diff --git a/detekt-report-html/src/main/kotlin/io/github/detekt/report/html/HtmlOutputReport.kt b/detekt-report-html/src/main/kotlin/io/github/detekt/report/html/HtmlOutputReport.kt
index bbbf1ebb08e..91c82f955e9 100644
--- a/detekt-report-html/src/main/kotlin/io/github/detekt/report/html/HtmlOutputReport.kt
+++ b/detekt-report-html/src/main/kotlin/io/github/detekt/report/html/HtmlOutputReport.kt
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.Issue
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.OutputReport
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.ProjectMetric
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.RuleSet
+import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.SetupContext
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.TextLocation
+import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.getOrNull
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.internal.BuiltInOutputReport
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.internal.whichDetekt
 import kotlinx.html.CommonAttributeGroupFacadeFlowInteractiveContent
@@ -27,11 +29,14 @@ import kotlinx.html.span
 import kotlinx.html.stream.createHTML
 import kotlinx.html.ul
 import kotlinx.html.visit
+import java.nio.file.Path
 import java.time.OffsetDateTime
 import java.time.ZoneOffset
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
 import java.util.Locale
+import kotlin.io.path.absolute
 import kotlin.io.path.invariantSeparatorsPathString
+import kotlin.io.path.relativeTo
 
 private const val DEFAULT_TEMPLATE = "default-html-report-template.html"
 private const val PLACEHOLDER_METRICS = "@@@metrics@@@"
@@ -51,6 +56,12 @@ class HtmlOutputReport : BuiltInOutputReport, OutputReport() {
     override val id: String = "HtmlOutputReport"
     override val ending = "html"
 
+    var basePath: Path? = null
+
+    override fun init(context: SetupContext) {
+        basePath = context.getOrNull<Path>(DETEKT_OUTPUT_REPORT_BASE_PATH_KEY)?.absolute()
+    }
+
     override fun render(detektion: Detektion) =
         javaClass.getResource("/$DEFAULT_TEMPLATE")!!
             .openSafeStream()
@@ -146,7 +157,8 @@ class HtmlOutputReport : BuiltInOutputReport, OutputReport() {
     }
 
     private fun FlowContent.renderIssue(issue: Issue) {
-        val filePath = issue.location.filePath.relativePath ?: issue.location.filePath.absolutePath
+        val filePath = basePath?.let { issue.location.filePath.absolutePath.relativeTo(it) }
+            ?: issue.location.filePath.absolutePath
         val pathString = filePath.invariantSeparatorsPathString
         span("location") {
             text(
diff --git a/detekt-report-html/src/test/kotlin/io/github/detekt/report/html/HtmlOutputReportSpec.kt b/detekt-report-html/src/test/kotlin/io/github/detekt/report/html/HtmlOutputReportSpec.kt
index 5d526779b3d..3189e08c88a 100644
--- a/detekt-report-html/src/test/kotlin/io/github/detekt/report/html/HtmlOutputReportSpec.kt
+++ b/detekt-report-html/src/test/kotlin/io/github/detekt/report/html/HtmlOutputReportSpec.kt
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ class HtmlOutputReportSpec {
 
     @Test
     fun `renders the right file locations for relative paths`() {
+        val htmlReport = HtmlOutputReport()
+        htmlReport.basePath = Path("Users/tester/detekt/").absolute()
+
         val result = htmlReport.render(createTestDetektionFromRelativePath())
 
         assertThat(result).contains("<span class=\"location\">src/main/com/sample/Sample1.kt:11:1</span>")
@@ -208,10 +211,11 @@ private fun createTestDetektionWithMultipleSmells(): Detektion {
 }
 
 private fun createTestDetektionFromRelativePath(): Detektion {
+    val basePath = "${System.getProperty("user.dir")}/Users/tester/detekt/"
     val entity1 = createEntity(
         location = createLocation(
             path = "src/main/com/sample/Sample1.kt",
-            basePath = "Users/tester/detekt/",
+            basePath = basePath,
             position = 11 to 1,
             text = 10..14,
         ),
@@ -220,14 +224,14 @@ private fun createTestDetektionFromRelativePath(): Detektion {
     val entity2 = createEntity(
         location = createLocation(
             path = "src/main/com/sample/Sample2.kt",
-            basePath = "Users/tester/detekt/",
+            basePath = basePath,
             position = 22 to 2,
         )
     )
     val entity3 = createEntity(
         location = createLocation(
             path = "src/main/com/sample/Sample3.kt",
-            basePath = "Users/tester/detekt/",
+            basePath = basePath,
             position = 33 to 3,
         )
     )
diff --git a/detekt-report-md/src/main/kotlin/io/github/detekt/report/md/MdOutputReport.kt b/detekt-report-md/src/main/kotlin/io/github/detekt/report/md/MdOutputReport.kt
index 71f4ef27f87..028036b1536 100644
--- a/detekt-report-md/src/main/kotlin/io/github/detekt/report/md/MdOutputReport.kt
+++ b/detekt-report-md/src/main/kotlin/io/github/detekt/report/md/MdOutputReport.kt
@@ -15,14 +15,19 @@ import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.Detektion
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.Issue
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.OutputReport
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.ProjectMetric
+import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.SetupContext
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.SourceLocation
+import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.getOrNull
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.internal.BuiltInOutputReport
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.internal.whichDetekt
+import java.nio.file.Path
 import java.time.OffsetDateTime
 import java.time.ZoneOffset
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
 import java.util.Locale
+import kotlin.io.path.absolute
 import kotlin.io.path.invariantSeparatorsPathString
+import kotlin.io.path.relativeTo
 import kotlin.math.max
 import kotlin.math.min
 
@@ -39,6 +44,12 @@ class MdOutputReport : BuiltInOutputReport, OutputReport() {
     override val id: String = "MdOutputReport"
     override val ending: String = "md"
 
+    var basePath: Path? = null
+
+    override fun init(context: SetupContext) {
+        basePath = context.getOrNull<Path>(DETEKT_OUTPUT_REPORT_BASE_PATH_KEY)?.absolute()
+    }
+
     override fun render(detektion: Detektion) = markdown {
         h1 { "detekt" }
 
@@ -48,7 +59,7 @@ class MdOutputReport : BuiltInOutputReport, OutputReport() {
         h2 { "Complexity Report" }
         renderComplexity(getComplexityMetrics(detektion))
 
-        renderIssues(detektion.issues)
+        renderIssues(detektion.issues, basePath)
         emptyLine()
 
         paragraph {
@@ -81,17 +92,17 @@ private fun MarkdownContent.renderComplexity(complexityReport: List<String>) {
     }
 }
 
-private fun MarkdownContent.renderGroup(issues: List<Issue>) {
+private fun MarkdownContent.renderGroup(issues: List<Issue>, basePath: Path?) {
     issues
         .groupBy { it.ruleInfo }
         .toList()
         .sortedBy { (ruleInfo, _) -> ruleInfo.id.value }
         .forEach { (ruleInfo, ruleIssues) ->
-            renderRule(ruleInfo, ruleIssues)
+            renderRule(ruleInfo, ruleIssues, basePath)
         }
 }
 
-private fun MarkdownContent.renderRule(ruleInfo: Issue.RuleInfo, issues: List<Issue>) {
+private fun MarkdownContent.renderRule(ruleInfo: Issue.RuleInfo, issues: List<Issue>, basePath: Path?) {
     val ruleId = ruleInfo.id.value
     val ruleSetId = ruleInfo.ruleSetId.value
     h3 { "$ruleSetId, $ruleId (%,d)".format(Locale.ROOT, issues.size) }
@@ -114,12 +125,12 @@ private fun MarkdownContent.renderRule(ruleInfo: Issue.RuleInfo, issues: List<Is
                 )
             )
             .forEach {
-                item { renderIssue(it) }
+                item { renderIssue(it, basePath) }
             }
     }
 }
 
-private fun MarkdownContent.renderIssues(issues: List<Issue>) {
+private fun MarkdownContent.renderIssues(issues: List<Issue>, basePath: Path?) {
     val total = issues.count()
 
     h2 { "Issues (%,d)".format(Locale.ROOT, total) }
@@ -129,12 +140,13 @@ private fun MarkdownContent.renderIssues(issues: List<Issue>) {
         .toList()
         .sortedBy { (group, _) -> group.value }
         .forEach { (_, groupIssues) ->
-            renderGroup(groupIssues)
+            renderGroup(groupIssues, basePath)
         }
 }
 
-private fun MarkdownContent.renderIssue(issue: Issue): String {
-    val filePath = issue.location.filePath.relativePath ?: issue.location.filePath.absolutePath
+private fun MarkdownContent.renderIssue(issue: Issue, basePath: Path?): String {
+    val filePath = basePath?.let { issue.location.filePath.absolutePath.relativeTo(it) }
+        ?: issue.location.filePath.absolutePath
     val location =
         "${filePath.invariantSeparatorsPathString}:${issue.location.source.line}:${issue.location.source.column}"
 
diff --git a/detekt-report-xml/src/main/kotlin/io/github/detekt/report/xml/XmlOutputReport.kt b/detekt-report-xml/src/main/kotlin/io/github/detekt/report/xml/XmlOutputReport.kt
index 8a4c00ba1b7..831b939f99e 100644
--- a/detekt-report-xml/src/main/kotlin/io/github/detekt/report/xml/XmlOutputReport.kt
+++ b/detekt-report-xml/src/main/kotlin/io/github/detekt/report/xml/XmlOutputReport.kt
@@ -3,9 +3,14 @@ package io.github.detekt.report.xml
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.Detektion
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.Issue
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.OutputReport
+import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.SetupContext
+import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.getOrNull
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.internal.BuiltInOutputReport
+import java.nio.file.Path
 import java.util.Locale
+import kotlin.io.path.absolute
 import kotlin.io.path.invariantSeparatorsPathString
+import kotlin.io.path.relativeTo
 
 /**
  * Contains rule violations in an XML format. The report follows the structure of a Checkstyle report.
@@ -19,13 +24,22 @@ class XmlOutputReport : BuiltInOutputReport, OutputReport() {
     private val Issue.severityLabel: String
         get() = severity.name.lowercase(Locale.US)
 
+    var basePath: Path? = null
+
+    override fun init(context: SetupContext) {
+        basePath = context.getOrNull<Path>(DETEKT_OUTPUT_REPORT_BASE_PATH_KEY)?.absolute()
+    }
+
     override fun render(detektion: Detektion): String {
         val lines = ArrayList<String>()
         lines += "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>"
         lines += "<checkstyle version=\"4.3\">"
 
         detektion.issues
-            .groupBy { it.location.filePath.relativePath ?: it.location.filePath.absolutePath }
+            .groupBy {
+                basePath?.let { path -> it.location.filePath.absolutePath.relativeTo(path) }
+                    ?: it.location.filePath.absolutePath
+            }
             .forEach { (filePath, issues) ->
                 lines += "<file name=\"${filePath.invariantSeparatorsPathString.toXmlString()}\">"
                 issues.forEach {
diff --git a/detekt-report-xml/src/test/kotlin/io/github/detekt/report/xml/XmlOutputFormatSpec.kt b/detekt-report-xml/src/test/kotlin/io/github/detekt/report/xml/XmlOutputFormatSpec.kt
index e305ff9334a..64037bba763 100644
--- a/detekt-report-xml/src/test/kotlin/io/github/detekt/report/xml/XmlOutputFormatSpec.kt
+++ b/detekt-report-xml/src/test/kotlin/io/github/detekt/report/xml/XmlOutputFormatSpec.kt
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.EnumSource
 import java.util.Locale
+import kotlin.io.path.Path
+import kotlin.io.path.absolute
 import kotlin.io.path.invariantSeparatorsPathString
 
 private const val TAB = "\t"
@@ -114,13 +116,18 @@ class XmlOutputFormatSpec {
     fun `renders issues with relative path`() {
         val issueA = createIssueForRelativePath(
             ruleInfo = createRuleInfo("id_a"),
+            basePath = "${System.getProperty("user.dir")}/Users/tester/detekt/",
             relativePath = "Sample1.kt"
         )
         val issueB = createIssueForRelativePath(
             ruleInfo = createRuleInfo("id_b"),
+            basePath = "${System.getProperty("user.dir")}/Users/tester/detekt/",
             relativePath = "Sample2.kt"
         )
 
+        val outputFormat = XmlOutputReport()
+        outputFormat.basePath = Path("Users/tester/detekt/").absolute()
+
         val result = outputFormat.render(TestDetektion(issueA, issueB))
 
         assertThat(result).isEqualTo(