diff --git a/ale_linters/go/gometalinter.vim b/ale_linters/go/gometalinter.vim
index f1abfc8..375a8b0 100644
--- a/ale_linters/go/gometalinter.vim
+++ b/ale_linters/go/gometalinter.vim
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-" Author: Ben Reedy <https://github.com/breed808>
+" Author: Ben Reedy <https://github.com/breed808>, Jeff Willette <jrwillette88@gmail.com>
 " Description: Adds support for the gometalinter suite for Go files
 
 call ale#Set('go_gometalinter_options', '')
 call ale#Set('go_gometalinter_executable', 'gometalinter')
+call ale#Set('go_gometalinter_lint_package', 0)
 
 function! ale_linters#go#gometalinter#GetExecutable(buffer) abort
     return ale#Var(a:buffer, 'go_gometalinter_executable')
@@ -10,13 +11,22 @@ endfunction
 
 function! ale_linters#go#gometalinter#GetCommand(buffer) abort
     let l:executable = ale_linters#go#gometalinter#GetExecutable(a:buffer)
-    let l:filename = expand('#' . a:buffer)
+    let l:filename = expand('#' . a:buffer . ':t')
     let l:options = ale#Var(a:buffer, 'go_gometalinter_options')
+    let l:lint_package = ale#Var(a:buffer, 'go_gometalinter_lint_package')
 
-    return ale#Escape(l:executable)
-    \   . ' --include=' . ale#Escape('^' . ale#util#EscapePCRE(l:filename))
-    \   . (!empty(l:options) ? ' ' . l:options : '')
-    \   . ' ' . ale#Escape(fnamemodify(l:filename, ':h'))
+    " BufferCdString is used so that we can be sure the paths output from gometalinter can
+    " be calculated to absolute paths in the Handler
+    if l:lint_package
+        return ale#path#BufferCdString(a:buffer)
+        \   . ale#Escape(l:executable)
+        \   . (!empty(l:options) ? ' ' . l:options : '') . ' .'
+    endif
+
+    return ale#path#BufferCdString(a:buffer)
+    \   . ale#Escape(l:executable)
+    \   . ' --include=' . ale#Escape(ale#util#EscapePCRE(l:filename))
+    \   . (!empty(l:options) ? ' ' . l:options : '') . ' .'
 endfunction
 
 function! ale_linters#go#gometalinter#GetMatches(lines) abort
@@ -26,10 +36,13 @@ function! ale_linters#go#gometalinter#GetMatches(lines) abort
 endfunction
 
 function! ale_linters#go#gometalinter#Handler(buffer, lines) abort
+    let l:dir = expand('#' . a:buffer . ':p:h')
     let l:output = []
 
     for l:match in ale_linters#go#gometalinter#GetMatches(a:lines)
+        " l:match[1] will already be an absolute path, output from gometalinter
         call add(l:output, {
+        \   'filename': ale#path#GetAbsPath(l:dir, l:match[1]),
         \   'lnum': l:match[2] + 0,
         \   'col': l:match[3] + 0,
         \   'type': tolower(l:match[4]) is# 'warning' ? 'W' : 'E',
diff --git a/test/command_callback/test_gometalinter_command_callback.vader b/test/command_callback/test_gometalinter_command_callback.vader
index 912396c..93a541c 100644
--- a/test/command_callback/test_gometalinter_command_callback.vader
+++ b/test/command_callback/test_gometalinter_command_callback.vader
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 Before:
   Save b:ale_go_gometalinter_executable
   Save b:ale_go_gometalinter_options
+  Save b:ale_go_gometalinter_lint_package
 
   let b:ale_go_gometalinter_executable = 'gometalinter'
   let b:ale_go_gometalinter_options = ''
+  let b:ale_go_gometalinter_lint_package = 0
 
   runtime ale_linters/go/gometalinter.vim
 
@@ -21,9 +23,10 @@ Execute(The gometalinter callback should return the right defaults):
   \ 'gometalinter',
   \ ale_linters#go#gometalinter#GetExecutable(bufnr(''))
   AssertEqual
-  \ ale#Escape('gometalinter')
-  \   . ' --include=' . ale#Escape('^' . ale#util#EscapePCRE(expand('%')))
-  \   . ' ' . ale#Escape(getcwd()),
+  \ 'cd ' . ale#Escape(expand('%:p:h')) . ' && '
+  \   . ale#Escape('gometalinter')
+  \   . ' --include=' . ale#Escape(ale#util#EscapePCRE(expand('%' . ':t')))
+  \   . ' .',
   \ ale_linters#go#gometalinter#GetCommand(bufnr(''))
 
 Execute(The gometalinter callback should use a configured executable):
@@ -33,17 +36,26 @@ Execute(The gometalinter callback should use a configured executable):
   \ 'something else',
   \ ale_linters#go#gometalinter#GetExecutable(bufnr(''))
   AssertEqual
-  \ ale#Escape('something else')
-  \   . ' --include=' . ale#Escape('^' . ale#util#EscapePCRE(expand('%')))
-  \   . ' ' . ale#Escape(getcwd()),
+  \ 'cd ' . ale#Escape(expand('%:p:h')) . ' && '
+  \   . ale#Escape('something else')
+  \   . ' --include=' . ale#Escape(ale#util#EscapePCRE(expand('%' . ':t')))
+  \   . ' .', 
   \ ale_linters#go#gometalinter#GetCommand(bufnr(''))
 
 Execute(The gometalinter callback should use configured options):
   let b:ale_go_gometalinter_options = '--foobar'
 
   AssertEqual
-  \ ale#Escape('gometalinter')
-  \   . ' --include=' . ale#Escape('^' . ale#util#EscapePCRE(expand('%')))
-  \   . ' --foobar'
-  \   . ' ' . ale#Escape(getcwd()),
+  \ 'cd ' . ale#Escape(expand('%:p:h')) . ' && '
+  \   . ale#Escape('gometalinter')
+  \   . ' --include=' . ale#Escape(ale#util#EscapePCRE(expand('%' . ':t')))
+  \   . ' --foobar' . ' .',
+  \ ale_linters#go#gometalinter#GetCommand(bufnr(''))
+
+Execute(The gometalinter `lint_package` option should use the correct command):
+  let b:ale_go_gometalinter_lint_package = 1
+
+  AssertEqual
+  \ 'cd ' . ale#Escape(expand('%:p:h')) . ' && '
+  \   . ale#Escape('gometalinter') . ' .',
   \ ale_linters#go#gometalinter#GetCommand(bufnr(''))
diff --git a/test/handler/test_gometalinter_handler.vader b/test/handler/test_gometalinter_handler.vader
index 603ba22..703040e 100644
--- a/test/handler/test_gometalinter_handler.vader
+++ b/test/handler/test_gometalinter_handler.vader
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ Execute (The gometalinter handler should handle names with spaces):
   \   'C:\something\file with spaces.go:37:5:error: expected ''package'', found ''IDENT'' gibberish (golint)',
   \ ]), 'v:val[1:5]')
 
-Execute (The gometalinter handler should handle relative paths correctly):
-  silent file /foo/bar/baz.go
+Execute (The gometalinter handler should handle paths correctly):
+  call ale#test#SetFilename('app/test.go')
+
+  let file = ale#path#GetAbsPath(expand('%:p:h'), 'test.go')
 
   AssertEqual
   \ [
@@ -39,15 +41,17 @@ Execute (The gometalinter handler should handle relative paths correctly):
   \     'col': 3,
   \     'text': 'expected ''package'', found ''IDENT'' gibberish (staticcheck)',
   \     'type': 'W',
+  \     'filename': ale#path#Winify(expand('%:p:h') . '/test.go'),
   \   },
   \   {
   \     'lnum': 37,
   \     'col': 5,
   \     'text': 'expected ''package'', found ''IDENT'' gibberish (golint)',
   \     'type': 'E',
+  \     'filename': ale#path#Winify(expand('%:p:h') . '/test.go'),
   \   },
   \ ],
   \ ale_linters#go#gometalinter#Handler(bufnr(''), [
-  \   'baz.go:12:3:warning: expected ''package'', found ''IDENT'' gibberish (staticcheck)',
-  \   'baz.go:37:5:error: expected ''package'', found ''IDENT'' gibberish (golint)',
+  \   file . ':12:3:warning: expected ''package'', found ''IDENT'' gibberish (staticcheck)',
+  \   file . ':37:5:error: expected ''package'', found ''IDENT'' gibberish (golint)',
   \ ])