diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/style_url_resolver.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/style_url_resolver.ts
index c9d43c7bb6..1f2bbb5dd6 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/style_url_resolver.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/style_url_resolver.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export class StyleWithImports {
 }
 
 export function isStyleUrlResolvable(url: string): boolean {
-  if (!url) return false;
+  if (url == null || url.length === 0 || url[0] == '/') return false;
   const schemeMatch = url.match(URL_WITH_SCHEMA_REGEXP);
   return schemeMatch === null || schemeMatch[1] == 'package' || schemeMatch[1] == 'asset';
 }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/style_url_resolver_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/style_url_resolver_spec.ts
index 94315261fa..819ad7d0a6 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/style_url_resolver_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/style_url_resolver_spec.ts
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ export function main() {
     it('should not resolve urls with other schema',
        () => { expect(isStyleUrlResolvable('http://otherurl')).toBe(false); });
 
-    it('should resolve urls with absolute paths', () => {
-      expect(isStyleUrlResolvable('/otherurl')).toBe(true);
-      expect(isStyleUrlResolvable('//otherurl')).toBe(true);
+    it('should not resolve urls with absolute paths', () => {
+      expect(isStyleUrlResolvable('/otherurl')).toBe(false);
+      expect(isStyleUrlResolvable('//otherurl')).toBe(false);
     });
   });
 }