diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dc7edbfe31c..1845255860f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@ rpm-build
 .DS_Store
 # manpage build results (not all checked in)
 docs/man/man3/*
+# Sublime stuff
+*.sublime-project
+*.sublime-workspace
diff --git a/lib/ansible/utils.py b/lib/ansible/utils.py
index 6c7a89462f7..5fb32e2ac3a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/utils.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/utils.py
@@ -392,7 +392,8 @@ def template_from_file(basedir, path, vars):
     ''' run a file through the templating engine '''
 
     realpath = path_dwim(basedir, path)
-    environment = jinja2.Environment(loader=jinja2.FileSystemLoader(basedir), trim_blocks=True)
+    loader=jinja2.FileSystemLoader([basedir,os.path.dirname(realpath)])
+    environment = jinja2.Environment(loader=loader, trim_blocks=True)
     environment.filters['to_json'] = json.dumps
     environment.filters['from_json'] = json.loads
     environment.filters['to_yaml'] = yaml.dump