diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Build.Tasks/XamlCompilerTaskExecutor.cs b/src/Avalonia.Build.Tasks/XamlCompilerTaskExecutor.cs
index d2ccea8fa4..97aa8abc2f 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Build.Tasks/XamlCompilerTaskExecutor.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Build.Tasks/XamlCompilerTaskExecutor.cs
@@ -178,10 +178,11 @@ namespace Avalonia.Build.Tasks
 
             var stringEquals = asm.MainModule.ImportReference(asm.MainModule.TypeSystem.String.Resolve().Methods.First(
                 m =>
-                    m.IsStatic && m.Name == "Equals" && m.Parameters.Count == 2 &&
+                    m.IsStatic && m.Name == "Equals" && m.Parameters.Count == 3 &&
                     m.ReturnType.FullName == "System.Boolean"
                     && m.Parameters[0].ParameterType.FullName == "System.String"
-                    && m.Parameters[1].ParameterType.FullName == "System.String"));
+                    && m.Parameters[1].ParameterType.FullName == "System.String"
+                    && m.Parameters[2].ParameterType.FullName == "System.StringComparison"));
             
             bool CompileGroup(IResourceGroup group)
             {
@@ -384,6 +385,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Build.Tasks
                                 var nop = Instruction.Create(OpCodes.Nop);
                                 i.Add(Instruction.Create(OpCodes.Ldarg_0));
                                 i.Add(Instruction.Create(OpCodes.Ldstr, res.Uri));
+                                i.Add(Instruction.Create(OpCodes.Ldc_I4, (int)StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
                                 i.Add(Instruction.Create(OpCodes.Call, stringEquals));
                                 i.Add(Instruction.Create(OpCodes.Brfalse, nop));
                                 if (parameterlessConstructor != null)
diff --git a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/CompilerExtensions/AvaloniaXamlIlLanguageParseIntrinsics.cs b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/CompilerExtensions/AvaloniaXamlIlLanguageParseIntrinsics.cs
index 023e978afa..64fdfe155d 100644
--- a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/CompilerExtensions/AvaloniaXamlIlLanguageParseIntrinsics.cs
+++ b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/CompilerExtensions/AvaloniaXamlIlLanguageParseIntrinsics.cs
@@ -270,6 +270,27 @@ namespace Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.XamlIl.CompilerExtensions
                 }
             }
 
+            if (type.Equals(types.Uri))
+            {
+                var uriText = text.Trim();
+
+                var kind = ((!uriText?.StartsWith("/") == true) ? UriKind.Absolute : UriKind.Relative);
+
+                if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(uriText) || !Uri.TryCreate(uriText, kind, out var _))
+                {
+                        throw new XamlX.XamlLoadException($"Unable to parse text {uriText} as a {kind} uri.", node);
+                }
+                result = new XamlAstNewClrObjectNode(node
+                    , new(node, types.Uri, false)
+                    , types.UriConstructor
+                    , new List<IXamlAstValueNode>()
+                    {
+                        new XamlConstantNode(node, context.Configuration.WellKnownTypes.String, uriText),
+                        new XamlConstantNode(node, types.UriKind, (int)kind),
+                    });
+                return true;
+            }
+
             result = null;
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/CompilerExtensions/Transformers/AvaloniaXamlIlWellKnownTypes.cs b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/CompilerExtensions/Transformers/AvaloniaXamlIlWellKnownTypes.cs
index c3e0223de4..bf8427a129 100644
--- a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/CompilerExtensions/Transformers/AvaloniaXamlIlWellKnownTypes.cs
+++ b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/CompilerExtensions/Transformers/AvaloniaXamlIlWellKnownTypes.cs
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ namespace Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.XamlIl.CompilerExtensions.Transformers
         public IXamlType IResourceDictionary { get; }
         public IXamlType ResourceDictionary { get; }
         public IXamlMethod ResourceDictionaryDeferredAdd { get; }
+        public IXamlType UriKind { get; }
+        public IXamlConstructor UriConstructor { get; }
 
         public AvaloniaXamlIlWellKnownTypes(TransformerConfiguration cfg)
         {
@@ -236,6 +238,8 @@ namespace Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.XamlIl.CompilerExtensions.Transformers
                 cfg.TypeSystem.GetType("System.Func`2").MakeGenericType(
                     cfg.TypeSystem.GetType("System.IServiceProvider"),
                     XamlIlTypes.Object));
+            UriKind = cfg.TypeSystem.GetType("System.UriKind");
+            UriConstructor = Uri.GetConstructor(new List<IXamlType>() { cfg.WellKnownTypes.String, UriKind });
         }
     }