diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3d4e8588e2..d4251b36c1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Dec 31 11:20:34 2003    <dave@pragprog.com>
+
+	* lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_c.rb (RDoc::C_Parser::do_methods): Make
+	  file referenced in "// in sss.c" relative to current file.
+
 Wed Dec 31 11:17:37 2003  Dave Thomas  <dave@pragprog.com>
 
 	* lib/rdoc/generators/html_generator.rb: Fix problem when
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_c.rb b/lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_c.rb
index 0ecd1ce39b..4aca5eeb67 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_c.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_c.rb
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ module RDoc
       @options = options
       @top_level = top_level
       @classes = Hash.new
+	  @file_dir = File.dirname(file_name)
     end
 
     # Extract the classes/modules and methods from a C file
@@ -326,7 +327,8 @@ module RDoc
         end
 
         if source_file
-          body = (@@known_bodies[source_file] ||= File.read(source_file))
+		  file_name = File.join(@file_dir, source_file)
+          body = (@@known_bodies[source_file] ||= File.read(file_name))
         else
           body = @body
         end