diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Bson/BsonReaderTests.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Bson/BsonReaderTests.cs
index b92bc9e8..ba2952a7 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Bson/BsonReaderTests.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Bson/BsonReaderTests.cs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Bson
         [Test]
         public void DeserializeLargeBsonObject()
         {
-            byte[] data = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(@"SpaceShipV2.bson");
+            byte[] data = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(ResolvePath(@"SpaceShipV2.bson"));
 
             MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(data);
             BsonReader reader = new BsonReader(ms);
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/DemoTests.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/DemoTests.cs
index 3ac7c76f..4a7b7d79 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/DemoTests.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/DemoTests.cs
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests
             JArray largeJson;
 
             // read asynchronously from a file
-            using (TextReader textReader = new StreamReader(new FileStream(@"large.json", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read, 4096, true)))
+            using (TextReader textReader = new StreamReader(new FileStream(ResolvePath(@"large.json"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read, 4096, true)))
             {
                 largeJson = await JArray.LoadAsync(new JsonTextReader(textReader));
             }
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests
             user["isActive"] = false;
 
             // write asynchronously to a file
-            using (TextWriter textWriter = new StreamWriter(new FileStream(@"large.json", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.Write, 4096, true)))
+            using (TextWriter textWriter = new StreamWriter(new FileStream(ResolvePath(@"large.json"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.Write, 4096, true)))
             {
                 await largeJson.WriteToAsync(new JsonTextWriter(textWriter));
             }
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/DynamicTests.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/DynamicTests.cs
index 83129134..a9b871ce 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/DynamicTests.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/DynamicTests.cs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Linq
         {
             dynamic d;
 
-            using (var jsonFile = System.IO.File.OpenText("large.json"))
+            using (var jsonFile = System.IO.File.OpenText(ResolvePath("large.json")))
             using (JsonTextReader jsonTextReader = new JsonTextReader(jsonFile))
             {
                 JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer();
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/JsonSerializerTest.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/JsonSerializerTest.cs
index 73c211d2..1ff5f3d1 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/JsonSerializerTest.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/JsonSerializerTest.cs
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Serialization
         [Test]
         public void DontCloseInputOnDeserializeError()
         {
-            using (var s = System.IO.File.OpenRead("large.json"))
+            using (var s = System.IO.File.OpenRead(ResolvePath("large.json")))
             {
                 try
                 {
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/TestFixtureBase.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/TestFixtureBase.cs
index 18db21df..33bc14c9 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/TestFixtureBase.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/TestFixtureBase.cs
@@ -210,6 +210,15 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests
         }
 #endif
 
+        protected string ResolvePath(string path)
+        {
+#if !DNXCORE50
+            return Path.Combine(TestContext.CurrentContext.TestDirectory, path);
+#else
+            return path;
+#endif
+        }
+
         protected string GetOffset(DateTime d, DateFormatHandling dateFormatHandling)
         {
             char[] chars = new char[8];