diff --git a/mono/metadata/loader.c b/mono/metadata/loader.c
index dc730e1c92f8b9eb1d475ce215093cc22d1b8847..eef32c191e85b00d9451a376de33ee0c9fa91eb2 100644
--- a/mono/metadata/loader.c
+++ b/mono/metadata/loader.c
@@ -1343,32 +1343,34 @@ mono_lookup_pinvoke_call (MonoMethod *method, const char **exc_class, const char
 
 		if (!module) {
 			void *iter = NULL;
-			while ((full_name = mono_dl_build_path (NULL, file_name, &iter))) {
+			char *mdirname = g_path_get_dirname (image->name);
+			while ((full_name = mono_dl_build_path (mdirname, file_name, &iter))) {
 				mono_trace (G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO, MONO_TRACE_DLLIMPORT,
-						"DllImport loading location: '%s'.", full_name);
+					"DllImport loading library: '%s'.", full_name);
 				module = cached_module_load (full_name, MONO_DL_LAZY, &error_msg);
 				if (!module) {
 					mono_trace (G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO, MONO_TRACE_DLLIMPORT,
-							"DllImport error loading library: '%s'.",
-							error_msg);
+						"DllImport error loading library '%s'.",
+						error_msg);
 					g_free (error_msg);
 				}
 				g_free (full_name);
 				if (module)
 					break;
 			}
+			g_free (mdirname);
 		}
 
 		if (!module) {
 			void *iter = NULL;
-			while ((full_name = mono_dl_build_path (".", file_name, &iter))) {
+			while ((full_name = mono_dl_build_path (NULL, file_name, &iter))) {
 				mono_trace (G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO, MONO_TRACE_DLLIMPORT,
-					"DllImport loading library: '%s'.", full_name);
+						"DllImport loading location: '%s'.", full_name);
 				module = cached_module_load (full_name, MONO_DL_LAZY, &error_msg);
 				if (!module) {
 					mono_trace (G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO, MONO_TRACE_DLLIMPORT,
-						"DllImport error loading library '%s'.",
-						error_msg);
+							"DllImport error loading library: '%s'.",
+							error_msg);
 					g_free (error_msg);
 				}
 				g_free (full_name);