diff --git a/lib/consolidate.js b/lib/consolidate.js
index 3f664ad..50fc6d8 100644
--- a/lib/consolidate.js
+++ b/lib/consolidate.js
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ function read(path, options, fn) {
  */
 
 function readPartials(path, options, fn) {
+  var partialsPath = options && options.settings && options.settings.views || dirname(path);
   if (!options.partials) return fn();
   var partials = options.partials;
   var keys = Object.keys(partials);
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ 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(partialsPath, partials[key] + extname(path));
     read(file, options, function(err, str){
       if (err) return fn(err);
       options.partials[key] = str;