diff --git a/gradle/rat.gradle b/gradle/rat.gradle
index 8c8ac5e8..2c3b2a37 100644
--- a/gradle/rat.gradle
+++ b/gradle/rat.gradle
@@ -28,18 +28,19 @@ class RatTask extends DefaultTask {
   @Input
   List<String> excludes
 
-  def reportPath = 'build/rat'
-  def stylesheet = 'gradle/resources/rat-output-to-html.xsl'
+  def reportPath = "${project.buildDir}/rat"
+  def stylesheet = "${project.projectDir}/gradle/resources/rat-output-to-html.xsl"
   def xmlReport = reportPath + '/rat-report.xml'
   def htmlReport = reportPath + '/rat-report.html'
 
   def generateXmlReport(File reportDir) {
     def antBuilder = services.get(IsolatedAntBuilder)
     def ratClasspath = project.configurations.rat
+    def scanDir = project.projectDir
     antBuilder.withClasspath(ratClasspath).execute {
       ant.taskdef(resource: 'org/apache/rat/anttasks/antlib.xml')
       ant.report(format: 'xml', reportFile: xmlReport) {
-        fileset(dir: ".") {
+        fileset(dir: scanDir) {
           patternset {
             excludes.each {
               exclude(name: it)