diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/restdocs/build/SampleBuildConfigurer.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/restdocs/build/SampleBuildConfigurer.groovy
index ea967220..db94081e 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/restdocs/build/SampleBuildConfigurer.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/restdocs/build/SampleBuildConfigurer.groovy
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class SampleBuildConfigurer {
 		mavenBuild.description = "Builds the ${name} sample with Maven"
 		mavenBuild.group = "Build"
 		mavenBuild.workingDir = this.workingDir
-		mavenBuild.commandLine = [isWindows() ? "mvnw.cmd" : "./mvnw", 'clean', 'package']
+		mavenBuild.commandLine = [isWindows() ? "${new File(this.workingDir).absolutePath}/mvnw.cmd" : './mvnw', 'clean', 'package']
 		mavenBuild.dependsOn dependencies
 
 		mavenBuild.doFirst {