diff --git a/src/Shell/Task/ExtractTask.php b/src/Shell/Task/ExtractTask.php
index de95bac1e79..6c79fa80014 100644
--- a/src/Shell/Task/ExtractTask.php
+++ b/src/Shell/Task/ExtractTask.php
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ class ExtractTask extends Shell
      */
     protected $_merge = false;
 
+    /**
+     * Use relative paths in the pot files rather than full path
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $_relativePaths = false;
+
     /**
      * Current file being processed
      *
@@ -233,6 +240,10 @@ public function main()
             $this->_merge = strtolower($response) === 'y';
         }
 
+        if (isset($this->params['relative-paths'])) {
+            $this->_relativePaths = !(strtolower($this->params['relative-paths']) === 'no');
+        }
+
         if (empty($this->_files)) {
             $this->_searchFiles();
         }
@@ -321,6 +332,9 @@ public function getOptionParser()
         ])->addOption('merge', [
             'help' => 'Merge all domain strings into the default.po file.',
             'choices' => ['yes', 'no']
+        ])->addOption('relative-paths', [
+            'help' => 'Use relative paths in the .pot file',
+            'choices' => ['yes', 'no']
         ])->addOption('output', [
             'help' => 'Full path to output directory.'
         ])->addOption('files', [
@@ -447,6 +461,9 @@ protected function _parse($functionName, $map)
                         'file' => $this->_file,
                         'line' => $line,
                     ];
+                    if ($this->_relativePaths) {
+                        $details['file'] = '.' . str_replace(ROOT, '', $details['file']);
+                    }
                     if (isset($plural)) {
                         $details['msgid_plural'] = $plural;
                     }