diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/ComponentEditor/Components/jucer_ViewportHandler.h b/extras/Projucer/Source/ComponentEditor/Components/jucer_ViewportHandler.h
index f416c23ab4..955cc19e74 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/ComponentEditor/Components/jucer_ViewportHandler.h
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/ComponentEditor/Components/jucer_ViewportHandler.h
@@ -152,10 +152,9 @@ public:
 
                 if (doc != nullptr)
                 {
-                    code.includeFilesCPP.add (doc->getHeaderFile()
-                                                .getRelativePathFrom (code.document->getCppFile().getParentDirectory())
-                                                .replaceCharacter ('\\', '/'));
-
+                    code.includeFilesCPP.add (File::createFileWithoutCheckingPath (doc->getHeaderFile()
+                                                                                       .getRelativePathFrom (code.document->getCppFile().getParentDirectory())
+                                                                                       .replaceCharacter ('\\', '/')));
                     classNm = doc->getClassName();
                 }
                 else