diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 7d911cdf6..2bfadb788 100755
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2009-01-19  Carsten Dominik  <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
 
+	* org-export-latex.el (org-export-latex-links): Keep a relative
+	path relative also after export.
+
 	* org-exp.el (org-export-html-scripts): Fix HTML snippet.
 
 	* org.el (org-make-tags-matcher): Never use IDO for completing the
diff --git a/lisp/org-export-latex.el b/lisp/org-export-latex.el
index 2635a98be..f52d284fb 100644
--- a/lisp/org-export-latex.el
+++ b/lisp/org-export-latex.el
@@ -1238,7 +1238,9 @@ The conversion is made depending of STRING-BEFORE and STRING-AFTER."
 		(if floatp "\\begin{figure}[htb]\n")
 		(format "\\centerline{\\includegraphics[%s]{%s}}\n"
 			(or attr org-export-latex-image-default-option)
-			(expand-file-name raw-path))
+			(if (file-name-absolute-p raw-path)
+			    (expand-file-name raw-path)
+			  raw-path))
 		(if floatp
 		    (format "\\caption{%s%s}\n"
 			    (if label (concat "\\label{" label "}") "")