diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8fa13f0..f182db9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ verbose: false
 
 ## Future improvements
 
-* Make 'glue' paths in the config relative to the configuration file.
 * Generics support
 * Plain, adapter-less injections
 * Plug-in system
diff --git a/src-java/test/bind.config b/src-java/test/bind.config
index 6d15846..d0f6d45 100644
--- a/src-java/test/bind.config
+++ b/src-java/test/bind.config
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 This is a test configuration file. Below, the gluer files are specified. The
 paths to these files are relative to this configuration file.
 
-glue: src-java/test/bind.gluer
+glue: bind.gluer
 
 
 Other options can be specified as well.
diff --git a/src/gluer/agent.clj b/src/gluer/agent.clj
index 4738f12..c27b5b6 100644
--- a/src/gluer/agent.clj
+++ b/src/gluer/agent.clj
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
             [gluer.resources :as r]
             [gluer.runtime :as runtime]
             [gluer.config :as c]
+            [gluer.core :as core]
             [clojure.string :as s])
   (:use     [gluer.clauses]
             [gluer.logging])
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@
       (with-redefs [*verbose* (:verbose config)]
         (log-verbose "Parsing .gluer files and searching for Adapters...")
         ;; Parse the files and check for parse errors.
-        (let [parsed (r/parse-gluer-files (:glue config))
+        (let [parsed (r/parse-gluer-files (core/absolutise agent-args (:glue config)))
               erroneous (filter (comp :error :parsed) parsed)]
           (if (not (empty? erroneous))
             (do (doseq [error erroneous]
diff --git a/src/gluer/core.clj b/src/gluer/core.clj
index 3cf3012..c1ca6c4 100644
--- a/src/gluer/core.clj
+++ b/src/gluer/core.clj
@@ -92,6 +92,16 @@
     (catch InterruptedException ex 
       (println "Errors detected. Fix above errors and re-run the check."))))
 
+
+;;; Helper functions.
+
+(defn absolutise ;--- Move this to a utility namespace?
+  [root-file file-names]
+  (let [root-url (java.net.URL. (str "file:" root-file))]
+    (for [file-name file-names]
+      (.getFile (java.net.URL. root-url file-name)))))
+
+
 ;;; The main entry point.
 
 (defn -main ;--- Maybe reading a JAR file containing .config, .gluer and Adapters is also nice?
@@ -104,6 +114,6 @@
         (if-let [config (try (c/read-config (slurp config-file-name)) 
                              (catch java.io.IOException ioe))]
           (with-redefs [*verbose* (or verbose (and (nil? verbose) (:verbose config)))]
-            (check (:glue config)))
+            (check (absolutise config-file-name (:glue config))))
           (println "Could not find or open file:" config-file-name))
         (display-help-text banner)))))