diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7812a624..34b2b8c7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+= RubyMotion 1.36 =
+
+  * Improved detecting file dependencies to accept absolute paths. Thanks to
+    Clay Allsopp for the patch (pull request #82).
+
 = RubyMotion 1.35 =
 
   * Added support for string constants defined in 3rd-party header files
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 36f27877..6cfaa0e4 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-PROJECT_VERSION = '1.35'
+PROJECT_VERSION = '1.36'
 PLATFORMS_DIR = (ENV['PLATFORMS_DIR'] || '/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms')
 
 sim_sdks = Dir.glob(File.join(PLATFORMS_DIR, 'iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator*.sdk')).map do |path|
diff --git a/lib/motion/project/config.rb b/lib/motion/project/config.rb
index 04e1ba4b..0442a5cc 100644
--- a/lib/motion/project/config.rb
+++ b/lib/motion/project/config.rb
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ EOS
 
     def files_dependencies(deps_hash)
       res_path = lambda do |x|
-        path = /^\./.match(x) ? x : File.join('.', x)
+        path = /^\.?\//.match(x) ? x : File.join('.', x)
         unless @files.flatten.include?(path)
           App.fail "Can't resolve dependency `#{x}'"
         end
diff --git a/test/test/spec/super_spec.rb b/test/test/spec/super_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..647bfbb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test/spec/super_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+class Base
+  def bar(args)
+    $spec_result << args.first
+    if args = args[1..-1]
+      obj = Foo.new
+      obj.bar(args)
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+class Foo < Base
+  def bar(args)
+    $spec_result << "a"
+    super
+  end
+end
+
+$spec_result = []
+
+describe "'super'" do
+  it "should work when calls inherited class method in super method" do
+    obj = Foo.new
+    obj.bar(%w{1 2 3})
+    $spec_result.should == ["a", "1", "a", "2", "a", "3", "a", nil]
+  end
+end