diff --git a/ets2panda/driver/build_system/src/build/base_mode.ts b/ets2panda/driver/build_system/src/build/base_mode.ts
index c5282cded0b2062f288b73a81241293d08ab23d0..5862c017b1397babb7ad7961ab48662850c791c3 100644
--- a/ets2panda/driver/build_system/src/build/base_mode.ts
+++ b/ets2panda/driver/build_system/src/build/base_mode.ts
@@ -558,7 +558,8 @@ export abstract class BaseMode {
     }
     this.entryFiles.forEach((file: string) => {
       for (const [packageName, moduleInfo] of this.moduleInfos) {
-        if (!file.startsWith(moduleInfo.moduleRootPath)) {
+        const relativePath = path.relative(moduleInfo.moduleRootPath, file);
+        if (relativePath.startsWith('..') || path.isAbsolute(relativePath)) {
           continue;
         }
         let filePathFromModuleRoot: string = path.relative(moduleInfo.moduleRootPath, file);