diff --git a/pelican/tests/TestTheme/theme/a.html b/pelican/tests/TestTheme/theme/a.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90bfcb51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pelican/tests/TestTheme/theme/a.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+this is a test
diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_pelican_themes.py b/pelican/tests/test_pelican_themes.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..474a8ca7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_pelican_themes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from __future__ import unicode_literals, print_function
+
+import os
+
+from pelican.tools.pelican_themes import symlink, _THEMES_PATH
+from pelican.tests.support import LoggedTestCase
+
+CURRENT_DIR_REL = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+THEME_TARGET_PATH = os.path.join(_THEMES_PATH, "theme")
+
+class TestPelicanThemes(LoggedTestCase):
+    # testing for pelican-themes commands. 
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestPelicanThemes, self).setUp()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        super(TestPelicanThemes, self).tearDown()
+        os.remove(THEME_TARGET_PATH)
+
+    def test_symlink_relative(self):
+        symlink(os.path.join(CURRENT_DIR_REL, "TestTheme/theme/"))
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(THEME_TARGET_PATH))
diff --git a/pelican/tools/pelican_themes.py b/pelican/tools/pelican_themes.py
index 8d71535d..e2feee29 100755
--- a/pelican/tools/pelican_themes.py
+++ b/pelican/tools/pelican_themes.py
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ def symlink(path, v=False):
             if v:
                 print("Linking `{p}' to `{t}' ...".format(p=path, t=theme_path))
             try:
-                os.symlink(path, theme_path)
+                os.symlink(os.path.abspath(path), theme_path)
             except Exception as e:
                 err("Cannot link `{p}' to `{t}':\n{e}".format(p=path, t=theme_path, e=str(e)))