1diff --git a/core/io/pathnames/pathnames.factor b/core/io/pathnames/pathnames.factor
2index a172fe4..40858bc 100644
3--- a/core/io/pathnames/pathnames.factor
4+++ b/core/io/pathnames/pathnames.factor
5@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ GENERIC: absolute-path ( path -- path' )
6
7 M: string absolute-path
8 {
9+ { [ "resource:work" ?head ]
10+ [ trim-head-separators "/var/lib/factor" prepend-path absolute-path ] }
11 { [ "resource:" ?head ] [ trim-head-separators resource-path absolute-path ] }
12 { [ "vocab:" ?head ] [ trim-head-separators vocab-path absolute-path ] }
13 { [ "~" ?head ] [ trim-head-separators home prepend-path absolute-path ] }