diff --git a/lib/Compiler.js b/lib/Compiler.js
index 054e254..3f7aed4 100644
--- a/lib/Compiler.js
+++ b/lib/Compiler.js
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ const shelljs = require('shelljs');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 
-function compileSolcContract(logger, filename, callback) {
-  shelljs.exec(`solc --optimize --combined-json abi,bin,bin-runtime,compact-format,hashes,interface,metadata ${filename}`,
+function compileSolcContract(logger, filename, allowedDirectories, callback) {
+  const command = `solc --optimize --combined-json abi,bin,bin-runtime,compact-format,hashes,interface,metadata --allow-paths ${allowedDirectories.join(',')} ${filename}`;
+  console.log(command);
+  shelljs.exec(command,
      {silent: true}, (code, stdout, stderr) => {
 
     if (stderr) {
@@ -40,11 +42,13 @@ function compileSolc(embark, contractFiles, cb) {
   }
   
   logger.info("compiling solidity contracts with command line solc...");
-  
+
+  const allowedDirectories = contractFiles.map((contractFile) => path.dirname(path.join(process.cwd(), contractFile.path)));
+
   let compiled_object = {};
   async.each(contractFiles,
     function (file, fileCb) {
-      compileSolcContract(logger, file.filename, (err, compileString) => {
+      compileSolcContract(logger, file.filename, allowedDirectories, (err, compileString) => {
         if (err) {
           return fileCb(err);
         }