diff --git a/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h b/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h
index e0154815..bf5b9210 100644
--- a/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h
+++ b/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define Xorriso_timestamP "2009.01.22.152252"
+#define Xorriso_timestamP "2009.01.22.155049"
diff --git a/xorriso/xorrisoburn.c b/xorriso/xorrisoburn.c
index 683a2fe2..4f29b07d 100644
--- a/xorriso/xorrisoburn.c
+++ b/xorriso/xorrisoburn.c
@@ -8749,6 +8749,7 @@ ok:;
                     ACL text (without comments) of the file object. In this
                     case it finally has to be freed by the caller.
    @param flag      bit0= do not report to result but only retrieve ACL text
+                    bit1= do not strip leading '/' from "# file:" 
    @return          2 ok, no ACL available, eventual *acl_text will be NULL
                     1 ok, ACL available, eventual *acl_text stems from malloc()
                   <=0 error
@@ -8756,7 +8757,7 @@ ok:;
 int Xorriso_getfacl(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *path, char **acl_text,
                     int flag)
 {
- int ret;
+ int ret, path_offset= 0;
  IsoNode *node;
  char *text= NULL, *cpt, *npt;
  uid_t uid;
@@ -8797,8 +8798,10 @@ int Xorriso_getfacl(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *path, char **acl_text,
      {ret= 2; goto ex;}
  }
 
+ if(path[0] == '/' && !(flag & 2))
+   path_offset= 1;
  strcpy(xorriso->result_line, "# file: ");
- Text_shellsafe(path, xorriso->result_line, 1);
+ Text_shellsafe(path + path_offset, xorriso->result_line, 1);
  strcat(xorriso->result_line, "\n");
  Xorriso_result(xorriso, 0);