diff --git a/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt b/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
index cdfca2c7cd5..2901aea4572 100644
--- a/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
+++ b/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ private fun processLib(konanHome: String,
         }
     }
 
-    val workDir = defFile?.parentFile ?: File(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"))
+    val workDir = defFile?.absoluteFile?.parentFile ?: File(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"))
 
     if (flavor == KotlinPlatform.JVM) {