diff --git a/include/flatbuffers/util.h b/include/flatbuffers/util.h
index ba73d67bd..d2d8cae8e 100644
--- a/include/flatbuffers/util.h
+++ b/include/flatbuffers/util.h
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ inline void EnsureDirExists(const std::string &filepath) {
 // Obtains the absolute path from any other path.
 // Returns the input path if the absolute path couldn't be resolved.
 inline std::string AbsolutePath(const std::string &filepath) {
+#ifdef NO_ABSOLUTE_PATH_RESOLUTION
+	return filepath;
+#else
   #ifdef _WIN32
     char abs_path[MAX_PATH];
     return GetFullPathNameA(filepath.c_str(), MAX_PATH, abs_path, nullptr)
@@ -228,6 +231,7 @@ inline std::string AbsolutePath(const std::string &filepath) {
   #endif
     ? abs_path
     : filepath;
+#endif // NO_ABSOLUTE_PATH_RESOLUTION
 }
 
 // To and from UTF-8 unicode conversion functions