diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7be15ceb683d..6755c89c5688 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Ensure absolute `url()`s inside imported CSS files are not rebased when using `@tailwindcss/vite`
+
 ### Added
 
 - Parallelize parsing of individual source files ([#15270](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/15270))
diff --git a/packages/@tailwindcss-node/src/urls.ts b/packages/@tailwindcss-node/src/urls.ts
index c6009a927105..c4d56deb7e60 100644
--- a/packages/@tailwindcss-node/src/urls.ts
+++ b/packages/@tailwindcss-node/src/urls.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ export async function rewriteUrls({
   let promises: Promise<void>[] = []
 
   function replacerForDeclaration(url: string) {
+    if (url[0] === '/') return url
+
     let absoluteUrl = path.posix.join(normalizePath(base), url)
     let relativeUrl = path.posix.relative(normalizePath(root), absoluteUrl)