diff --git a/tests/test_restore/cmd/test_restore_home_trash_on_separate_volume.py b/tests/test_restore/cmd/test_restore_home_trash_on_separate_volume.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64ad84cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_restore/cmd/test_restore_home_trash_on_separate_volume.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+from six import StringIO
+
+from trashcli.lib.my_input import HardCodedInput
+from trashcli.restore.file_system import FakeReadCwd, FileReader
+from trashcli.restore.restore_cmd import RestoreCmd
+from trashcli.restore.trashed_files import TrashedFiles
+
+HOME = '/home/user'
+INFO = '/home/user/.local/share/Trash/info/report.trashinfo'
+
+
+class FakeReader(FileReader):
+    def __init__(self, contents):
+        self.contents = contents
+
+    def contents_of(self, path):
+        return self.contents
+
+
+class FakeSearcher:
+    # the home trash lives on the /home volume, not on "/"
+    def __init__(self, volume):
+        self.volume = volume
+
+    def all_file_in_info_dir(self, trash_dir_from_cli):
+        from collections import namedtuple
+        InfoFile = namedtuple('InfoFile', 'path type volume')
+        yield InfoFile(INFO, 'trashinfo', self.volume)
+
+
+class NullLogger:
+    def warning(self, message):
+        pass
+
+
+class TestRestoreHomeTrashOnSeparateVolume:
+    def run_restore_from(self, path, trashinfo, volume):
+        stdout = StringIO()
+        trashed_files = TrashedFiles(NullLogger(), FakeReader(trashinfo),
+                                     FakeSearcher(volume))
+        cmd = RestoreCmd.make(
+            stdout=stdout, stderr=StringIO(), exit=lambda _: None,
+            input=HardCodedInput(''), version="0.0.0",
+            trashed_files=trashed_files, read_fs=None, write_fs=None,
+            read_cwd=FakeReadCwd(path))
+        cmd.run(['trash-restore', path])
+        return stdout.getvalue()
+
+    def test_an_absolute_home_entry_on_a_separate_home_volume_is_listed(self):
+        trashinfo = ('[Trash Info]\n'
+                     'Path=/home/user/report.txt\n'
+                     'DeletionDate=2026-01-01T00:00:00\n')
+
+        output = self.run_restore_from(HOME, trashinfo, volume='/home')
+
+        assert '/home/user/report.txt' in output
diff --git a/tests/test_restore/cmd/test_restore_rejects_out_of_volume_path.py b/tests/test_restore/cmd/test_restore_rejects_out_of_volume_path.py
index acf7b7d0..ad0375d3 100644
--- a/tests/test_restore/cmd/test_restore_rejects_out_of_volume_path.py
+++ b/tests/test_restore/cmd/test_restore_rejects_out_of_volume_path.py
@@ -59,10 +59,12 @@ def test_a_relative_path_inside_the_volume_is_restorable(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(['good.trashinfo'], self._restorable())
 
-    def test_an_absolute_path_is_not_restorable(self):
-        self._add('evil', '/etc/passwd')
+    def test_an_absolute_path_is_restorable(self):
+        # the home trash stores absolute paths by design, and the volume
+        # that contains it is not necessarily "/" (e.g. a /home partition)
+        self._add('home-entry', '/home/user/document.txt')
 
-        self.assertEqual([], self._restorable())
+        self.assertEqual(['home-entry.trashinfo'], self._restorable())
 
     def test_a_path_escaping_the_volume_is_not_restorable(self):
         self._add('evil', '../../../etc/shadow')
diff --git a/trashcli/parse_trashinfo/parse_original_location.py b/trashcli/parse_trashinfo/parse_original_location.py
index 8b17947e..eb480d60 100644
--- a/trashcli/parse_trashinfo/parse_original_location.py
+++ b/trashcli/parse_trashinfo/parse_original_location.py
@@ -8,12 +8,11 @@
 
 def parse_original_location(contents, volume_path):
     path = parse_path(contents)
+    if os.path.isabs(path):
+        # the home trash legitimately stores absolute paths, on any volume
+        return os.path.normpath(path)
     resolved = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(volume_path, path))
-    if volume_path != os.path.sep:
-        # A volume trash must record a location that is relative to and inside that volume.
-        if os.path.isabs(path):
-            raise ParseError("Path= must be relative for volume trashes")
-        rel = os.path.relpath(resolved, os.path.normpath(volume_path))
-        if rel == os.pardir or rel.startswith(os.pardir + os.sep):
-            raise ParseError("Path= escapes the volume root")
+    rel = os.path.relpath(resolved, os.path.normpath(volume_path))
+    if rel == os.pardir or rel.startswith(os.pardir + os.sep):
+        raise ParseError("Path= escapes the volume root")
     return resolved