diff --git a/annocheck/hardened.c b/annocheck/hardened.c
index 604b6a1..deeb084 100644
--- a/annocheck/hardened.c
+++ b/annocheck/hardened.c
@@ -1895,30 +1895,32 @@ is_special_glibc_binary (annocheck_data * data)
 	  return true;
     }
 
-  /* If we are testing an uninstalled rpm then the paths will start with "."
-     so skip this.  */
+  /* If we are testing an uninstalled rpm then the paths will probably
+     start with "." so skip this.  */
   if (path[0] == '.')
     ++path;
-
   if (path[0] == '/')
+    ++path;
+  /* Look for absolute paths to known glibc install locations.
+     If found, strip the prefix.
+     This allows us to cope with symbolic links and 32-bit/64-bit multilibs.  */
+  if (strchr (path, '/'))
     {
-      /* If the path is absolute, then strip the prefix.
-	 This allows us to cope with symbolic links and 32-bit/64-bit multilibs.  */
       static const char * known_prefixes [] =
 	{
 	  /* NB/ The terminating forward slash is important.  */
-	  "/lib/",
-	  "/lib64/",
-	  "/sbin/",
-	  "/usr/bin/",
-	  "/usr/lib/",
-	  "/usr/lib/gconv/",
-	  "/usr/lib64/",
-	  "/usr/lib64/gconv/",
-	  "/usr/lib64/glibc-hwcaps/power10/",
-	  "/usr/libexec/",
-	  "/usr/libexec/getconf/",
-	  "/usr/sbin/"
+	  "lib/",
+	  "lib64/",
+	  "sbin/",
+	  "usr/bin/",
+	  "usr/lib/",
+	  "usr/lib/gconv/",
+	  "usr/lib64/",
+	  "usr/lib64/gconv/",
+	  "usr/lib64/glibc-hwcaps/power10/",
+	  "usr/libexec/",
+	  "usr/libexec/getconf/",
+	  "usr/sbin/"
 	};
 
       for (i = ARRAY_SIZE (known_prefixes); i--;)