diff --git a/PHPCI/Plugin/PhpParallelLint.php b/PHPCI/Plugin/PhpParallelLint.php
index 30398995..3787fd0c 100644
--- a/PHPCI/Plugin/PhpParallelLint.php
+++ b/PHPCI/Plugin/PhpParallelLint.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class PhpParallelLint implements \PHPCI\Plugin
         $this->ignore       = $this->phpci->ignore;
 
         if (isset($options['directory'])) {
-            $this->directory = $options['directory'];
+            $this->directory = $phpci->buildPath.$options['directory'];
         }
 
         if (isset($options['ignore'])) {