diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 52d32f2b9..0a7302dc2 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ sys.modules.update((mod_name, Mock()) for mod_name in MOCK_MODULES)
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('../wrapper/'))
+curr_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(__file__)))
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(curr_path, '../wrapper/'))
 
 # -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------