1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite_adapter.rb
index a20e65ca3b..44011a09fd 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite_adapter.rb
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
           # the database path is not the special path that tells
           # Sqlite build a database only in memory.
           if Object.const_defined?(:RAILS_ROOT) && ':memory:' != config[:database]
-            config[:database] = File.join(RAILS_ROOT, config[:database])
+            config[:database] = File.expand_path(config[:database], RAILS_ROOT)
           end
         end
     end