diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/deploy/lib/checkForChanges.js b/lib/plugins/aws/deploy/lib/checkForChanges.js
index 6bcc53cf9..def3717d7 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/deploy/lib/checkForChanges.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/deploy/lib/checkForChanges.js
@@ -134,10 +134,9 @@ module.exports = {
       // create hashes for all the zip files
       const zipFiles = globby.sync(['**.zip'], { cwd: serverlessDirPath, dot: true, silent: true });
       if (this.serverless.service.package.artifact) {
-        const arficatPath = path.join(serverlessDirPath, this.serverless.service.package.artifact);
-        zipFiles.push(arficatPath);
+        zipFiles.push(this.serverless.service.package.artifact);
       }
-      const zipFilePaths = zipFiles.map(zipFile => path.join(serverlessDirPath, zipFile));
+      const zipFilePaths = zipFiles.map(zipFile => path.resolve(serverlessDirPath, zipFile));
 
       const readFile = BbPromise.promisify(fs.readFile);
       const zipFileHashesPromises = zipFilePaths.map(zipFilePath =>
diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/deploy/lib/checkForChanges.test.js b/lib/plugins/aws/deploy/lib/checkForChanges.test.js
index aa21fc171..f0a268bba 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/deploy/lib/checkForChanges.test.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/deploy/lib/checkForChanges.test.js
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ describe('checkForChanges', () => {
           silent: true,
         });
         expect(readFileStub).to.have.been.calledWith(
-          path.join('my-service/.serverless/my-service.zip')
+          path.resolve(awsDeploy.serverless.config.servicePath, '.serverless/my-service.zip')
         );
         expect(awsDeploy.serverless.service.provider.shouldNotDeploy).to.equal(undefined);
       });
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ describe('checkForChanges', () => {
           silent: true,
         });
         expect(readFileStub).to.have.been.calledWith(
-          path.join('my-service/.serverless/my-service.zip')
+          path.resolve(awsDeploy.serverless.config.servicePath, '.serverless/my-service.zip')
         );
         expect(awsDeploy.serverless.service.provider.shouldNotDeploy).to.equal(undefined);
       });
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ describe('checkForChanges', () => {
           silent: true,
         });
         expect(readFileStub).to.have.been.calledWith(
-          path.join('my-service/.serverless/my-service.zip')
+          path.resolve(awsDeploy.serverless.config.servicePath, '.serverless/my-service.zip')
         );
         expect(awsDeploy.serverless.service.provider.shouldNotDeploy).to.equal(undefined);
       });
@@ -432,8 +432,12 @@ describe('checkForChanges', () => {
           dot: true,
           silent: true,
         });
-        expect(readFileStub).to.have.been.calledWith(path.join('my-service/.serverless/func1.zip'));
-        expect(readFileStub).to.have.been.calledWith(path.join('my-service/.serverless/func2.zip'));
+        expect(readFileStub).to.have.been.calledWith(
+          path.resolve(awsDeploy.serverless.config.servicePath, '.serverless/func1.zip')
+        );
+        expect(readFileStub).to.have.been.calledWith(
+          path.resolve(awsDeploy.serverless.config.servicePath, '.serverless/func2.zip')
+        );
         expect(awsDeploy.serverless.service.provider.shouldNotDeploy).to.equal(undefined);
       });
     });
@@ -474,7 +478,7 @@ describe('checkForChanges', () => {
           silent: true,
         });
         expect(readFileStub).to.have.been.calledWith(
-          path.join('my-service/.serverless/my-service.zip')
+          path.resolve(awsDeploy.serverless.config.servicePath, '.serverless/my-service.zip')
         );
         expect(awsDeploy.serverless.service.provider.shouldNotDeploy).to.equal(undefined);
       });
@@ -512,7 +516,7 @@ describe('checkForChanges', () => {
           silent: true,
         });
         expect(readFileStub).to.have.been.calledWith(
-          path.join('my-service/.serverless/my-service.zip')
+          path.resolve(awsDeploy.serverless.config.servicePath, '.serverless/my-service.zip')
         );
         expect(awsDeploy.serverless.service.provider.shouldNotDeploy).to.equal(true);
       });
@@ -554,7 +558,7 @@ describe('checkForChanges', () => {
             silent: true,
           });
           expect(readFileStub).to.have.been.calledWith(
-            path.join('my-service/.serverless/my-service.zip')
+            path.resolve(awsDeploy.serverless.config.servicePath, '.serverless/my-service.zip')
           );
           expect(awsDeploy.serverless.service.provider.shouldNotDeploy).to.equal(true);
         }
@@ -599,8 +603,12 @@ describe('checkForChanges', () => {
           dot: true,
           silent: true,
         });
-        expect(readFileStub).to.have.been.calledWith(path.join('my-service/.serverless/func1.zip'));
-        expect(readFileStub).to.have.been.calledWith(path.join('my-service/.serverless/func2.zip'));
+        expect(readFileStub).to.have.been.calledWith(
+          path.resolve(awsDeploy.serverless.config.servicePath, '.serverless/func1.zip')
+        );
+        expect(readFileStub).to.have.been.calledWith(
+          path.resolve(awsDeploy.serverless.config.servicePath, '.serverless/func2.zip')
+        );
         expect(awsDeploy.serverless.service.provider.shouldNotDeploy).to.equal(true);
       });
     });
@@ -641,7 +649,7 @@ describe('checkForChanges', () => {
           silent: true,
         });
         expect(readFileStub).to.have.been.calledWith(
-          path.join('my-service/.serverless/my-service/.serverless/foo/bar/my-own.zip')
+          path.resolve(awsDeploy.serverless.config.servicePath, '.serverless/foo/bar/my-own.zip')
         );
         expect(awsDeploy.serverless.service.provider.shouldNotDeploy).to.equal(undefined);
       });