diff --git a/src/dns_conf.c b/src/dns_conf.c
index 3bf0467..c8e6cbe 100644
--- a/src/dns_conf.c
+++ b/src/dns_conf.c
@@ -2957,7 +2957,7 @@ int config_additional_file(void *data, int argc, char *argv[])
 	conf_file = argv[1];
 	if (conf_file[0] != '/') {
 		safe_strncpy(file_path_dir, conf_get_conf_file(), DNS_MAX_PATH);
-		dirname(file_path_dir);
+		dir_name(file_path_dir);
 		if (strncmp(file_path_dir, conf_get_conf_file(), sizeof(file_path_dir)) == 0) {
 			if (snprintf(file_path, DNS_MAX_PATH, "%s", conf_file) < 0) {
 				return -1;
diff --git a/src/lib/conf.c b/src/lib/conf.c
index 1127aa9..7669156 100644
--- a/src/lib/conf.c
+++ b/src/lib/conf.c
@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@ const char *conf_get_conf_file(void)
 	return current_conf_file;
 }
 
+static char *get_dir_name(char *path)
+{
+	if (strstr(path, "/") == NULL) {
+		strncpy(path, "./", PATH_MAX);
+		return path;
+	}
+
+	return dirname(path);
+}
+
 const char *conf_get_conf_fullpath(const char *path, char *fullpath, size_t path_len)
 {
 	char file_path_dir[PATH_MAX];
@@ -47,7 +57,7 @@ const char *conf_get_conf_fullpath(const char *path, char *fullpath, size_t path
 
 	strncpy(file_path_dir, conf_get_conf_file(), PATH_MAX - 1);
 	file_path_dir[PATH_MAX - 1] = 0;
-	dirname(file_path_dir);
+	get_dir_name(file_path_dir);
 	if (file_path_dir[0] == '\0') {
 		strncpy(fullpath, path, path_len);
 		return fullpath;
diff --git a/src/smartdns.c b/src/smartdns.c
index 65774f3..50fd995 100644
--- a/src/smartdns.c
+++ b/src/smartdns.c
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ static int _smartdns_create_logdir(void)
 	int gid = 0;
 	char logdir[PATH_MAX] = {0};
 	safe_strncpy(logdir, _smartdns_log_path(), PATH_MAX);
-	dirname(logdir);
+	dir_name(logdir);
 
 	if (access(logdir, F_OK) == 0) {
 		return 0;
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index add7942..fcf63c8 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
 #include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/limits.h>
 #include <linux/netlink.h>
@@ -109,6 +110,16 @@ unsigned long get_tick_count(void)
 	return (ts.tv_sec * 1000 + ts.tv_nsec / 1000000);
 }
 
+char *dir_name(char *path)
+{
+	if (strstr(path, "/") == NULL) {
+		safe_strncpy(path, "./", PATH_MAX);
+		return path;
+	}
+
+	return dirname(path);
+}
+
 char *get_host_by_addr(char *host, int maxsize, struct sockaddr *addr)
 {
 	struct sockaddr_storage *addr_store = (struct sockaddr_storage *)addr;
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 4ffb70d..5816cc0 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ void bug_ext(const char *file, int line, const char *func, const char *errfmt, .
 
 unsigned long get_tick_count(void);
 
+char *dir_name(char *path);
+
 char *get_host_by_addr(char *host, int maxsize, struct sockaddr *addr);
 
 int getaddr_by_host(const char *host, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t *addr_len);