diff --git a/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go b/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
index 072d238b17..88f3ecad9c 100644
--- a/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
+++ b/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
@@ -968,8 +968,22 @@ func addNetworks(quadletUnitFile *parser.UnitFile, groupName string, serviceUnit
 	}
 }
 
+// Systemd Specifiers start with % with the exception of %%
+func startsWithSystemdSpecifier(filePath string) bool {
+	if len(filePath) == 0 || filePath[0] != '%' {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if len(filePath) > 1 && filePath[1] == '%' {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
 func getAbsolutePath(quadletUnitFile *parser.UnitFile, filePath string) (string, error) {
-	if !filepath.IsAbs(filePath) {
+	// When the path starts with a Systemd specifier do not resolve what looks like a relative address
+	if !startsWithSystemdSpecifier(filePath) && !filepath.IsAbs(filePath) {
 		if len(quadletUnitFile.Path) > 0 {
 			filePath = filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(quadletUnitFile.Path), filePath)
 		} else {
diff --git a/test/e2e/quadlet/env-file.container b/test/e2e/quadlet/env-file.container
index 9ae0de95ee..47bdf7cae4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/quadlet/env-file.container
+++ b/test/e2e/quadlet/env-file.container
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 ## assert-podman-final-args localhost/imagename
-## assert-podman-args --env-file /opt/env/abs-1 --env-file /opt/env/abs-2
+## assert-podman-args --env-file /opt/env/abs-1
+## assert-podman-args --env-file /opt/env/abs-2
 ## assert-podman-args-regex --env-file /.*/podman_test.*/quadlet/rel-1
+## assert-podman-args --env-file %h/env
 
 [Container]
 Image=localhost/imagename
 EnvironmentFile=/opt/env/abs-1
 EnvironmentFile=/opt/env/abs-2
 EnvironmentFile=rel-1
+EnvironmentFile=%h/env
diff --git a/test/e2e/quadlet/volume.container b/test/e2e/quadlet/volume.container
index 6484a9ff0e..934ce6f335 100644
--- a/test/e2e/quadlet/volume.container
+++ b/test/e2e/quadlet/volume.container
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 ## assert-podman-args -v /host/dir2:/container/volume2:Z
 ## assert-podman-args-regex -v .*/podman_test.*/quadlet/host/dir3:/container/volume3
 ## assert-podman-args -v named:/container/named
-## assert-podman-args -v systemd-quadlet:/container/quadlet localhost/imagename
+## assert-podman-args -v systemd-quadlet:/container/quadlet
+## assert-podman-args -v %h/container:/container/volume4
 
 [Container]
 Image=localhost/imagename
@@ -12,3 +13,4 @@ Volume=./host/dir3:/container/volume3
 Volume=/container/empty
 Volume=named:/container/named
 Volume=quadlet.volume:/container/quadlet
+Volume=%h/container:/container/volume4
diff --git a/test/system/252-quadlet.bats b/test/system/252-quadlet.bats
index 34d94fa456..13dbcdac4e 100644
--- a/test/system/252-quadlet.bats
+++ b/test/system/252-quadlet.bats
@@ -558,4 +558,28 @@ EOF
     remove_secret $SECRET_NAME
 }
 
+@test "quadlet - volume path using specifier" {
+    local tmp_path=$(mktemp -d --tmpdir=$PODMAN_TMPDIR quadlet.volume.XXXXXX)
+    local tmp_dir=${tmp_path#/tmp/}
+    local file_name="f$(random_string 10).txt"
+    local file_content="data_$(random_string 15)"
+    echo $file_content > $tmp_path/$file_name
+
+    local quadlet_file=$PODMAN_TMPDIR/basic_$(random_string).container
+    cat > $quadlet_file <<EOF
+[Container]
+Image=$IMAGE
+Volume=%T/$tmp_dir:/test_content:Z
+Exec=sh -c "echo STARTED CONTAINER; echo "READY=1" | socat -u STDIN unix-sendto:\$NOTIFY_SOCKET; top"
+EOF
+
+    run_quadlet "$quadlet_file"
+    service_setup $QUADLET_SERVICE_NAME
+
+    run_podman exec $QUADLET_CONTAINER_NAME /bin/sh -c "cat /test_content/$file_name"
+    is "$output" $file_content
+
+    rm -rf $tmp_path
+}
+
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