1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/python/subunit/__init__.py b/python/subunit/__init__.py
index d97a15b..7a04eb9 100644
--- a/python/subunit/__init__.py
+++ b/python/subunit/__init__.py
@@ -27,6 +27,21 @@ def test_suite():
     import subunit.tests
     return subunit.tests.test_suite()
 
+
+def join_dir(base_path, path):
+    """
+    Returns an absolute path to C{path}, calculated relative to the parent
+    of C{base_path}.
+
+    @param base_path: A path to a file or directory.
+    @param path: An absolute path, or a path relative to the containing
+    directory of C{base_path}.
+
+    @return: An absolute path to C{path}.
+    """
+    return os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(base_path)), path)
+
+
 class TestProtocolServer(object):
     """A class for receiving results from a TestProtocol client."""
 
@@ -278,7 +293,8 @@ class ExecTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         """
         unittest.TestCase.__init__(self, methodName)
         testMethod = getattr(self, methodName)
-        self.script = testMethod.__doc__
+        self.script = join_dir(sys.modules[self.__class__.__module__].__file__,
+                               testMethod.__doc__)
 
     def countTestCases(self):
         return 1