diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/NativeCommandParameterBinder.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/NativeCommandParameterBinder.cs
index 4b0b2d9afa7..7975c1e5bbf 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/NativeCommandParameterBinder.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/NativeCommandParameterBinder.cs
@@ -258,8 +258,8 @@ private void PossiblyGlobArg(string arg, bool usedQuotes)
                 // If it's a filesystem location then expand the wildcards
                 if (cwdinfo.Provider.Name.Equals(FileSystemProvider.ProviderName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
-                    // On UNIX, paths starting with ~ are not normalized
-                    bool normalizePath = arg.Length == 0 || arg[0] != '~';
+                    // On UNIX, paths starting with ~ or absolute paths are not normalized
+                    bool normalizePath = arg.Length == 0 || ! (arg[0] == '~' || arg[0] == '/');
 
                     // See if there are any matching paths otherwise just add the pattern as the argument
                     Collection<PSObject> paths = null;
diff --git a/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/NativeExecution/NativeUnixGlobbing.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/NativeExecution/NativeUnixGlobbing.Tests.ps1
index b0593989743..7e65b41ba9c 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/NativeExecution/NativeUnixGlobbing.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/NativeExecution/NativeUnixGlobbing.Tests.ps1
@@ -47,7 +47,13 @@ Describe 'Native UNIX globbing tests' -tags "CI" {
 
 		$a = $v,$v
 		/bin/ls $a[1] | Should -Match "abc.txt"
-	}
+    }
+    # Test globbing with absolute paths - it shouldn't turn absolute paths into relative paths (#7089)
+    It 'Should not normalize absolute paths' {
+        $matches = /bin/echo /etc/*
+        # Matched path should start with '/etc/' not '../..'
+        $matches.substring(0,5) | Should Be '/etc/'
+    }
 	It 'Globbing should not happen with quoted expressions' {
 	    $v = "$TESTDRIVE/abc*"
 		/bin/echo "$v" | Should -BeExactly $v