diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/writing-native-applications-tips.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/writing-native-applications-tips.adoc
index 648caa0636ec6..c6f640e0ac1b4 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/writing-native-applications-tips.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/writing-native-applications-tips.adoc
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ When using Gradle, we need to configure the additional build arguments in the pl
 ----
 buildNative {
     additionalBuildArgs = [
-            '-H:ResourceConfigurationFiles=../resources/main/resources-config.json'
+            "-H:ResourceConfigurationFiles=${buildDir}/resources/main/resources-config.json".toString()
     ]
 }
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@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ When using Gradle, we need to configure the additional build arguments in the pl
 ----
 buildNative {
     additionalBuildArgs = [
-            '-H:ReflectionConfigurationFiles=resources/main/reflection-config.json'
+            "-H:ReflectionConfigurationFiles=${buildDir}/resources/main/reflection-config.json".toString()
     ]
 }
 ----