diff --git a/lib/consolidate.js b/lib/consolidate.js
index c04ab7f..0c9fb0b 100644
--- a/lib/consolidate.js
+++ b/lib/consolidate.js
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ function readPartials(path, options, fn) {
   function next(index) {
     if (index == keys.length) return fn(null);
     var key = keys[index];
-    var file = join(dirname(path), partials[key] + extname(path));
+    var file = join(options.settings.views, partials[key] + extname(path));
     read(file, options, function(err, str){
       if (err) return fn(err);
       options.partials[key] = str;