QUrl::resolved can be used to resolve relative paths, but not by passing them via QUrl::fromLocalFile (8a33077 in qtbase made QUrl more strict). To resolve both relative and absolute local paths against a local directory, QUrl::fromUserInput(3 args) does the job. Change-Id: Ifc01bbd590978f939f9538e70d12f2f3704d7b5d Reviewed-by: Yoann Lopes <yoann.lopes@qt.io>