diff --git a/lib/jsdoc/path.js b/lib/jsdoc/path.js
index e72d19e0..0c1a3849 100644
--- a/lib/jsdoc/path.js
+++ b/lib/jsdoc/path.js
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ exports.getResourcePath = function(filepath, filename) {
         return true;
     }
 
-    // first, try resolving it relative to the current working directory (or just normalize it
-    // if it's an absolute path)
-    result = path.resolve(filepath);
+    // first, try resolving it relative to the working directory (or just normalize it if it's an
+    // absolute path)
+    result = path.resolve(process.env.PWD, filepath);
     if ( !pathExists(result) ) {
         // next, try resolving it relative to the JSDoc directory
         result = path.resolve(env.dirname, filepath);