diff --git a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/PathResource.java b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/PathResource.java
index 52bc0f0ff78..54fdd56dc56 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/PathResource.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/PathResource.java
@@ -73,7 +73,17 @@ public class PathResource extends Resource
 
         if(!URIUtil.equalsIgnoreEncodings(uri,path.toUri()))
         {
-            return new File(uri).toPath().toAbsolutePath();
+            try
+            {
+                return Paths.get(uri).toRealPath(FOLLOW_LINKS);
+            }
+            catch (IOException ignored)
+            {
+                // If the toRealPath() call fails, then let
+                // the alias checking routines continue on
+                // to other techniques.
+                LOG.ignore(ignored);
+            }
         }
 
         if (!abs.isAbsolute())
@@ -568,4 +578,4 @@ public class PathResource extends Resource
     {
         return this.uri.toASCIIString();
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/jetty-util/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/FileSystemResourceTest.java b/jetty-util/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/FileSystemResourceTest.java
index 03e52c6b5f8..f1e3e16316b 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/FileSystemResourceTest.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/FileSystemResourceTest.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assume.assumeFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assume.assumeNoException;
 import static org.junit.Assume.assumeThat;
+import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
 
 import java.io.BufferedWriter;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -1397,5 +1398,19 @@ public class FileSystemResourceTest
         }
     }
     
-    
+    @Test
+    public void testUncPath() throws Exception
+    {
+        assumeTrue("Only windows supports UNC paths", OS.IS_WINDOWS);
+        assumeFalse("FileResource does not support this test", _class.equals(FileResource.class));
+        
+        try (Resource base = newResource(URI.create("file://127.0.0.1/path")))
+        {
+            Resource resource = base.addPath("WEB-INF/");
+            assertThat("getURI()", resource.getURI().toASCIIString(), containsString("path/WEB-INF/"));
+            assertThat("isAlias()", resource.isAlias(), is(true));
+            assertThat("getAlias()", resource.getAlias(), notNullValue());
+            assertThat("getAlias()", resource.getAlias().toASCIIString(), containsString("path/WEB-INF"));
+        }
+    }
 }