diff --git a/changelog_unreleased/api/15666.md b/changelog_unreleased/api/15666.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ad2b069b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog_unreleased/api/15666.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#### Support absolute path as plugin in config file (#15666 by @fisker)
+
+```js
+// prettier.config.cjs
+module.exports = {
+  plugins: [
+    // posix style
+    "/path/to/plugin.js",
+    // Windows style
+    "D:\\\\path\\to\\plugin.js",
+    // Use `require.resolve`
+    require.resolve("my-awesome-prettier-plugin"),
+  ],
+};
+```
diff --git a/src/main/plugins/load-plugin.js b/src/main/plugins/load-plugin.js
index 057fb0d3e..891cdb946 100644
--- a/src/main/plugins/load-plugin.js
+++ b/src/main/plugins/load-plugin.js
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ const loadPluginFromDirectory = mem(
 );
 
 const importPlugin = mem(async (name) => {
+  if (path.isAbsolute(name)) {
+    return import(pathToFileURL(name).href);
+  }
+
   try {
     // try local files
     return await import(pathToFileURL(path.resolve(name)).href);
diff --git a/tests/integration/__tests__/plugin-resolution.js b/tests/integration/__tests__/plugin-resolution.js
index d33dad4cc..bfbf163c3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/__tests__/plugin-resolution.js
+++ b/tests/integration/__tests__/plugin-resolution.js
@@ -62,3 +62,14 @@ describe("loads --plugin by bespoke plugin name (assuming it is installed in cwd
     write: [],
   });
 });
+
+describe.only("support absolute path in config file", () => {
+  runCli("cli/config/plugins/absolute-path", ["--parser=uppercase-rocks"], {
+    input: "prettier should be uppercase",
+  }).test({
+    stdout: "PRETTIER SHOULD BE UPPERCASE",
+    stderr: "",
+    status: 0,
+    write: [],
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/integration/cli/config/plugins/absolute-path/prettier.config.mjs b/tests/integration/cli/config/plugins/absolute-path/prettier.config.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da9d1a4df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/cli/config/plugins/absolute-path/prettier.config.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import path from 'node:path'
+
+export default {
+  plugins: [
+    path.resolve('../../../../../config/prettier-plugins/prettier-plugin-uppercase-rocks/index.js')
+  ]
+}