diff --git a/spec/unit/status_spec.rb b/spec/unit/status_spec.rb
index 8f598f579..c21eed094 100755
--- a/spec/unit/status_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/status_spec.rb
@@ -1,49 +1,49 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env ruby
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe Puppet::Status do
   it "should implement find" do
     Puppet::Status.indirection.find( :default ).should be_is_a(Puppet::Status)
     Puppet::Status.indirection.find( :default ).status["is_alive"].should == true
   end
 
   it "should default to is_alive is true" do
     Puppet::Status.new.status["is_alive"].should == true
   end
 
   it "should return a pson hash" do
     Puppet::Status.new.status.to_pson.should == '{"is_alive":true}'
   end
 
   it "should render to a pson hash" do
     PSON::pretty_generate(Puppet::Status.new).should =~ /"is_alive":\s*true/
   end
 
   it "should accept a hash from pson" do
     status = Puppet::Status.new( { "is_alive" => false } )
     status.status.should == { "is_alive" => false }
   end
 
   it "should have a name" do
     Puppet::Status.new.name
   end
 
   it "should allow a name to be set" do
     Puppet::Status.new.name = "status"
   end
 
   it "can do a round-trip serialization via YAML" do
     status = Puppet::Status.new
     new_status = Puppet::Status.convert_from('yaml', status.render('yaml'))
     new_status.should equal_attributes_of(status)
   end
 
   it "serializes to PSON that conforms to the status schema", :unless => Puppet.features.microsoft_windows? do
-    schema = JSON.parse(File.read('api/schemas/status.json'))
+    schema = JSON.parse(File.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../../api/schemas/status.json')))
     status = Puppet::Status.new
     status.version = Puppet.version
 
     JSON::Validator.validate!(JSON_META_SCHEMA, schema)
     JSON::Validator.validate!(schema, status.render('pson'))
   end
 end