diff --git a/raml-parser-2/src/main/java/org/raml/v2/api/RamlModelBuilder.java b/raml-parser-2/src/main/java/org/raml/v2/api/RamlModelBuilder.java
index cc4a219b..2cc7345e 100644
--- a/raml-parser-2/src/main/java/org/raml/v2/api/RamlModelBuilder.java
+++ b/raml-parser-2/src/main/java/org/raml/v2/api/RamlModelBuilder.java
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ private String getRamlContent(File ramlFile)
         {
             return null;
         }
-        ResourceLoader fileLoader = new CompositeResourceLoader(resourceLoader, new FileResourceLoader(ramlFile.getParent()));
+        ResourceLoader fileLoader = new CompositeResourceLoader(resourceLoader, new FileResourceLoader(ramlFile.getAbsoluteFile().getParent()));
         return getRamlContent(ramlFile.getName(), fileLoader);
     }