diff --git a/scripts/lint.js b/scripts/lint.js
index 1ae8e24d40..f54df63d65 100644
--- a/scripts/lint.js
+++ b/scripts/lint.js
@@ -2,16 +2,17 @@
 const pkg = process.argv[2];
 const execSync = require("child_process").execSync;
 const existsSync = require("fs").existsSync;
+const path = require("path");
 
 // Path of tslint when `types-publisher` is symlinked
-const symlinkedTslintPath = "node_modules/types-publisher/node_modules/tslint"
-const tslintPath =  existsSync(symlinkedTslintPath) ? symlinkedTslintPath : "node_modules/tslint";
-const cmd = `node ${tslintPath}/lib/tslint-cli --format stylish ${pkg}/**/*.d.ts`;
+const symlinkedTslintPath = "../node_modules/types-publisher/node_modules/tslint"
+const tslintPath =  existsSync(path.join(pkg, symlinkedTslintPath)) ? symlinkedTslintPath : "../node_modules/tslint";
+const cmd = `node ${tslintPath}/lib/tslint-cli --format stylish **/*.d.ts`;
 console.log(cmd);
 
 try {
     // Child process writes directly to our own stdout
-    execSync(cmd, { stdio: "inherit" });
+    execSync(cmd, { cwd: pkg, stdio: "inherit" });
 } catch (_) {
     // Process should have printed out error info
 }