diff --git a/plugins/cvs/cvsdiffjob.cpp b/plugins/cvs/cvsdiffjob.cpp
index 62a33c2068..9afed0784d 100644
--- a/plugins/cvs/cvsdiffjob.cpp
+++ b/plugins/cvs/cvsdiffjob.cpp
@@ -1,52 +1,52 @@
 /***************************************************************************
  *   Copyright 2008 Robert Gruber <rgruber@users.sourceforge.net>          *
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
  *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
  *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
  *                                                                         *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 #include "cvsdiffjob.h"
 
 #include <KDebug>
 #include <QRegExp>
 
 CvsDiffJob::CvsDiffJob(KDevelop::IPlugin* parent, KDevelop::OutputJob::OutputJobVerbosity verbosity)
     : CvsJob(parent, verbosity)
 {
 }
 
 CvsDiffJob::~CvsDiffJob()
 {
 }
 
 QVariant CvsDiffJob::fetchResults()
 {
     KDevelop::VcsDiff diff;
-    diff.setBaseDiff(KUrl("/"));
+    diff.setBaseDiff( process()->workingDirectory() );
 
     diff.setDiff( output() );
 
     /// @todo check output of "cvs diff" if it reported binary files
     diff.setContentType( KDevelop::VcsDiff::Text );
 
     /// @todo hmmm, we always call "cvs diff" with it's -u option
     ///       but if this option would be omitted cvs would return an other format
     diff.setType( KDevelop::VcsDiff::DiffUnified );
 
     return qVariantFromValue( diff );
 }
 
 void CvsDiffJob::slotProcessError(QProcess::ProcessError error) {
     // Do not blindly raise an error on non-zero return code of "cvs diff".
     // If its output contains the "Index:" mark, the diff is probably intact,
     // and non-zero return code indicates just that there are changes.
     if (error == QProcess::UnknownError && output().contains("Index:"))
         return;
 
     KDevelop::DVcsJob::slotProcessError(error);
 }
 
 #include "cvsdiffjob.moc"