diff --git a/src/uu/tar/src/operations/create.rs b/src/uu/tar/src/operations/create.rs
index 4b296f8..dd05b6b 100644
--- a/src/uu/tar/src/operations/create.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tar/src/operations/create.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use crate::errors::TarError;
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::fs::{self, File};
+use std::path::Component::{self, ParentDir, Prefix, RootDir};
 use std::path::{self, Path, PathBuf};
 use tar::Builder;
 use uucore::error::UResult;
@@ -64,9 +65,26 @@ pub fn create_archive(archive_path: &Path, files: &[&Path], verbose: bool) -> UR
             println!("{to_print}");
         }
 
+        // Normalize path if needed (so far, handles only absolute paths)
+        let normalized_name = if let Some(normalized) = normalize_path(path) {
+            let original_components: Vec<Component> = path.components().collect();
+            let normalized_components: Vec<Component> = normalized.components().collect();
+            if original_components.len() > normalized_components.len() {
+                let removed: PathBuf = original_components
+                    [..original_components.len() - normalized_components.len()]
+                    .iter()
+                    .collect();
+                println!("Removing leading `{}' from member names", removed.display());
+            }
+
+            normalized
+        } else {
+            path.to_path_buf()
+        };
+
         // If it's a directory, recursively add all contents
         if path.is_dir() {
-            builder.append_dir_all(path, path).map_err(|e| {
+            builder.append_dir_all(normalized_name, path).map_err(|e| {
                 TarError::TarOperationError(format!(
                     "Failed to add directory '{}': {}",
                     path.display(),
@@ -75,13 +93,15 @@ pub fn create_archive(archive_path: &Path, files: &[&Path], verbose: bool) -> UR
             })?;
         } else {
             // For files, add them directly
-            builder.append_path(path).map_err(|e| {
-                TarError::TarOperationError(format!(
-                    "Failed to add file '{}': {}",
-                    path.display(),
-                    e
-                ))
-            })?;
+            builder
+                .append_path_with_name(path, normalized_name)
+                .map_err(|e| {
+                    TarError::TarOperationError(format!(
+                        "Failed to add file '{}': {}",
+                        path.display(),
+                        e
+                    ))
+                })?;
         }
     }
 
@@ -110,3 +130,15 @@ fn get_tree(path: &Path) -> Result<Vec<PathBuf>, std::io::Error> {
 
     Ok(paths)
 }
+
+fn normalize_path(path: &Path) -> Option<PathBuf> {
+    if path.is_absolute() {
+        Some(
+            path.components()
+                .filter(|c| !matches!(c, RootDir | ParentDir | Prefix(_)))
+                .collect::<PathBuf>(),
+        )
+    } else {
+        None
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_tar.rs b/tests/by-util/test_tar.rs
index b876c54..2f16646 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_tar.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_tar.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 
-use std::path;
+use std::path::{self, PathBuf};
 
 use uutests::{at_and_ucmd, new_ucmd};
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fn test_version() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn test_verbose() {
+fn test_create_dir_verbose() {
     let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
 
     let separator = path::MAIN_SEPARATOR;
@@ -81,6 +81,21 @@ fn test_create_multiple_files() {
     assert!(at.file_exists("archive.tar"));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_create_absolute_path() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+
+    let mut file_abs_path = PathBuf::from(at.root_dir_resolved());
+    file_abs_path.push("file1.txt");
+
+    at.write(&file_abs_path.display().to_string(), "content1");
+    ucmd.args(&["-cf", "archive.tar", &file_abs_path.display().to_string()])
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_contains("Removing leading");
+
+    assert!(at.file_exists("archive.tar"));
+}
+
 // Extract operation tests
 
 #[test]
@@ -139,3 +154,29 @@ fn test_extract_nonexistent_archive() {
         .fails()
         .code_is(2);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_extract_created_from_absolute_path() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+
+    let mut file_abs_path = PathBuf::from(at.root_dir_resolved());
+    file_abs_path.push("file1.txt");
+
+    at.write(&file_abs_path.display().to_string(), "content1");
+    ucmd.args(&["-cf", "archive.tar", &file_abs_path.display().to_string()])
+        .succeeds();
+
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&["-xf", "archive.tar"])
+        .current_dir(at.as_string())
+        .succeeds();
+
+    let expected_path = file_abs_path
+        .components()
+        .filter(|c| !matches!(c, path::Component::RootDir | path::Component::Prefix(_)))
+        .map(|c| c.as_os_str().display().to_string())
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .join(std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR_STR);
+
+    assert!(at.file_exists(expected_path));
+}