diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3d25d3533..492ba37cd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ The project is very much Work In Progress and will be published on maven central
 BOAT is still under development and subject to change.
 ## 0.15.2
 * *Maven Plugin*
+  * Fixed handling of absolute file paths for linting OpenAPI specs
   * Changed boat-bay dateLibrary for upload spec .
 ## 0.15.1
 * *Maven Plugin*
diff --git a/boat-quay/boat-quay-lint/src/main/java/com/backbase/oss/boat/quay/BoatLinter.java b/boat-quay/boat-quay-lint/src/main/java/com/backbase/oss/boat/quay/BoatLinter.java
index b11c42f16..757b245a3 100644
--- a/boat-quay/boat-quay-lint/src/main/java/com/backbase/oss/boat/quay/BoatLinter.java
+++ b/boat-quay/boat-quay-lint/src/main/java/com/backbase/oss/boat/quay/BoatLinter.java
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ public BoatLintReport lint(File inputFile) throws IOException, OpenAPILoaderExce
     @NotNull
     private Path getFilePath(File inputFile) {
         File workingDirectory = new File(".");
+
+        if (inputFile.isAbsolute()) {
+            workingDirectory = workingDirectory.getAbsoluteFile();
+        }
+
         Path relativize;
         try {
             relativize = workingDirectory.toPath().relativize(inputFile.toPath());
diff --git a/boat-quay/boat-quay-lint/src/test/java/com/backbase/oss/boat/quay/BoatLinterTests.java b/boat-quay/boat-quay-lint/src/test/java/com/backbase/oss/boat/quay/BoatLinterTests.java
index e27b1fdbf..9639fefa2 100644
--- a/boat-quay/boat-quay-lint/src/test/java/com/backbase/oss/boat/quay/BoatLinterTests.java
+++ b/boat-quay/boat-quay-lint/src/test/java/com/backbase/oss/boat/quay/BoatLinterTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 package com.backbase.oss.boat.quay;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
 import com.backbase.oss.boat.loader.OpenAPILoaderException;
 import com.backbase.oss.boat.quay.model.BoatLintReport;
 import com.backbase.oss.boat.quay.model.BoatLintRule;
@@ -11,7 +15,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -55,6 +58,19 @@ void testRulesWithFile() throws IOException, OpenAPILoaderException {
         assertTrue(boatLintReport.hasViolations());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testRulesWithFile_absolutePath() throws IOException, OpenAPILoaderException {
+        // Can't ret relative file from class path resources. Copy into new file
+        String openApiContents = IOUtils.resourceToString("/openapi/presentation-client-api/openapi.yaml", Charset.defaultCharset());
+
+        File inputFile = new File("target/openapi.yaml").getAbsoluteFile();
+        Files.write(inputFile.toPath(), openApiContents.getBytes());
+
+        BoatLintReport boatLintReport = boatLinter.lint(inputFile);
+
+        assertTrue(boatLintReport.hasViolations());
+    }
+
     @Test
     void ruleManager() {
         List<BoatLintRule> availableRules = boatLinter.getAvailableRules();