diff --git a/interface/src/ModelPackager.cpp b/interface/src/ModelPackager.cpp
index 2864738f9c..09d572c31d 100644
--- a/interface/src/ModelPackager.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ModelPackager.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ bool ModelPackager::loadModel() {
     }
     qCDebug(interfaceapp) << "Reading FBX file : " << _fbxInfo.filePath();
     QByteArray fbxContents = fbx.readAll();
-    _geometry = readFBX(fbxContents, QVariantHash());
+    _geometry = readFBX(fbxContents, QVariantHash(), _fbxInfo.filePath());
     
     // make sure we have some basic mappings
     populateBasicMapping(_mapping, _fbxInfo.filePath(), _geometry);
diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/AnimationCache.cpp b/libraries/animation/src/AnimationCache.cpp
index 6c02ccbd2b..0aa5c34544 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/AnimationCache.cpp
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/AnimationCache.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ void AnimationReader::run() {
     QSharedPointer<Resource> animation = _animation.toStrongRef();
     if (!animation.isNull()) {
         QMetaObject::invokeMethod(animation.data(), "setGeometry",
-            Q_ARG(const FBXGeometry&, readFBX(_reply->readAll(), QVariantHash())));
+            Q_ARG(const FBXGeometry&, readFBX(_reply->readAll(), QVariantHash(), _reply->property("url").toString())));
     }
     _reply->deleteLater();
 }
diff --git a/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader.cpp b/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader.cpp
index 24cbc983ed..554d56ee5a 100644
--- a/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader.cpp
+++ b/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <QTextStream>
 #include <QtDebug>
 #include <QtEndian>
+#include <QFileInfo>
 
 #include <glm/gtc/quaternion.hpp>
 #include <glm/gtx/quaternion.hpp>
@@ -1454,9 +1455,23 @@ void buildModelMesh(ExtractedMesh& extracted) {
 }
 #endif // USE_MODEL_MESH
 
+QByteArray fileOnUrl(const QByteArray filenameString,const QString url) {
+    QString path = QFileInfo(url).path();
+    QByteArray filename = filenameString;
+    QFileInfo checkFile(path + "/" + filename.replace('\\', '/'));
+    //check if the file exists at the RelativeFileName
+    if (checkFile.exists() && checkFile.isFile()) {
+        filename = filename.replace('\\', '/');
+    } else {
+        // there is not texture at the filename. Assume it is in the root dir.
+        filename = filename.mid(qMax(filename.lastIndexOf('\\'), filename.lastIndexOf('/')) + 1);
+    }
+    filename = filename.mid(qMax(filename.lastIndexOf('\\'), filename.lastIndexOf('/')) + 1);
+    filename = filename.replace('\\', '/');
+    return filename;
+}
 
-
-FBXGeometry extractFBXGeometry(const FBXNode& node, const QVariantHash& mapping, bool loadLightmaps, float lightmapLevel) {
+FBXGeometry extractFBXGeometry(const FBXNode& node, const QVariantHash& mapping, QString url, bool loadLightmaps, float lightmapLevel) {
     QHash<QString, ExtractedMesh> meshes;
     QHash<QString, QString> modelIDsToNames;
     QHash<QString, int> meshIDsToMeshIndices;
@@ -1782,7 +1797,7 @@ FBXGeometry extractFBXGeometry(const FBXNode& node, const QVariantHash& mapping,
                     foreach (const FBXNode& subobject, object.children) {
                         if (subobject.name == "RelativeFilename") {
                             QByteArray filename = subobject.properties.at(0).toByteArray();
-                            filename = filename.replace('\\', '/');
+                            filename = fileOnUrl(filename, url);
                             textureFilenames.insert(getID(object.properties), filename);
                         } else if (subobject.name == "TextureName") {
                             // trim the name from the timestamp
@@ -1856,7 +1871,7 @@ FBXGeometry extractFBXGeometry(const FBXNode& node, const QVariantHash& mapping,
                     foreach (const FBXNode& subobject, object.children) {
                         if (subobject.name == "RelativeFilename") {
                             filename = subobject.properties.at(0).toByteArray();
-                            filename = filename.mid(qMax(filename.lastIndexOf('\\'), filename.lastIndexOf('/')) + 1);
+                            filename = fileOnUrl(filename, url);
                             
                         } else if (subobject.name == "Content" && !subobject.properties.isEmpty()) {
                             content = subobject.properties.at(0).toByteArray();
@@ -2709,12 +2724,12 @@ FBXGeometry extractFBXGeometry(const FBXNode& node, const QVariantHash& mapping,
     return geometry;
 }
 
-FBXGeometry readFBX(const QByteArray& model, const QVariantHash& mapping, bool loadLightmaps, float lightmapLevel) {
+FBXGeometry readFBX(const QByteArray& model, const QVariantHash& mapping, const QString url, bool loadLightmaps, float lightmapLevel) {
     QBuffer buffer(const_cast<QByteArray*>(&model));
     buffer.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);
-    return readFBX(&buffer, mapping, loadLightmaps, lightmapLevel);
+    return readFBX(&buffer, mapping, url, loadLightmaps, lightmapLevel);
 }
 
-FBXGeometry readFBX(QIODevice* device, const QVariantHash& mapping, bool loadLightmaps, float lightmapLevel) {
-    return extractFBXGeometry(parseFBX(device), mapping, loadLightmaps, lightmapLevel);
+FBXGeometry readFBX(QIODevice* device, const QVariantHash& mapping, const QString url, bool loadLightmaps, float lightmapLevel) {
+    return extractFBXGeometry(parseFBX(device), mapping, url, loadLightmaps, lightmapLevel);
 }
diff --git a/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader.h b/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader.h
index 200cd4a121..cf86c304ac 100644
--- a/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader.h
+++ b/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader.h
@@ -268,10 +268,10 @@ Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(FBXGeometry)
 
 /// Reads FBX geometry from the supplied model and mapping data.
 /// \exception QString if an error occurs in parsing
-FBXGeometry readFBX(const QByteArray& model, const QVariantHash& mapping, bool loadLightmaps = true, float lightmapLevel = 1.0f);
+FBXGeometry readFBX(const QByteArray& model, const QVariantHash& mapping, const QString url = "", bool loadLightmaps = true, float lightmapLevel = 1.0f);
 
 /// Reads FBX geometry from the supplied model and mapping data.
 /// \exception QString if an error occurs in parsing
-FBXGeometry readFBX(QIODevice* device, const QVariantHash& mapping, bool loadLightmaps = true, float lightmapLevel = 1.0f);
+FBXGeometry readFBX(QIODevice* device, const QVariantHash& mapping, const QString url = "", bool loadLightmaps = true, float lightmapLevel = 1.0f);
 
 #endif // hifi_FBXReader_h
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/GeometryCache.cpp b/libraries/render-utils/src/GeometryCache.cpp
index 02e59bfa3a..3d32ba74ad 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/GeometryCache.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/GeometryCache.cpp
@@ -2185,7 +2185,7 @@ void GeometryReader::run() {
                 } else if (_url.path().toLower().endsWith("palaceoforinthilian4.fbx")) {
                     lightmapLevel = 3.5f;
                 }
-                fbxgeo = readFBX(_reply, _mapping, grabLightmaps, lightmapLevel);
+                fbxgeo = readFBX(_reply, _mapping, _url.path(), grabLightmaps, lightmapLevel);
             } else if (_url.path().toLower().endsWith(".obj")) {
                 fbxgeo = OBJReader().readOBJ(_reply, _mapping, &_url);
             }
diff --git a/tools/vhacd-util/src/VHACDUtil.cpp b/tools/vhacd-util/src/VHACDUtil.cpp
index f1ff0e9e4f..d775244b9c 100644
--- a/tools/vhacd-util/src/VHACDUtil.cpp
+++ b/tools/vhacd-util/src/VHACDUtil.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ bool vhacd::VHACDUtil::loadFBX(const QString filename, FBXGeometry& result) {
     if (filename.toLower().endsWith(".obj")) {
         result = OBJReader().readOBJ(fbxContents, QVariantHash());
     } else if (filename.toLower().endsWith(".fbx")) {
-        result = readFBX(fbxContents, QVariantHash());
+        result = readFBX(fbxContents, QVariantHash(), filename);
     } else {
         qDebug() << "unknown file extension";
         return false;