diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ecca1da..dfc3ccd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 	* Modules/Parsers/ProjectCenter/PCParser.m
 	Fix parser check for temrination, do not look past last char.
 
+	* PCAppController.m
+	If filename is not absolute, normalize it (happens when invoking with the filename as argument to the application, e.g. 'ProjectCenter myProject').
+
 2013-09-20 Riccardo Mottola <rm@gnu.org>
 
 	* Framework/PCFileCreator.m
diff --git a/PCAppController.m b/PCAppController.m
index bbf8de4..f5ef52a 100644
--- a/PCAppController.m
+++ b/PCAppController.m
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
    GNUstep ProjectCenter - http://www.gnustep.org/experience/ProjectCenter.html
 
-   Copyright (C) 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation
+   Copyright (C) 2001-2013 Free Software Foundation
 
    This file is part of GNUstep.
 
@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@
 {
   [NSApp activateIgnoringOtherApps:YES];
 
+  if (![fileName isAbsolutePath])
+    {
+      NSString *cwd = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] currentDirectoryPath];
+      fileName = [cwd stringByAppendingPathComponent: fileName];
+    }
+
   if ([[fileName pathExtension] isEqualToString:@"pcproj"] == YES
       || [[fileName pathExtension] isEqualToString:@"project"] == YES) 
     {