diff --git a/change_log.txt b/change_log.txt
index 59d2d92b..9ecb8390 100644
--- a/change_log.txt
+++ b/change_log.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
  ===== 3.1.30-dev ===== (xx.xx.xx)
+ 24.07.2016
+  - regression this->addPluginsDir('/abs/path/to/dir') adding absolute path without trailing '/' did fail https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/260
+ 
  23.07.2016
   - bugfix setTemplateDir('/') and setTemplateDir('') did create wrong absolute filepath https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/245
   - optimization of filepath normalization
diff --git a/libs/Smarty.class.php b/libs/Smarty.class.php
index 9dd01c83..43088c11 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty.class.php
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class Smarty extends Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase
     /**
      * smarty version
      */
-    const SMARTY_VERSION = '3.1.30-dev/(87)';
+    const SMARTY_VERSION = '3.1.30-dev/(88)';
 
     /**
      * define variable scopes
@@ -974,9 +974,7 @@ class Smarty extends Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase
                 $this->plugins_dir = (array) $this->plugins_dir;
             }
             foreach ($this->plugins_dir as $k => $v) {
-                if (strpos($v, './') !== false || strpos($v, '.\\') !== false) {
-                    $this->plugins_dir[ $k ] = $this->_realpath(rtrim($v, "/\\") . DS, true);
-                }
+                $this->plugins_dir[ $k ] = $this->_realpath(rtrim($v, "/\\") . DS, true);
             }
             $this->_cache[ 'plugin_files' ] = array();
             $this->_pluginsDirNormalized = true;