diff --git a/lib/drupal.js b/lib/drupal.js
index 2162b8ba..20a8ec6f 100644
--- a/lib/drupal.js
+++ b/lib/drupal.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
     }
 
     // Using direct spawn functionality to capture stdout.
-    grunt.util.spawn({cmd: module.drushPath(), args: ['-r', grunt.config('config.buildPaths.html'), 'status', '--format=json']}, function(error, result, code) {
+    grunt.util.spawn({cmd: module.drushPath(), args: ['-r', path.resolve(grunt.config('config.buildPaths.html')), 'status', '--format=json']}, function(error, result, code) {
       var json = null;
       if (error) {
         grunt.log.writeln('drush status failed with code ' + code);