diff --git a/makefiles/module.mk b/makefiles/module.mk
index 59c67f574d..0fe6f0ffec 100644
--- a/makefiles/module.mk
+++ b/makefiles/module.mk
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ module:			$(MODULE_OBJ) $(MODULE_COMMAND_FILES)
 # Locate sources (allows relative source paths in module.mk)
 #
 define SRC_SEARCH
-	$(abspath $(firstword $(wildcard $(MODULE_SRC)/$1) MISSING_$1))
+	$(abspath $(firstword $(wildcard $1) $(wildcard $(MODULE_SRC)/$1) MISSING_$1))
 endef
 
 ABS_SRCS		?= $(foreach src,$(SRCS),$(call SRC_SEARCH,$(src)))