Index: django/core/management/__init__.py
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--- django/core/management/__init__.py	(revision 15615)
+++ django/core/management/__init__.py	(working copy)
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
 
     # Import the project module. We add the parent directory to PYTHONPATH to
     # avoid some of the path errors new users can have.
-    sys.path.append(os.path.join(project_directory, os.pardir))
+    sys.path.append(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(project_directory, os.pardir)))
     project_module = import_module(project_name)
     sys.path.pop()