diff --git a/reactos/tools/rbuild/XML.cpp b/reactos/tools/rbuild/XML.cpp
index e95ecff3a72..4950aef94a2 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/rbuild/XML.cpp
+++ b/reactos/tools/rbuild/XML.cpp
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ Path::RelativeFromWorkingDirectory ( const string& path )
 #ifdef WIN32
 		if ( i ) out += "/";
 #else
-		out += "/";
+		out += out.size() ? "/" : "./";
 #endif
 		out += vout[i];
 	}