diff --git a/test/test-get-currentexe.c b/test/test-get-currentexe.c
index 1dc85565..9dd26769 100644
--- a/test/test-get-currentexe.c
+++ b/test/test-get-currentexe.c
@@ -30,15 +30,25 @@ TEST_IMPL(get_currentexe) {
   char buffer[PATHMAX];
   size_t size;
   char* match;
+  char* path;
   int r;
 
   size = sizeof(buffer) / sizeof(buffer[0]);
   r = uv_exepath(buffer, &size);
   ASSERT(!r);
 
-  match = strstr(buffer, executable_path);
+  /* uv_exepath can return an absolute path on darwin, so if the test runner
+   * was run with a relative prefix of "./", we need to strip that prefix off
+   * executable_path or we'll fail. */
+  if (executable_path[0] == '.' && executable_path[1] == '/') {
+    path = executable_path + 2;
+  } else {
+    path = executable_path;
+  }
+
+  match = strstr(buffer, path);
   /* Verify that the path returned from uv_exepath is a subdirectory of executable_path */
-  ASSERT(match && !strcmp(match, executable_path));
+  ASSERT(match && !strcmp(match, path));
   ASSERT(size == strlen(buffer));
 
   /* Negative tests */