diff --git a/doc/doc.pl b/doc/doc.pl
index fe06fcab1..4d40ceb5e 100755
--- a/doc/doc.pl
+++ b/doc/doc.pl
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ use Getopt::Long qw(GetOptions);
 use Pod::Usage qw(pod2usage);
 use Storable;
 
-use lib dirname($0) . '/lib';
-use lib dirname(dirname($0)) . '/lib';
-use lib dirname(dirname($0)) . '/build/lib';
-use lib dirname(dirname($0)) . '/test/lib';
+use lib dirname(abs_path($0)) . '/lib';
+use lib dirname(dirname(abs_path($0))) . '/lib';
+use lib dirname(dirname(abs_path($0))) . '/build/lib';
+use lib dirname(dirname(abs_path($0))) . '/test/lib';
 
 use BackRestDoc::Common::Doc;
 use BackRestDoc::Common::DocConfig;
diff --git a/doc/lib/BackRestDoc/Common/Doc.pm b/doc/lib/BackRestDoc/Common/Doc.pm
index c92eeca20..a5a18101c 100644
--- a/doc/lib/BackRestDoc/Common/Doc.pm
+++ b/doc/lib/BackRestDoc/Common/Doc.pm
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use warnings FATAL => qw(all);
 use Carp qw(confess);
 use English '-no_match_vars';
 
+use Cwd qw(abs_path);
 use File::Basename qw(dirname);
 use Scalar::Util qw(blessed);
 use XML::Checker::Parser;
@@ -45,7 +46,8 @@ sub new
     if (defined($self->{strFileName}))
     {
         my $oParser = XML::Checker::Parser->new(ErrorContext => 2, Style => 'Tree');
-        $oParser->set_sgml_search_path(defined($strSgmlSearchPath) ? $strSgmlSearchPath : dirname(dirname($0)) . '/doc/xml/dtd');
+        $oParser->set_sgml_search_path(
+            defined($strSgmlSearchPath) ? $strSgmlSearchPath : dirname(dirname(abs_path($0))) . '/doc/xml/dtd');
 
         my $oTree;
 
diff --git a/doc/xml/release.xml b/doc/xml/release.xml
index ea1c187e9..1abcca1af 100644
--- a/doc/xml/release.xml
+++ b/doc/xml/release.xml
@@ -222,6 +222,10 @@
                         <p>Add Centos/RHEL 7 option to documentation build.</p>
                     </release-item>
 
+                    <release-item>
+                        <p>Use absolute paths so that <file>./doc.pl</file> runs.</p>
+                    </release-item>
+
                     <release-item>
                         <p>Pick <code>pg_switch_wal()</code>/<code>pg_switch_xlog()</code> based on <postgres/> version.</p>
                     </release-item>