diff --git a/patches/tslint+5.20.0.patch b/patches/tslint+5.20.0.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..106d410100e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/tslint+5.20.0.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+patch-package
+--- a/node_modules/tslint/lib/linter.js
++++ b/node_modules/tslint/lib/linter.js
+@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ var Linter = /** @class */ (function () {
+                 var oldSource = fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf-8");
+                 fileNewSource = rule_1.Replacement.applyFixes(oldSource, fileFixes);
+             }
+-            fs.writeFileSync(filePath, fileNewSource);
++            fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve(filePath), fileNewSource);
+             _this.updateProgram(filePath);
+         });
+         return source;