diff --git a/src/node/build/render.ts b/src/node/build/render.ts
index 07d78bff..4b7dbd74 100644
--- a/src/node/build/render.ts
+++ b/src/node/build/render.ts
@@ -197,13 +197,14 @@ function resolvePageImports(
   page = config.rewrites.inv[page] || page
   // find the page's js chunk and inject script tags for its imports so that
   // they start fetching as early as possible
-  let srcPath = page
+  let srcPath = path.resolve(config.srcDir, page)
   try {
-    srcPath = normalizePath(fs.realpathSync(path.resolve(config.srcDir, page)))
+    srcPath = fs.realpathSync(srcPath)
   } catch (e) {
     // if the page is a virtual page generated by a dynamic route this would
     // fail, which is expected
   }
+  srcPath = normalizePath(srcPath)
   const pageChunk = result.output.find(
     (chunk) => chunk.type === 'chunk' && chunk.facadeModuleId === srcPath
   ) as OutputChunk
diff --git a/src/node/config.ts b/src/node/config.ts
index 25b93061..65dd2340 100644
--- a/src/node/config.ts
+++ b/src/node/config.ts
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ export async function resolvePages(srcDir: string, userConfig: UserConfig) {
   const dynamicRouteFiles = allMarkdownFiles.filter((p) =>
     dynamicRouteRE.test(p)
   )
-  const dynamicRoutes = await resolveDynamicRoutes(dynamicRouteFiles)
+  const dynamicRoutes = await resolveDynamicRoutes(srcDir, dynamicRouteFiles)
   pages.push(...dynamicRoutes.routes.map((r) => r.path))
 
   const rewrites = resolveRewrites(pages, userConfig.rewrites)
diff --git a/src/node/plugins/dynamicRoutesPlugin.ts b/src/node/plugins/dynamicRoutesPlugin.ts
index 6d0af4ac..435d5ab0 100644
--- a/src/node/plugins/dynamicRoutesPlugin.ts
+++ b/src/node/plugins/dynamicRoutesPlugin.ts
@@ -28,13 +28,17 @@ interface RouteModule {
 
 export type ResolvedRouteConfig = UserRouteConfig & {
   /**
-   * the raw route, e.g. foo/[bar].md
+   * the raw route (relative to src root), e.g. foo/[bar].md
    */
   route: string
   /**
-   * the actual path with params resolved, e.g. foo/1.md
+   * the actual path with params resolved (relative to src root), e.g. foo/1.md
    */
   path: string
+  /**
+   * absolute fs path
+   */
+  fullPath: string
 }
 
 export const dynamicRoutesPlugin = async (
@@ -52,10 +56,10 @@ export const dynamicRoutesPlugin = async (
     resolveId(id) {
       if (!id.endsWith('.md')) return
       const normalizedId = id.startsWith(config.root)
-        ? normalizePath(path.relative(config.root, id))
-        : id.replace(/^\//, '')
+        ? id
+        : normalizePath(path.resolve(config.srcDir, id.replace(/^\//, '')))
       const matched = config.dynamicRoutes.routes.find(
-        (r) => r.path === normalizedId
+        (r) => r.fullPath === normalizedId
       )
       if (matched) {
         return normalizedId
@@ -63,10 +67,10 @@ export const dynamicRoutesPlugin = async (
     },
 
     load(id) {
-      const matched = config.dynamicRoutes.routes.find((r) => r.path === id)
+      const matched = config.dynamicRoutes.routes.find((r) => r.fullPath === id)
       if (matched) {
         const { route, params, content } = matched
-        const routeFile = normalizePath(path.resolve(config.root, route))
+        const routeFile = normalizePath(path.resolve(config.srcDir, route))
         config.dynamicRoutes.fileToModulesMap[routeFile].add(id)
 
         let baseContent = fs.readFileSync(routeFile, 'utf-8')
@@ -106,6 +110,7 @@ export const dynamicRoutesPlugin = async (
 }
 
 export async function resolveDynamicRoutes(
+  srcDir: string,
   routes: string[]
 ): Promise<SiteConfig['dynamicRoutes']> {
   const pendingResolveRoutes: Promise<ResolvedRouteConfig[]>[] = []
@@ -113,10 +118,11 @@ export async function resolveDynamicRoutes(
 
   for (const route of routes) {
     // locate corresponding route paths file
-    const jsPathsFile = route.replace(/\.md$/, '.paths.js')
+    const fullPath = path.resolve(srcDir, route)
+    const jsPathsFile = fullPath.replace(/\.md$/, '.paths.js')
     let pathsFile = jsPathsFile
     if (!fs.existsSync(jsPathsFile)) {
-      pathsFile = route.replace(/\.md$/, '.paths.ts')
+      pathsFile = fullPath.replace(/\.md$/, '.paths.ts')
       if (!fs.existsSync(pathsFile)) {
         console.warn(
           c.yellow(
@@ -131,10 +137,7 @@ export async function resolveDynamicRoutes(
     // load the paths loader module
     let mod: RouteModule
     try {
-      mod = (await loadConfigFromFile(
-        {} as any,
-        path.resolve(pathsFile)
-      )) as RouteModule
+      mod = (await loadConfigFromFile({} as any, pathsFile)) as RouteModule
     } catch (e) {
       console.warn(`invalid paths file export in ${pathsFile}.`)
       continue
@@ -143,12 +146,13 @@ export async function resolveDynamicRoutes(
     if (mod) {
       // this array represents the virtual modules affected by this route
       const matchedModuleIds = (routeFileToModulesMap[
-        normalizePath(path.resolve(route))
+        normalizePath(path.resolve(srcDir, route))
       ] = new Set())
 
       // each dependency (including the loader module itself) also point to the
       // same array
       for (const dep of mod.dependencies) {
+        // deps are resolved relative to cwd
         routeFileToModulesMap[normalizePath(path.resolve(dep))] =
           matchedModuleIds
       }
@@ -157,11 +161,13 @@ export async function resolveDynamicRoutes(
         const loader = mod.config.paths
         const paths = await (typeof loader === 'function' ? loader() : loader)
         return paths.map((userConfig) => {
+          const resolvedPath = route.replace(
+            dynamicRouteRE,
+            (_, key) => userConfig.params[key]
+          )
           return {
-            path: route.replace(
-              dynamicRouteRE,
-              (_, key) => userConfig.params[key]
-            ),
+            path: resolvedPath,
+            fullPath: normalizePath(path.resolve(srcDir, resolvedPath)),
             route,
             ...userConfig
           }