Index: src/core/qgsproject.cpp
===================================================================
--- src/core/qgsproject.cpp	(revision 12930)
+++ src/core/qgsproject.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <QDomNode>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QTextStream>
+#include <QDir>
 
 
 static const char *const ident_ = "$Id$";
@@ -1408,7 +1409,8 @@
     return src;
   }
 
-  QString srcPath = src;
+  QDir srcDir(src);
+  QString srcPath = srcDir.canonicalPath();
   QString projPath = fileName();
 
 #if defined( Q_OS_WIN )