1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/tools/zip.lua b/src/luarocks/tools/zip.lua
index 7534f097..35428d91 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/tools/zip.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/tools/zip.lua
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ local function zipwriter_add(self, file)
    if not ok then
       err = "error in opening "..file.." in zipfile"
    else
-      fin = io.open(file, "rb")
+      fin = io.open(fs.absolute_name(file), "rb")
       if not fin then
          ok = false
          err = "error opening "..file.." for reading"
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ function new_zipwriter(name)
    
    local zw = {}
   
-   zw.ziphandle = io.open(name, "wb")
+   zw.ziphandle = io.open(fs.absolute_name(name), "wb")
    if not zw.ziphandle then
       return nil
    end