diff --git a/generators/repo/src/commands/generate.ts b/generators/repo/src/commands/generate.ts
index b96335b101b..e9c47963b43 100644
--- a/generators/repo/src/commands/generate.ts
+++ b/generators/repo/src/commands/generate.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import os from "os";
 import fs from "fs/promises";
 import ansiEscapes from "ansi-escapes";
 import chalk from "chalk";
-import { cleanDirectoryPath, copyFile, createRepoUrlFromRemote, ensureDirectoryPath, getGlobFiles, getRepoPropsFromRemote, isStringNullOrEmpty, RepoProps, writeHeader,isFilePath } from "../common/util";
+import { cleanDirectoryPath, ensureRelativeBasePath, copyFile, createRepoUrlFromRemote, ensureDirectoryPath, getGlobFiles, getRepoPropsFromRemote, isStringNullOrEmpty, RepoProps, writeHeader,isFilePath } from "../common/util";
 import { AssetRule, GitRemote, RepomanCommand, RepomanCommandOptions, RepoManifest } from "../models";
 import { GitRepo } from "../tools/git";
 
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ export class GenerateCommand implements RepomanCommand {
                     let refPath = path.resolve(destFolderPath, path.normalize(match))
                     // Generate the relative path between the current processed file dir path & the referenced match path
                     let relativePath = path.relative(destFolderPath, refPath)
+                    relativePath = ensureRelativeBasePath(relativePath);
                     // Finally convert the path back to a POSIX compatible path
                     relativePath = relativePath.split(path.sep).join(path.posix.sep)
 
diff --git a/generators/repo/src/common/util.ts b/generators/repo/src/common/util.ts
index 42554da9005..fc3dc6155f4 100644
--- a/generators/repo/src/common/util.ts
+++ b/generators/repo/src/common/util.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,19 @@ export const cleanDirectoryPath = async (directoryPath: string, cleanGit: boolea
     await del(patterns, { cwd: directoryPath, force: true, dot: true });
 }
 
+export const ensureRelativeBasePath  = (input : string) => {
+    const basePath =`.${path.sep}`
+    if(!input.startsWith(basePath) && !input.startsWith(`.${basePath}`)) {
+        input = `${basePath}${input}`
+    }
+    else{
+        if (isDebug()) {
+            console.warn(chalk.yellowBright(` - ${input} already contains a relative base path.`));
+        }
+    }
+    return input;
+}
+
 export const toArray = (data: Buffer): string[] => {
     if (!(data instanceof Buffer)) {
         throw new Error("Not an instance of buffer");