diff --git a/packages/graphql/lib/plugin/utils/plugin-utils.ts b/packages/graphql/lib/plugin/utils/plugin-utils.ts
index b90c42dbf..736894d5a 100644
--- a/packages/graphql/lib/plugin/utils/plugin-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql/lib/plugin/utils/plugin-utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { head } from 'lodash';
-import { posix } from 'path';
+import { isAbsolute, posix } from 'path';
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
 import {
   getText,
@@ -109,7 +109,10 @@ export function replaceImportPath(typeReference: string, fileName: string) {
   importPath = importPath.slice(2, importPath.length - 1);
 
   let relativePath = posix.relative(posix.dirname(fileName), importPath);
-  relativePath = relativePath[0] !== '.' ? './' + relativePath : relativePath;
+  relativePath =
+    !isAbsolute(relativePath) && relativePath[0] !== '.'
+      ? './' + relativePath
+      : relativePath;
 
   const nodeModulesText = 'node_modules';
   const nodeModulePos = relativePath.indexOf(nodeModulesText);