diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/lint.js b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/lint.js
index ed5bc2beed..518fb1c68f 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/lint.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/lint.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ module.exports = function lint (args = {}, api) {
   ]
     .filter(pattern =>
       globby
-        .sync(path.join(cwd, pattern))
+        .sync(pattern, { cwd, absolute: true })
         .some(p => !engine.isPathIgnored(p))
     )
 
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/apollo-server/connectors/locales.js b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/apollo-server/connectors/locales.js
index da1bd93887..0d34ea35a8 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/apollo-server/connectors/locales.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/apollo-server/connectors/locales.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function reset (context) {
 }
 
 function _loadFolder (root, context) {
-  const paths = globby.sync([path.join(root, './locales/*.json')])
+  const paths = globby.sync(['./locales/*.json'], { cwd: root, absolute: true })
   paths.forEach(file => {
     const basename = path.basename(file)
     const lang = basename.substr(0, basename.indexOf('.'))
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/apollo-server/resolvers.js b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/apollo-server/resolvers.js
index 4b27ad5e74..99fc304712 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/apollo-server/resolvers.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/apollo-server/resolvers.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 const { withFilter } = require('graphql-subscriptions')
-const path = require('path')
 const globby = require('globby')
 const merge = require('lodash.merge')
 const { GraphQLJSON } = require('graphql-type-json')
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ const resolvers = [{
 }]
 
 // Load resolvers in './schema'
-const paths = globby.sync([path.join(__dirname, './schema/*.js')])
+const paths = globby.sync(['./schema/*.js'], { cwd: __dirname, absolute: true })
 paths.forEach(file => {
   const { resolvers: r } = require(file)
   r && resolvers.push(r)
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/apollo-server/type-defs.js b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/apollo-server/type-defs.js
index 0d2be647fd..028532667d 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/apollo-server/type-defs.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/apollo-server/type-defs.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 const gql = require('graphql-tag')
-const path = require('path')
 const globby = require('globby')
 
 const typeDefs = [gql`
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ type Subscription {
 `]
 
 // Load types in './schema'
-const paths = globby.sync([path.join(__dirname, './schema/*.js')])
+const paths = globby.sync(['./schema/*.js'], { cwd: __dirname, absolute: true })
 paths.forEach(file => {
   const { types } = require(file)
   types && typeDefs.push(types)