diff --git a/builtin/worktree.c b/builtin/worktree.c
index e3b4a71ee0bc13d5e817cf7dcc398e9e2bd975de..302151506981718658db1cd338cd9064688f5c14 100644
--- a/builtin/worktree.c
+++ b/builtin/worktree.c
@@ -1190,6 +1190,8 @@ static int move_worktree(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
 		OPT__FORCE(&force,
 			 N_("force move even if worktree is dirty or locked"),
 			 PARSE_OPT_NOCOMPLETE),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "relative-paths", &use_relative_paths,
+			 N_("use relative paths for worktrees")),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 	struct worktree **worktrees, *wt;
@@ -1242,7 +1244,7 @@ static int move_worktree(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
 	if (rename(wt->path, dst.buf) == -1)
 		die_errno(_("failed to move '%s' to '%s'"), wt->path, dst.buf);
 
-	update_worktree_location(wt, dst.buf);
+	update_worktree_location(wt, dst.buf, use_relative_paths);
 
 	strbuf_release(&dst);
 	free_worktrees(worktrees);
diff --git a/t/t2403-worktree-move.sh b/t/t2403-worktree-move.sh
index 901342ea09b51a8e832f1109fbb737df84283aa2..6ce9ed3f1e6b3f73d2a290e770233eec30221fe5 100755
--- a/t/t2403-worktree-move.sh
+++ b/t/t2403-worktree-move.sh
@@ -247,4 +247,26 @@ test_expect_success 'not remove a repo with initialized submodule' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'move worktree with absolute path to relative path' '
+	git config worktree.useRelativePaths false &&
+	git worktree add ./absolute &&
+	git worktree move --relative-paths absolute relative &&
+	cat relative/.git >actual &&
+	echo "gitdir: ../.git/worktrees/absolute" >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+	git config worktree.useRelativePaths true &&
+	git worktree move relative relative2 &&
+	cat relative2/.git >actual &&
+	echo "gitdir: ../.git/worktrees/absolute" >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'move worktree with relative path to absolute path' '
+	git config worktree.useRelativePaths true &&
+	git worktree move --no-relative-paths relative2 absolute &&
+	cat absolute/.git >actual &&
+	echo "gitdir: $(pwd)/.git/worktrees/absolute" >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/worktree.c b/worktree.c
index ab6f1e036fa019285a1a5152decb9aed5202909f..6b640cd9549ecb060236f7eddf1390caa181f1a0 100644
--- a/worktree.c
+++ b/worktree.c
@@ -376,32 +376,29 @@ int validate_worktree(const struct worktree *wt, struct strbuf *errmsg,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void update_worktree_location(struct worktree *wt, const char *path_)
+void update_worktree_location(struct worktree *wt,
+			      const char *path_,
+			      int use_relative_paths)
 {
 	struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
-	struct strbuf repo = STRBUF_INIT;
-	struct strbuf file = STRBUF_INIT;
-	struct strbuf tmp = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct strbuf dotgit = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct strbuf gitdir = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 	if (is_main_worktree(wt))
 		BUG("can't relocate main worktree");
 
-	strbuf_realpath(&repo, git_common_path("worktrees/%s", wt->id), 1);
+	strbuf_realpath(&gitdir, git_common_path("worktrees/%s/gitdir", wt->id), 1);
 	strbuf_realpath(&path, path_, 1);
+	strbuf_addf(&dotgit, "%s/.git", path.buf);
 	if (fspathcmp(wt->path, path.buf)) {
-		strbuf_addf(&file, "%s/gitdir", repo.buf);
-		write_file(file.buf, "%s/.git", relative_path(path.buf, repo.buf, &tmp));
-		strbuf_reset(&file);
-		strbuf_addf(&file, "%s/.git", path.buf);
-		write_file(file.buf, "gitdir: %s", relative_path(repo.buf, path.buf, &tmp));
+		write_worktree_linking_files(dotgit, gitdir, use_relative_paths);
 
 		free(wt->path);
 		wt->path = strbuf_detach(&path, NULL);
 	}
 	strbuf_release(&path);
-	strbuf_release(&repo);
-	strbuf_release(&file);
-	strbuf_release(&tmp);
+	strbuf_release(&dotgit);
+	strbuf_release(&gitdir);
 }
 
 int is_worktree_being_rebased(const struct worktree *wt,
diff --git a/worktree.h b/worktree.h
index 4786aa545ca1fa12bb16a55ddf5a59c06503b2c5..6dd5dfc9b71870320c96aae35a7a983b5b9ba9a7 100644
--- a/worktree.h
+++ b/worktree.h
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ int validate_worktree(const struct worktree *wt,
  * Update worktrees/xxx/gitdir with the new path.
  */
 void update_worktree_location(struct worktree *wt,
-			      const char *path_);
+			      const char *path_,
+			      int use_relative_paths);
 
 typedef void (* worktree_repair_fn)(int iserr, const char *path,
 				    const char *msg, void *cb_data);
