diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index d166c9d88a..535f800bc1 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,25 +5,33 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 find_program(LUACHECK luacheck)
 if(LUACHECK)
-  set(LUACHECK_RC ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/.luacheckrc)
-  file(GLOB_RECURSE LUACHECK_DEPS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.lua)
+  # XXX: The tweak below relates to luacheck problem with paths.
+  # If the working directory or one used in luacheck options is
+  # not a real path, luacheck doesn't handle it the right way.
+  # Hence the paths used by luacheck in CMake ought to be resolved
+  # to the real ones. For more info, see the following issue.
+  # https://github.com/mpeterv/luacheck/issues/208
+  get_filename_component(LUACHECK_SOURCE_DIR "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}" REALPATH)
+  get_filename_component(LUACHECK_BINARY_DIR "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}" REALPATH)
+  set(LUACHECK_RC ${LUACHECK_SOURCE_DIR}/.luacheckrc)
+  file(GLOB_RECURSE LUACHECK_DEPS ${LUACHECK_SOURCE_DIR}/*.lua)
   add_custom_target(${PROJECT_NAME}-luacheck
     DEPENDS ${LUACHECK_RC} ${LUACHECK_DEPS}
   )
   add_custom_command(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME}-luacheck
     COMMENT "Running luacheck static analysis"
     COMMAND
-      ${LUACHECK} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
+      ${LUACHECK} ${LUACHECK_SOURCE_DIR}
         --codes
         --config ${LUACHECK_RC}
         # XXX: jit/vmdef.lua is an autogenerated Lua source, so
         # there is no need to run luacheck against it. Hence
         # explicitly exclude this file from the list for check.
-        --exclude-files ${LUAJIT_BINARY_DIR}/jit/vmdef.lua
+        --exclude-files ${LUACHECK_BINARY_DIR}/src/jit/vmdef.lua
     # XXX: Filenames in .luacheckrc are considered relative to
     # the working directory, hence luacheck should be run in the
     # project root directory.
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${LUACHECK_SOURCE_DIR}
   )
 else()
   add_custom_target(${PROJECT_NAME}-luacheck)