diff --git a/function/02-path b/function/02-path
index 10ffc49..1fa991c 100644
--- a/function/02-path
+++ b/function/02-path
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ path_remove () {
 
 path_prepend () {
   path_remove $1 $2
-    if [ -d "$1" ]; then
+    if ([[ -d "$1" ]] || [[ ! $1 = /* ]]); then
       local PATHVARIABLE=${2:-PATH}
       export $PATHVARIABLE="$1${!PATHVARIABLE:+:${!PATHVARIABLE}}"
     fi
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ path_prepend () {
 
 path_append () {
   path_remove $1 $2
-  if [ -d "$1" ]; then
+  if ([[ -d "$1" ]] || [[ ! $1 = /* ]]); then
     local PATHVARIABLE=${2:-PATH}
     export $PATHVARIABLE="${!PATHVARIABLE:+${!PATHVARIABLE}:}$1"
   fi
 }
 
 path_insert () {
-  if [ -d "$1" ]; then
+  if ([[ -d "$1" ]] || [[ ! $1 = /* ]]); then
     local PATHVAR=${4:-PATH}
     local temp
     echo inserting $1 into ${!PATHVAR} $2 $3