diff --git a/common-npm-packages/azurermdeploycommon/package-lock.json b/common-npm-packages/azurermdeploycommon/package-lock.json
index e9fc8b6a..19a70c3f 100644
--- a/common-npm-packages/azurermdeploycommon/package-lock.json
+++ b/common-npm-packages/azurermdeploycommon/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
     "name": "azure-pipelines-tasks-azurermdeploycommon",
-    "version": "3.256.0",
+    "version": "3.257.0",
     "lockfileVersion": 2,
     "requires": true,
     "packages": {
         "": {
             "name": "azure-pipelines-tasks-azurermdeploycommon",
-            "version": "3.256.0",
+            "version": "3.257.0",
             "license": "MIT",
             "dependencies": {
                 "@types/mocha": "^5.2.7",
diff --git a/common-npm-packages/azurermdeploycommon/package.json b/common-npm-packages/azurermdeploycommon/package.json
index 37e08ab7..d691da02 100644
--- a/common-npm-packages/azurermdeploycommon/package.json
+++ b/common-npm-packages/azurermdeploycommon/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "azure-pipelines-tasks-azurermdeploycommon",
-    "version": "3.256.0",
+    "version": "3.257.0",
     "description": "Common Lib for Azure ARM REST apis",
     "repository": {
         "type": "git",
diff --git a/common-npm-packages/webdeployment-common/xdttransformationutility.ts b/common-npm-packages/webdeployment-common/xdttransformationutility.ts
index 9793ac05..1a08c225 100644
--- a/common-npm-packages/webdeployment-common/xdttransformationutility.ts
+++ b/common-npm-packages/webdeployment-common/xdttransformationutility.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export function specialXdtTransformation(rootFolder, transformConfig, sourceConf
             }
         }
         else {
-            transformXmlFile = path.join(rootFolder, transformConfig);
+            transformXmlFile = path.isAbsolute(transformConfig) ? transformConfig : path.join(rootFolder, transformConfig);
             transformXmlFiles[transformXmlFile.toLowerCase()] = transformXmlFile;
         }