-exclude-paths/phpneon.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92ebd989a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/bad-exclude-paths/phpneon.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+return [
+	'includes' => [
+		__DIR__ . '/../../conf/bleedingEdge.neon',
+	],
+	'parameters' => [
+		'level' => '8',
+		'paths' => [__DIR__ . '/src'],
+		'ignoreErrors' => [
+			[
+				'message' => '#aaa#',
+				'path' => 'src/test.php', // not absolute path - invalid in .php config
+			],
+		],
+	],
+];
diff --git a/e2e/bad-exclude-paths/phpneon2.php b/e2e/bad-exclude-paths/phpneon2.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c06f1f310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/bad-exclude-paths/phpneon2.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+return [
+	'includes' => [
+		__DIR__ . '/../../conf/bleedingEdge.neon',
+	],
+	'parameters' => [
+		'level' => '8',
+		'paths' => [__DIR__ . '/src'],
+		'excludePaths' => [
+			'analyse' => [
+				'src/test.php', // not absolute path - invalid in .php config
+			],
+		],
+	],
+];
diff --git a/src/DependencyInjection/ValidateExcludePathsExtension.php b/src/DependencyInjection/ValidateExcludePathsExtension.php
index e98e512b31..cbc358607e 100644
--- a/src/DependencyInjection/ValidateExcludePathsExtension.php
+++ b/src/DependencyInjection/ValidateExcludePathsExtension.php
@@ -45,11 +45,13 @@ public function loadConfiguration(): void
 
 		$errors = [];
 		foreach (array_unique($paths) as $path) {
-			if (is_dir($path)) {
-				continue;
-			}
-			if (is_file($path)) {
-				continue;
+			if (FileExcluder::isAbsolutePath($path)) {
+				if (is_dir($path)) {
+					continue;
+				}
+				if (is_file($path)) {
+					continue;
+				}
 			}
 			if (FileExcluder::isFnmatchPattern($path)) {
 				continue;
diff --git a/src/DependencyInjection/ValidateIgnoredErrorsExtension.php b/src/DependencyInjection/ValidateIgnoredErrorsExtension.php
index 572e7c6dcd..c4635af70a 100644
--- a/src/DependencyInjection/ValidateIgnoredErrorsExtension.php
+++ b/src/DependencyInjection/ValidateIgnoredErrorsExtension.php
@@ -151,11 +151,13 @@ public function getRegistry(): OperatorTypeSpecifyingExtensionRegistry
 				}
 
 				foreach ($ignorePaths as $ignorePath) {
-					if (is_dir($ignorePath)) {
-						continue;
-					}
-					if (is_file($ignorePath)) {
-						continue;
+					if (FileExcluder::isAbsolutePath($ignorePath)) {
+						if (is_dir($ignorePath)) {
+							continue;
+						}
+						if (is_file($ignorePath)) {
+							continue;
+						}
 					}
 					if (FileExcluder::isFnmatchPattern($ignorePath)) {
 						continue;
diff --git a/src/File/FileExcluder.php b/src/File/FileExcluder.php
index 7ebf1aa20a..568f7f1bbb 100644
--- a/src/File/FileExcluder.php
+++ b/src/File/FileExcluder.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use function preg_match;
 use function str_starts_with;
 use function strlen;
+use function substr;
 use const DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
 use const FNM_CASEFOLD;
 use const FNM_NOESCAPE;
@@ -119,6 +120,19 @@ public function isExcludedFromAnalysing(string $file): bool
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	public static function isAbsolutePath(string $path): bool
+	{
+		if (DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR === '/') {
+			if (str_starts_with($path, '/')) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		} elseif (substr($path, 1, 1) === ':') {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	public static function isFnmatchPattern(string $path): bool
 	{
 		return preg_match('~[*?[\]]~', $path) > 0;