diff --git a/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/Excel/Hyperlinks/XLHyperlink_Internal.cs b/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/Excel/Hyperlinks/XLHyperlink_Internal.cs
index 25d6961..0f860db 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/Excel/Hyperlinks/XLHyperlink_Internal.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/Excel/Hyperlinks/XLHyperlink_Internal.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
                 Uri uri;
                 if(Uri.TryCreate(address, UriKind.Absolute, out uri))
                 {
-                    externalAddress = uri;
+                    externalAddress = new Uri(uri.AbsoluteUri, UriKind.Absolute);
                     IsExternal = true;
                 }
                 else
diff --git a/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML_Examples/Misc/Hyperlinks.cs b/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML_Examples/Misc/Hyperlinks.cs
index 50eb9c7..a08d3a0 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML_Examples/Misc/Hyperlinks.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML_Examples/Misc/Hyperlinks.cs
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@
             ws.Cell(++ro, 1).Value = "Link to a file - same folder";
             ws.Cell(ro, 1).Hyperlink = new XLHyperlink("Test.xlsx");
 
+            ws.Cell(++ro, 1).Value = "Link to a file - Absolute";
+            ws.Cell(ro, 1).Hyperlink = new XLHyperlink(@"c:\Test.xlsx");
+
             ws.Cell(++ro, 1).Value = "Link to a file - relative address";
             ws.Cell(ro, 1).Hyperlink = new XLHyperlink(@"../Test.xlsx");
 
diff --git a/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML_Tests/Resource/Examples/Misc/Hyperlinks.xlsx b/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML_Tests/Resource/Examples/Misc/Hyperlinks.xlsx
index 6286982..df6f83a 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML_Tests/Resource/Examples/Misc/Hyperlinks.xlsx
+++ b/ClosedXML/ClosedXML/ClosedXML_Tests/Resource/Examples/Misc/Hyperlinks.xlsx
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