diff --git a/cmd/gonic/gonic.go b/cmd/gonic/gonic.go
index 4548904c..176200c2 100644
--- a/cmd/gonic/gonic.go
+++ b/cmd/gonic/gonic.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ func main() {
 	flag.Var(&confMusicPaths, "music-path", "path to music")
 
 	confPlaylistsPath := flag.String("playlists-path", "", "path to your list of new or existing m3u playlists that gonic can manage")
+	confPlaylistsRelative := flag.Bool("playlists-relative", false, "make song file paths relative in the m3u playlists gonic generates")
 
 	confDBPath := flag.String("db-path", "gonic.db", "path to database (optional)")
 
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ func main() {
 		DBPath:            *confDBPath,
 		OriginalMusicPath: confMusicPaths[0].path,
 		PlaylistsPath:     *confPlaylistsPath,
+		PlaylistsRelative: *confPlaylistsRelative,
 		PodcastsPath:      *confPodcastPath,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -215,7 +217,7 @@ func main() {
 	listenbrainzClient := listenbrainz.NewClient()
 	lastfmClient := lastfm.NewClient(lastfmClientKeySecretFunc)
 
-	playlistStore, err := playlist.NewStore(*confPlaylistsPath)
+	playlistStore, err := playlist.NewStore(*confPlaylistsPath, *confPlaylistsRelative)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Panicf("error creating playlists store: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/db/migrations.go b/db/migrations.go
index 447bfdf6..5eeb8e28 100644
--- a/db/migrations.go
+++ b/db/migrations.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ type MigrationContext struct {
 	DBPath            string
 	OriginalMusicPath string
 	PlaylistsPath     string
+	PlaylistsRelative bool
 	PodcastsPath      string
 }
 
@@ -507,7 +508,7 @@ func migratePlaylistsToM3U(tx *gorm.DB, ctx MigrationContext) error {
 		return ""
 	}
 
-	store, err := playlist.NewStore(ctx.PlaylistsPath)
+	store, err := playlist.NewStore(ctx.PlaylistsPath, ctx.PlaylistsRelative)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("create playlists store: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/playlist/playlist.go b/playlist/playlist.go
index e51dbc16..9ff13af7 100644
--- a/playlist/playlist.go
+++ b/playlist/playlist.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/fs"
+	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
@@ -37,10 +38,11 @@ type Playlist struct {
 
 type Store struct {
 	basePath string
+	relative bool
 	mu       sync.Mutex
 }
 
-func NewStore(basePath string) (*Store, error) {
+func NewStore(basePath string, relative bool) (*Store, error) {
 	if basePath == "" {
 		return nil, ErrInvalidBasePath
 	}
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ func NewStore(basePath string) (*Store, error) {
 
 	return &Store{
 		basePath: basePath,
+		relative: relative,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -126,6 +129,12 @@ func (s *Store) Read(relPath string) (*Playlist, error) {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") {
 			continue
 		}
+
+		// file path might be relative if using -playlists-relative
+		if !filepath.IsAbs(line) {
+			line = filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(absPath), line)
+		}
+
 		playlist.Items = append(playlist.Items, line)
 	}
 
@@ -178,9 +187,17 @@ func (s *Store) Write(relPath string, playlist *Playlist) error {
 	fmt.Fprintln(file, encodeAttr(attrCommment, playlist.Comment))
 	fmt.Fprintln(file, encodeAttr(attrIsPublic, fmt.Sprint(playlist.IsPublic)))
 	for _, line := range playlist.Items {
+		if s.relative {
+			// transform to path relative to playlist's dir
+			relativePath, err := filepath.Rel(filepath.Dir(absPath), line)
+			if err == nil {
+				line = relativePath
+			} else {
+				log.Printf("Warning: could not make playlist entry path's relative - %v\n", err)
+			}
+		}
 		fmt.Fprintln(file, line)
 	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/playlist/playlist_test.go b/playlist/playlist_test.go
index 10b62344..e0b6cb53 100644
--- a/playlist/playlist_test.go
+++ b/playlist/playlist_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ func TestPlaylist(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	tmp := t.TempDir()
-	store, err := playlist.NewStore(tmp)
+	store, err := playlist.NewStore(tmp, false)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	playlistIDs, err := store.List()
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ Example comment
 It has multiple lines 👍
 `,
 		Items: []string{
-			"item 1.flac",
-			"item 2.flac",
-			"item 3.flac",
+			"/item 1.flac",
+			"/item 2.flac",
+			"/item 3.flac",
 		},
 		IsPublic: true,
 	}