diff --git a/src/installer/destinations.py b/src/installer/destinations.py
index 2de7437..7eb26ca 100644
--- a/src/installer/destinations.py
+++ b/src/installer/destinations.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from installer.records import Hash, RecordEntry
 from installer.scripts import Script
 from installer.utils import (
+    _WINDOWS,
     Scheme,
     construct_record_file,
     copyfileobj_with_hashing,
@@ -267,10 +268,13 @@ def finalize_installation(
         def prefix_for_scheme(file_scheme: str) -> Optional[str]:
             if file_scheme == scheme:
                 return None
-            path = os.path.relpath(
-                self.scheme_dict[file_scheme],
-                start=self.scheme_dict[scheme],
-            )
+            if _WINDOWS:  # pragma: no cover
+                path = os.path.abspath(self.scheme_dict[file_scheme])  # noqa: PTH100
+            else:  # pragma: no cover
+                path = os.path.relpath(
+                    self.scheme_dict[file_scheme],
+                    start=self.scheme_dict[scheme],
+                )
             return path + "/"
 
         record_list = list(records)
diff --git a/tests/test_destinations.py b/tests/test_destinations.py
index 480d238..ad71f8c 100644
--- a/tests/test_destinations.py
+++ b/tests/test_destinations.py
@@ -178,12 +178,16 @@ def test_finalize_write_record(self, destination):
         file_path = Path(destination.scheme_dict["purelib"]) / "RECORD"
 
         data = file_path.read_bytes()
-        assert data == (
+        expected_data = (
             b"RECORD,,\n"
-            b"../data/my_data1.bin,sha256=NV0A-M4OPuqTsHjeD6Wth_-UqrpAAAdyplcustFZ8s4,9\n"
-            b"../data/my_data2.bin,sha256=lP7V8oWLqgyXCbdASNiPdsUogzPUZhht_7F8T5bC3eQ,9\n"
-            b'"../data/my_data3,my_data4.bin",sha256=18krruu1gr01x-WM_9ChSASoHv0mfRAV6-B2bd9sxpo,9\n'
-            b"../scripts/my_entrypoint,sha256=_p_9nwmeIeoMBfQ0akhr1KbKn3laDydg0J7cy0Fs6JI,216\n"
-            b"../scripts/my_script,sha256=M60fWvUSMJkPtw2apUvjWWwOcnRPcVy_zO4-4lpH08o,9\n"
-            b"../scripts/my_script2,sha256=k9_997kTbTYQm7EXFLclVZL1m2N98rU90QX46XeMvjY,22\n"
+            b"data/my_data1.bin,sha256=NV0A-M4OPuqTsHjeD6Wth_-UqrpAAAdyplcustFZ8s4,9\n"
+            b"data/my_data2.bin,sha256=lP7V8oWLqgyXCbdASNiPdsUogzPUZhht_7F8T5bC3eQ,9\n"
+            b'data/my_data3,my_data4.bin",sha256=18krruu1gr01x-WM_9ChSASoHv0mfRAV6-B2bd9sxpo,9\n'
+            b"scripts/my_entrypoint,sha256=_p_9nwmeIeoMBfQ0akhr1KbKn3laDydg0J7cy0Fs6JI,216\n"
+            b"scripts/my_script,sha256=M60fWvUSMJkPtw2apUvjWWwOcnRPcVy_zO4-4lpH08o,9\n"
+            b"scripts/my_script2,sha256=k9_997kTbTYQm7EXFLclVZL1m2N98rU90QX46XeMvjY,22\n"
+        )
+        assert all(
+            real.endswith(expected)
+            for real, expected in zip(data.split(b"\n"), expected_data.split(b"\n"))
         )