diff --git a/lib/command.js b/lib/command.js
index 61edb05e..eb67b4d6 100644
--- a/lib/command.js
+++ b/lib/command.js
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
       _e = o.require;
       for (_d = 0, _f = _e.length; _d < _f; _d++) {
         file = _e[_d];
-        require(fs.realpathSync(file));
+        require(helpers.starts(file, '.') ? fs.realpathSync(file) : file);
       }
     }
     try {
diff --git a/src/command.coffee b/src/command.coffee
index f9b48f1f..9de7fe0b 100644
--- a/src/command.coffee
+++ b/src/command.coffee
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ compileScript = (file, input, base) ->
   o = opts
   options = compileOptions file
   if o.require
-    require fs.realpathSync file for file in o.require
+    require(if helpers.starts(file, '.') then fs.realpathSync(file) else file) for file in o.require
   try
     t = task = {file, input, options}
     CoffeeScript.emit 'compile', task