diff --git a/ts2panda/src/base/util.ts b/ts2panda/src/base/util.ts
index c9a2177cadbb3a7a5f9ef364c1abc81d3f0cbc01..81280902a1a5ce06509b3842f9fbb430fa770440 100755
--- a/ts2panda/src/base/util.ts
+++ b/ts2panda/src/base/util.ts
@@ -296,3 +296,13 @@ export function getRangeStartVregPos(ins: IRNode): number {
     }
     return ins instanceof EcmaCreateobjectwithexcludedkeys ? 2 : 1;
 }
+
+export function getModuleRequest(node: ts.Node, moduleSpecifier: string): string {
+    if (path.isAbsolute(moduleSpecifier)) {
+        return moduleSpecifier;
+    }
+
+    // relative path resolving
+    let currentFileName = jshelpers.getSourceFileOfNode(node).fileName;
+    return path.resolve(path.dirname(currentFileName), moduleSpecifier);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ts2panda/src/recorder.ts b/ts2panda/src/recorder.ts
index d74afb9d1c3378feb0bff1e318a1e1610b83215a..5fbe35ba51f6c899b1250d27add402854dc851aa 100644
--- a/ts2panda/src/recorder.ts
+++ b/ts2panda/src/recorder.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 import ts from "typescript";
 import * as astutils from "./astutils";
-import { isAnonymousFunctionDefinition } from "./base/util";
+import { isAnonymousFunctionDefinition, getModuleRequest } from "./base/util";
 import { CmdOptions } from "./cmdOptions";
 import { CompilerDriver } from "./compilerDriver";
 import { DiagnosticCode, DiagnosticError } from "./diagnostic";
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ export class Recorder {
         if (!ts.isStringLiteral(node.moduleSpecifier)) {
             throw new Error("moduleSpecifier must be a stringLiteral");
         }
-        let moduleRequest = jshelpers.getTextOfIdentifierOrLiteral(node.moduleSpecifier);
+        let moduleRequest = getModuleRequest(node, jshelpers.getTextOfIdentifierOrLiteral(node.moduleSpecifier));
         let importStmt = new ModuleStmt(node, moduleRequest);
 
         if (node.importClause) {
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ export class Recorder {
             if (!ts.isStringLiteral(node.moduleSpecifier)) {
                 throw new Error("moduleSpecifier must be a stringLiteral");
             }
-            exportStmt = new ModuleStmt(node, jshelpers.getTextOfIdentifierOrLiteral(node.moduleSpecifier));
+            exportStmt = new ModuleStmt(node, getModuleRequest(node, jshelpers.getTextOfIdentifierOrLiteral(node.moduleSpecifier)));
         } else {
             exportStmt = new ModuleStmt(node);
         }