diff --git a/stepmania/src/Sprite.cpp b/stepmania/src/Sprite.cpp
index b5c50ea512..ad7bf96f32 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Sprite.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/Sprite.cpp
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ retry:
 	if( pNode->GetAttrValue( "Texture", sTextureFile ) )
 	{
 		sPath = sDir + sTextureFile;
+		LuaHelpers::RunAtExpressionS( sTextureFile );
+
+		bool bIsAbsolutePath = sTextureFile.Left(1) == "/";
+		sPath = bIsAbsolutePath ? sTextureFile : sDir+sTextureFile;
+
 		CollapsePath( sPath );
 	}