diff --git a/repl/scala-2.10/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/ReplSuite.scala b/repl/scala-2.10/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/ReplSuite.scala
index 26b8600c32c116b3887cd431dbc7b5f9e5bb9559..b3688c9606877d2643b3d14637e6a4fc4dfa4d02 100644
--- a/repl/scala-2.10/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/ReplSuite.scala
+++ b/repl/scala-2.10/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/ReplSuite.scala
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class ReplSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
         }
       }
     }
-    val classpath = paths.mkString(File.pathSeparator)
+    val classpath = paths.map(new File(_).getAbsolutePath).mkString(File.pathSeparator)
 
     val oldExecutorClasspath = System.getProperty(CONF_EXECUTOR_CLASSPATH)
     System.setProperty(CONF_EXECUTOR_CLASSPATH, classpath)
diff --git a/repl/scala-2.11/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/ReplSuite.scala b/repl/scala-2.11/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/ReplSuite.scala
index 9262e938c2a6004e65316818f95bb9882588961f..55c91675ed3ba0915347c6601a177bc194e2de72 100644
--- a/repl/scala-2.11/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/ReplSuite.scala
+++ b/repl/scala-2.11/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/ReplSuite.scala
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class ReplSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
         }
       }
     }
-    val classpath = paths.mkString(File.pathSeparator)
+    val classpath = paths.map(new File(_).getAbsolutePath).mkString(File.pathSeparator)
 
     val oldExecutorClasspath = System.getProperty(CONF_EXECUTOR_CLASSPATH)
     System.setProperty(CONF_EXECUTOR_CLASSPATH, classpath)