diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/lto.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/lto.rs
index 834fc02c48ab8..29415973ed073 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/lto.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/lto.rs
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ pub unsafe fn optimize_thin_module(
     let module_name = &thin_module.shared.module_names[thin_module.idx];
     let split_dwarf_file = cgcx
         .output_filenames
-        .split_dwarf_file(cgcx.split_dwarf_kind, Some(module_name.to_str().unwrap()));
+        .split_dwarf_filename(cgcx.split_dwarf_kind, Some(module_name.to_str().unwrap()));
     let tm_factory_config = TargetMachineFactoryConfig { split_dwarf_file };
     let tm =
         (cgcx.tm_factory)(tm_factory_config).map_err(|e| write::llvm_err(&diag_handler, &e))?;
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/write.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/write.rs
index ef99c87053c76..3fda1e26dae9e 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/write.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/write.rs
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ pub fn create_informational_target_machine(sess: &Session) -> &'static mut llvm:
 pub fn create_target_machine(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, mod_name: &str) -> &'static mut llvm::TargetMachine {
     let split_dwarf_file = tcx
         .output_filenames(LOCAL_CRATE)
-        .split_dwarf_file(tcx.sess.opts.debugging_opts.split_dwarf, Some(mod_name));
+        .split_dwarf_filename(tcx.sess.opts.debugging_opts.split_dwarf, Some(mod_name));
     let config = TargetMachineFactoryConfig { split_dwarf_file };
     target_machine_factory(&tcx.sess, tcx.backend_optimization_level(LOCAL_CRATE))(config)
         .unwrap_or_else(|err| llvm_err(tcx.sess.diagnostic(), &err).raise())
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/debuginfo/metadata.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/debuginfo/metadata.rs
index a9eff59b6affa..fa285f3488f84 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/debuginfo/metadata.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/debuginfo/metadata.rs
@@ -993,12 +993,14 @@ pub fn compile_unit_metadata(
     let producer = format!("clang LLVM ({})", rustc_producer);
 
     let name_in_debuginfo = name_in_debuginfo.to_string_lossy();
-    let work_dir = tcx.sess.working_dir.0.to_string_lossy();
     let flags = "\0";
+
+    let out_dir = &tcx.output_filenames(LOCAL_CRATE).out_directory;
     let split_name = tcx
         .output_filenames(LOCAL_CRATE)
-        .split_dwarf_file(tcx.sess.opts.debugging_opts.split_dwarf, Some(codegen_unit_name))
+        .split_dwarf_filename(tcx.sess.opts.debugging_opts.split_dwarf, Some(codegen_unit_name))
         .unwrap_or_default();
+    let out_dir = out_dir.to_str().unwrap();
     let split_name = split_name.to_str().unwrap();
 
     // FIXME(#60020):
@@ -1024,8 +1026,8 @@ pub fn compile_unit_metadata(
             debug_context.builder,
             name_in_debuginfo.as_ptr().cast(),
             name_in_debuginfo.len(),
-            work_dir.as_ptr().cast(),
-            work_dir.len(),
+            out_dir.as_ptr().cast(),
+            out_dir.len(),
             llvm::ChecksumKind::None,
             ptr::null(),
             0,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/lib.rs
index a5f125d114d28..a58c2fbd8ab2c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/lib.rs
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ impl ModuleLlvm {
 
             let split_dwarf_file = cgcx
                 .output_filenames
-                .split_dwarf_file(cgcx.split_dwarf_kind, Some(name.to_str().unwrap()));
+                .split_dwarf_filename(cgcx.split_dwarf_kind, Some(name.to_str().unwrap()));
             let tm_factory_config = TargetMachineFactoryConfig { split_dwarf_file };
 
             let tm = match (cgcx.tm_factory)(tm_factory_config) {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs b/compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs
index b3d4c6e3ec73b..c20b11656b229 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_session/src/config.rs
@@ -617,9 +617,20 @@ impl OutputFilenames {
         path
     }
 
+    /// Returns the name of the Split DWARF file - this can differ depending on which Split DWARF
+    /// mode is being used, which is the logic that this function is intended to encapsulate.
+    pub fn split_dwarf_filename(
+        &self,
+        split_dwarf_kind: SplitDwarfKind,
+        cgu_name: Option<&str>,
+    ) -> Option<PathBuf> {
+        self.split_dwarf_path(split_dwarf_kind, cgu_name)
+            .map(|path| path.strip_prefix(&self.out_directory).unwrap_or(&path).to_path_buf())
+    }
+
     /// Returns the path for the Split DWARF file - this can differ depending on which Split DWARF
     /// mode is being used, which is the logic that this function is intended to encapsulate.
-    pub fn split_dwarf_file(
+    pub fn split_dwarf_path(
         &self,
         split_dwarf_kind: SplitDwarfKind,
         cgu_name: Option<&str>,