diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 9b2c5f2a..bc3d800b 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ Versions follow `Semantic Versioning`_ (``<major>.<minor>.<patch>``).
 Version History
 ---------------
 
+4.0.2 (2023-09-12)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* Use absolute path to the report file.
+
+  * Thanks to `@adrien-berchet <https://github.com/adrien-berchet>`_ for reporting and for the PR.
+
 4.0.1 (2023-09-10)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/src/pytest_html/basereport.py b/src/pytest_html/basereport.py
index 1cccc939..b160e910 100644
--- a/src/pytest_html/basereport.py
+++ b/src/pytest_html/basereport.py
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 
 class BaseReport:
     def __init__(self, report_path, config, report_data, template, css):
-        self._report_path = Path(os.path.expandvars(report_path)).expanduser()
+        self._report_path = (
+            Path.cwd() / Path(os.path.expandvars(report_path)).expanduser()
+        )
         self._report_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         self._config = config
         self._template = template
@@ -186,7 +188,7 @@ def pytest_sessionfinish(self, session):
     def pytest_terminal_summary(self, terminalreporter):
         terminalreporter.write_sep(
             "-",
-            f"Generated html report: file://{self._report_path.resolve().as_posix()}",
+            f"Generated html report: {self._report_path.as_uri()}",
         )
 
     @pytest.hookimpl(trylast=True)
diff --git a/testing/test_unit.py b/testing/test_unit.py
index be8ef387..f82825ce 100644
--- a/testing/test_unit.py
+++ b/testing/test_unit.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import importlib.resources
 import os
 import sys
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import pkg_resources
 import pytest
@@ -70,6 +71,27 @@ def pytest_html_results_summary(prefix, summary, postfix, session):
     result.assert_outcomes(passed=1)
 
 
+def test_chdir(pytester):
+    pytester.makepyfile(
+        """
+        import pytest
+
+        @pytest.fixture
+        def changing_dir(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+            monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+
+        def test_function(changing_dir):
+            pass
+    """
+    )
+    report_path = Path("reports") / "report.html"
+    page = pytester.runpytest("--html", str(report_path))
+    assert page.ret == 0
+    assert (
+        f"Generated html report: {(pytester.path / report_path).as_uri()}"
+    ) in page.outlines[-2]
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def css_file_path(pytester):
     css_one = """