diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2fa925886..a287f63e6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -599,6 +599,14 @@ To replicate functionality in `terraform_docs` hook:
         - --args=--config=__GIT_WORKING_DIR__/.tflint.hcl
     ```
 
+3. When you want the root relative paths to the linting error messages rather than just module relative paths. You need to use TFlint native `--chdir` functionality. Note: this requires TFlint version 0.44.0 or later. For example:
+
+    ```yaml
+    - id: terraform_tflint
+          args:
+            - --hook-config=--skip-chdir
+    ```
+
 
 ### terraform_tfsec
 
diff --git a/hooks/_common.sh b/hooks/_common.sh
index 37b32d842..116d468b5 100644
--- a/hooks/_common.sh
+++ b/hooks/_common.sh
@@ -217,6 +217,25 @@ function common::per_dir_hook {
     ((index += 1))
   done
 
+  # Lookup hook-config for modifiers that impact common behavior
+  local SKIP_CHDIR=false
+  IFS=";" read -r -a configs <<< "${HOOK_CONFIG[*]}"
+  for c in "${configs[@]}"; do
+    IFS="=" read -r -a config <<< "$c"
+    key=${config[0]}
+    value=${config[1]}
+
+    case $key in
+      --skip-chdir)
+        # this flag will skip pushing and popping directories
+        # delegating the responsibility to the hooked plugin/binary
+        if [ "$value" != "false" ]; then
+          SKIP_CHDIR=true
+        fi
+        ;;
+    esac
+  done
+
   # preserve errexit status
   shopt -qo errexit && ERREXIT_IS_SET=true
   # allow hook to continue if exit_code is greater than 0
@@ -226,7 +245,10 @@ function common::per_dir_hook {
   # run hook for each path
   for dir_path in $(echo "${dir_paths[*]}" | tr ' ' '\n' | sort -u); do
     dir_path="${dir_path//__REPLACED__SPACE__/ }"
-    pushd "$dir_path" > /dev/null || continue
+
+    if ! $SKIP_CHDIR; then
+      pushd "$dir_path" > /dev/null || continue
+    fi
 
     per_dir_hook_unique_part "$dir_path" "${args[@]}"
 
@@ -235,7 +257,10 @@ function common::per_dir_hook {
       final_exit_code=$exit_code
     fi
 
-    popd > /dev/null
+    if ! $SKIP_CHDIR; then
+      popd > /dev/null
+    fi
+
   done
 
   # restore errexit if it was set before the "for" loop
diff --git a/hooks/terraform_tflint.sh b/hooks/terraform_tflint.sh
index d488cb734..eb9a096a8 100755
--- a/hooks/terraform_tflint.sh
+++ b/hooks/terraform_tflint.sh
@@ -50,16 +50,29 @@ function per_dir_hook_unique_part {
   shift
   local -a -r args=("$@")
 
-  # Print checked PATH **only** if TFLint have any messages
-  # shellcheck disable=SC2091,SC2068 # Suppress error output
-  $(tflint ${args[@]} 2>&1) 2> /dev/null || {
-    common::colorify "yellow" "TFLint in $dir_path/:"
+  IFS=";" read -r -a configs <<< "${HOOK_CONFIG[*]}"
+  for c in "${configs[@]}"; do
+    IFS="=" read -r -a config <<< "$c"
+    key=${config[0]}
+    value=${config[1]}
 
-    tflint "${args[@]}"
-  }
+    case $key in
+      --skip-chdir)
+        if [ "$value" != "false" ]; then
+          DIR_ARGS="--chdir=$dir_path"
+        fi
+        ;;
+    esac
+  done
 
-  # return exit code to common::per_dir_hook
+  COMMAND_OUTPUT=$({ tflint "${DIR_ARGS}" "${args[@]}"; } 2>&1)
   local exit_code=$?
+
+  if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ]; then
+    common::colorify "yellow" "TFLint in $dir_path/:"
+    echo "$COMMAND_OUTPUT"
+  fi
+
   return $exit_code
 }