diff --git a/TruePath.Tests/AbsolutePathTests.cs b/TruePath.Tests/AbsolutePathTests.cs
index c7f784e..e0efe21 100644
--- a/TruePath.Tests/AbsolutePathTests.cs
+++ b/TruePath.Tests/AbsolutePathTests.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,23 @@ public void ConstructionTest()
         Assert.Equal($"{root}...", path.Value);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void PathRootReturnsRoot()
+    {
+      var root = new AbsolutePath(OperatingSystem.IsWindows() ? @"A:\" : "/");
+      var path = root / "foo" / "bar";
+
+     Assert.Equal(root, path.PathRoot());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void PathRootOfRootReturnsItself()
+    {
+       var root = new AbsolutePath(OperatingSystem.IsWindows() ? @"A:\" : "/");
+
+     Assert.Equal(root, root.PathRoot());
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void ReadKind_NonExistent()
     {
diff --git a/TruePath/AbsolutePath.cs b/TruePath/AbsolutePath.cs
index 23ed853..79f306d 100644
--- a/TruePath/AbsolutePath.cs
+++ b/TruePath/AbsolutePath.cs
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ public AbsolutePath(LocalPath localPath) : this(localPath.Value, checkAbsolutene
     /// <inheritdoc cref="IPath.Parent"/>
     public AbsolutePath? Parent => Underlying.Parent is { } path ? new(path.Value, checkAbsoluteness: false) : null;
 
+    /// <summary>Gets the root of this path.</summary>
+    public AbsolutePath PathRoot() =>
+        new(Path.GetPathRoot(Value)!, checkAbsoluteness: false);
+
     /// <inheritdoc cref="IPath.Parent"/>
     IPath? IPath.Parent => Parent;