diff --git a/examples/js/loaders/FBXLoader.js b/examples/js/loaders/FBXLoader.js
index 01b863c154a89ed836840857b8a1e24e5fa63ee1..bda431d457664c6d245a34c701aaaab55e9c7482 100644
--- a/examples/js/loaders/FBXLoader.js
+++ b/examples/js/loaders/FBXLoader.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ THREE.FBXLoader = ( function () {
 			var path = ( self.path === undefined ) ? THREE.LoaderUtils.extractUrlBase( url ) : self.path;
 
 			var loader = new THREE.FileLoader( this.manager );
+			loader.setPath( self.path );
 			loader.setResponseType( 'arraybuffer' );
 
 			loader.load( url, function ( buffer ) {