diff --git a/FBReader/fbreader/src/fbreader/FBReader.cpp b/FBReader/fbreader/src/fbreader/FBReader.cpp

index 40ea5e2..275966b 100644

--- a/FBReader/fbreader/src/fbreader/FBReader.cpp

+++ b/FBReader/fbreader/src/fbreader/FBReader.cpp

@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@

 #include <queue>

+#include <cstdlib>

+#include <memory>

+

 #include <ZLibrary.h>

 #include <ZLFile.h>

 #include <ZLDialogManager.h>

@@ -64,6 +67,26 @@ static const std::string OPTIONS = "Options";

 const std::string FBReader::PageIndexParameter = "pageIndex";

+static std::string getAbsolutePath(std::string filename)

+{

+	std::string archive_path;

+

+	std::string::size_type archive_delim = filename.find(BooksDBQuery::ArchiveEntryDelimiter);

+	if (archive_delim != std::string::npos)

+	{

+		archive_path = filename.substr(archive_delim);

+		filename = filename.substr(0, archive_delim);

+	}

+

+	std::unique_ptr<char, decltype(std::free)*> resolved_path(realpath(filename.c_str(), NULL), std::free);

+	if (!resolved_path)

+	{

+		return filename + archive_path;

+	}

+

+	return std::string(resolved_path.get()) + archive_path;

+}

+

 class OpenFileHandler : public ZLMessageHandler {

 public:

@@ -180,7 +203,7 @@ void FBReader::initWindow() {

 	if (!myBookAlreadyOpen) {

 		shared_ptr<Book> book;

 		if (!myBookToOpen.empty()) {

-			createBook(ZLFile(myBookToOpen), book);

+			createBook(ZLFile(getAbsolutePath(myBookToOpen)), book);

 		}

 		if (book.isNull()) {

 			const BookList &books = Library::Instance().recentBooks();