diff --git a/cpu/dwh.py b/cpu/dwh.py
index 8e7f66041..bece842fd 100644
--- a/cpu/dwh.py
+++ b/cpu/dwh.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         os.chdir(self.teststmpdir)
         if dist.name in ['fedora', 'rhel']:
             process.system('patch -p0 < %s' %
-                           self.get_data('fofd.patch'), shell=True)
+                           os.path.abspath(self.get_data('fofd.patch')), shell=True)
         elif dist.name in ['Ubuntu', 'debian']:
             process.system("sed -i 's/g++.*/& -lrt/' Makefile", shell=True)
         build.make(self.teststmpdir)
diff --git a/cpu/ebizzy.py b/cpu/ebizzy.py
index 226a3a1ea..5abca9d8e 100644
--- a/cpu/ebizzy.py
+++ b/cpu/ebizzy.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         patch = self.params.get(
             'patch', default='Fix-build-issues-with-ebizzy.patch')
         os.chdir(self.sourcedir)
-        patch_cmd = 'patch -p0 < %s' % (self.get_data(patch))
+        patch_cmd = 'patch -p0 < %s' % os.path.abspath((self.get_data(patch)))
         process.run(patch_cmd, shell=True)
         process.run('[ -x configure ] && ./configure', shell=True)
         build.make(self.sourcedir)
diff --git a/cpu/em_smt_folding_test.py b/cpu/em_smt_folding_test.py
index 897b5bc9a..981989857 100755
--- a/cpu/em_smt_folding_test.py
+++ b/cpu/em_smt_folding_test.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def setUp(self):
             'patch', default='Fix-build-issues-with-ebizzy.patch')
 
         os.chdir(self.sourcedir)
-        fix_patch = 'patch -p0 < %s' % (self.get_data(patch))
+        fix_patch = 'patch -p0 < %s' % (os.path.abspath(self.get_data(patch)))
         process.run(fix_patch, shell=True)
         process.run("./configure")
         build.make(self.sourcedir)
diff --git a/cpu/linsched.py b/cpu/linsched.py
index 533ec48e0..a691e045f 100644
--- a/cpu/linsched.py
+++ b/cpu/linsched.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def setUp(self):
             self.workdir, 'linux-scheduler-testing-master')
 
         os.chdir(self.sourcedir)
-        fix_patch = 'patch -p1 < %s' % self.get_data('fix.patch')
+        fix_patch = 'patch -p1 < %s' % os.path.abspath(self.get_data('fix.patch'))
         process.run(fix_patch, shell=True, ignore_status=True)
 
         build.make(self.sourcedir)
diff --git a/fuzz/fsfuzzer.py b/fuzz/fsfuzzer.py
index 4792493fc..ef423fe76 100644
--- a/fuzz/fsfuzzer.py
+++ b/fuzz/fsfuzzer.py
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ def setUp(self):
 
         if d_name == "ubuntu":
             # Patch for ubuntu
-            fuzz_fix_patch = 'patch -p1 < %s' % self.get_data(
-                'fsfuzz_fix.patch')
+            fuzz_fix_patch = 'patch -p1 < %s' % os.path.abspath(self.get_data(
+                'fsfuzz_fix.patch'))
             if process.system(fuzz_fix_patch, shell=True, ignore_status=True):
                 self.log.warn("Unable to apply sh->bash patch!")
 
diff --git a/memory/eatmemory.py b/memory/eatmemory.py
index ff09b7bd3..79098b4fb 100644
--- a/memory/eatmemory.py
+++ b/memory/eatmemory.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         archive.extract(tarball, self.workdir)
         self.sourcedir = os.path.join(self.workdir, "eatmemory-master")
         # patch for getch remove
-        getch_patch = 'patch -p1 < %s' % self.get_data('eatmem_getch.patch')
+        getch_patch = 'patch -p1 < %s' % os.path.abspath(self.get_data('eatmem_getch.patch'))
         os.chdir(self.sourcedir)
         process.run(getch_patch, shell=True)
         build.make(self.sourcedir)