diff --git a/beets/ui/commands.py b/beets/ui/commands.py
index 7a5961f7a..b079d0caa 100644
--- a/beets/ui/commands.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands.py
@@ -644,9 +644,10 @@ def import_files(lib, paths, copy, move, write, autot, logpath, threaded,
     """
     # Check the user-specified directories.
     for path in paths:
-        if not singletons and not os.path.isdir(syspath(path)):
+        fullpath = syspath(normpath(path))
+        if not singletons and not os.path.isdir(fullpath):
             raise ui.UserError('not a directory: ' + path)
-        elif singletons and not os.path.exists(syspath(path)):
+        elif singletons and not os.path.exists(fullpath):
             raise ui.UserError('no such file: ' + path)
 
     # Check parameter consistency.
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 42bcebe60..6f0bf30bb 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ art for your music, enable this plugin after upgrading to beets 1.0b15.
   represented in the database on Windows; if you find that beets' paths are out
   of sync with your filesystem with this release, delete and recreate your
   database with ``beet import -AWC /path/to/music``.
+* Fix ``import`` with relative path arguments on Windows.
 
 .. _artist credits: http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Artist_Credit