diff --git a/.vim/plugin/autotags.vim b/.vim/plugin/autotags.vim
index 3b3a579..04ebf40 100644
--- a/.vim/plugin/autotags.vim
+++ b/.vim/plugin/autotags.vim
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ fun! s:AutotagsSearchLoadTags()
     " search cscope db in current tree
     if filereadable(findfile("cscope.out", ".;"))
         let l:cscopedb = findfile("cscope.out", ".;")
-        exe "cs add " . l:cscopedb
+        exe "cs add " . l:cscopedb . " " . fnamemodify(l:cscopedb, ":p:h")
         echomsg "found local cscopedb file: " . l:cscopedb
     endif
 endfun