diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 395ac59e7..85356ca65 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ function(compile_flatbuffers_schema_to_binary SRC_FBS)
     OUTPUT ${GEN_BINARY_SCHEMA}
     COMMAND "${FLATBUFFERS_FLATC_EXECUTABLE}"
             -b --schema --bfbs-comments --bfbs-builtins
-            --bfbs-filenames ${SRC_FBS_DIR}
+            --bfbs-filenames "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${SRC_FBS_DIR}"
             -I "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/include_test"
             -o "${SRC_FBS_DIR}"
             "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${SRC_FBS}"