diff --git a/src/vs/base/common/fuzzyScorer.ts b/src/vs/base/common/fuzzyScorer.ts
index 60ba8e6753cf7..2d692f8d585f1 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/common/fuzzyScorer.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/common/fuzzyScorer.ts
@@ -500,7 +500,8 @@ function doScoreItemFuzzySingle(label: string, description: string | undefined,
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Finally compute description + label scores if we have a description
+	let itemScore = NO_ITEM_SCORE;
+	// Otherwise, compute description + label scores if we have a description
 	if (description) {
 		let descriptionPrefix = description;
 		if (!!path) {
@@ -540,11 +541,51 @@ function doScoreItemFuzzySingle(label: string, description: string | undefined,
 				}
 			});
 
-			return { score: labelDescriptionScore, labelMatch, descriptionMatch };
+			itemScore = { score: labelDescriptionScore, labelMatch, descriptionMatch };
 		}
 	}
 
-	return NO_ITEM_SCORE;
+	// Finally try to compute a score based on the path if we have one.
+	// This allows us to partially match on the absolute path of the item
+	// instead of only matching on the workspace folder relative path.
+	//
+	// We assume the label is the path's basename and the description, if
+	// present, is a subpath of the path's dirname or '.'.
+	if (path?.endsWith(label) &&
+		(!description || description === '.' || path.endsWith(`${description}${sep}${label}`))) {
+		const [pathScore, pathPositions] = scoreFuzzy(
+			path,
+			query.normalized,
+			query.normalizedLowercase,
+			allowNonContiguousMatches && !query.expectContiguousMatch);
+
+		// FIXME: Should we ignore low quality matches across the paths? How?
+		if (pathScore > itemScore.score) {
+			const labelStartInPath = path.length - label.length;
+			let descEndInPath = -1;
+			let descStartInPath = -1;
+			if (description && description !== '.') {
+				descEndInPath = labelStartInPath - sep.length;
+				descStartInPath = descEndInPath - description.length;
+			}
+			const pathMatches = createMatches(pathPositions);
+			const labelMatch: IMatch[] = [];
+			const descriptionMatch: IMatch[] = [];
+
+			for (const match of pathMatches) {
+				if (match.end > labelStartInPath) {
+					labelMatch.push({ start: Math.max(0, match.start - labelStartInPath), end: match.end - labelStartInPath });
+				}
+				if (match.start < descEndInPath && descStartInPath < match.end) {
+					descriptionMatch.push({ start: Math.max(0, match.start - descStartInPath), end: Math.min(descEndInPath, match.end) - descStartInPath });
+				}
+			}
+
+			itemScore = { score: pathScore, labelMatch, descriptionMatch };
+		}
+	}
+
+	return itemScore;
 }
 
 function createMatches(offsets: number[] | undefined): IMatch[] {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/common/search.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/common/search.ts
index 93fa38a845622..1b69eccbb42bb 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/common/search.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/common/search.ts
@@ -558,7 +558,14 @@ export function isSerializedFileMatch(arg: ISerializedSearchProgressItem): arg i
 
 export function isFilePatternMatch(candidate: IRawFileMatch, normalizedFilePatternLowercase: string): boolean {
 	const pathToMatch = candidate.searchPath ? candidate.searchPath : candidate.relativePath;
-	return fuzzyContains(pathToMatch, normalizedFilePatternLowercase);
+	if (fuzzyContains(pathToMatch, normalizedFilePatternLowercase)) {
+		return true;
+	}
+	// Also try matching against the absolute path of the file.
+	if (candidate.base) {
+		return fuzzyContains(paths.join(candidate.base, candidate.relativePath), normalizedFilePatternLowercase);
+	}
+	return false;
 }
 
 export interface ISerializedFileMatch {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/rawSearchService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/rawSearchService.ts
index 6e9251f016f76..25b1060bf9c2c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/rawSearchService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/rawSearchService.ts
@@ -417,6 +417,9 @@ const FileMatchItemAccessor = new class implements IItemAccessor<IRawFileMatch>
 	}
 
 	getItemPath(match: IRawFileMatch): string {
+		if (match.base) {
+			return join(match.base, match.relativePath);  // e.g. /home/user/some/path/to/file/myFile.txt
+		}
 		return match.relativePath; // e.g. some/path/to/file/myFile.txt
 	}
 };
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/test/electron-browser/rawSearchService.integrationTest.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/test/electron-browser/rawSearchService.integrationTest.ts
index 19a60894c78f6..554ac1ab91544 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/test/electron-browser/rawSearchService.integrationTest.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/test/electron-browser/rawSearchService.integrationTest.ts
@@ -244,6 +244,38 @@ flakySuite('RawSearchService', () => {
 		assert.deepStrictEqual(results, [path.normalize('/some/where/bbc'), path.normalize('/some/where/bab')]);
 	});
 
+	test('Sorted results match on absolute path', async function () {
+		const paths = ['foo/bab', 'foo/bbc', 'foo/abb'];
+		const matches: IRawFileMatch[] = paths.map(relativePath => ({
+			base: path.normalize('/some/where'),
+			relativePath,
+			basename: relativePath,
+			size: 3,
+			searchPath: undefined
+		}));
+		const Engine = TestSearchEngine.bind(null, () => matches.shift()!);
+		const service = new RawSearchService();
+
+		const results: any[] = [];
+		const cb: IProgressCallback = value => {
+			if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+				results.push(...value.map(v => v.path));
+			} else {
+				assert.fail(JSON.stringify(value));
+			}
+		};
+
+		await service.doFileSearchWithEngine(Engine, {
+			type: QueryType.File,
+			folderQueries: TEST_FOLDER_QUERIES,
+			filePattern: '/some/where/bb',
+			sortByScore: true,
+			maxResults: 2
+		}, cb, undefined, 1);
+		assert.notStrictEqual(typeof TestSearchEngine.last.config!.maxResults, 'number');
+		assert.deepStrictEqual(results, [path.normalize('/some/where/foo/bbc'), path.normalize('/some/where/foo/abb')]);
+	});
+
 	test('Sorted result batches', async function () {
 		let i = 25;
 		const Engine = TestSearchEngine.bind(null, () => i-- ? rawMatch : null);
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/test/node/search.integrationTest.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/test/node/search.integrationTest.ts
index 0fad3392e6f8e..e1c65ae2a7d65 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/test/node/search.integrationTest.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/test/node/search.integrationTest.ts
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ flakySuite('FileSearchEngine', () => {
 			}
 		}, () => { }, (error) => {
 			assert.ok(!error);
-			assert.strictEqual(count, 7);
+			assert.strictEqual(count, 11);
 			done();
 		});
 	});
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ flakySuite('FileSearchEngine', () => {
 			}
 		}, () => { }, (error) => {
 			assert.ok(!error);
-			assert.strictEqual(count, 3);
+			assert.strictEqual(count, 7);
 			done();
 		});
 	});