diff --git a/qmake/generators/symbian/symmake.cpp b/qmake/generators/symbian/symmake.cpp
index 3d24053..7973e49 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/symbian/symmake.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/symbian/symmake.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ QString SymbianMakefileGenerator::fixPathForMmp(const QString& origPath, const Q
     static QString epocRootStr;
     if (epocRootStr.isEmpty()) {
         QFileInfo efi(epocRoot());
-        epocRootStr = efi.canonicalFilePath();
+        epocRootStr = efi.absoluteFilePath();
         if (epocRootStr.isEmpty()) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Unable to resolve epocRoot '%s' to real dir on current drive, defaulting to '/' for mmp paths\n", qPrintable(epocRoot()));
             epocRootStr = "/";
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ QString SymbianMakefileGenerator::canonizePath(const QString& origPath)
     static QString defaultPath;
     if (defaultPath.isEmpty()) {
         QFileInfo fi(".");
-        defaultPath = fi.canonicalFilePath();
+        defaultPath = fi.absoluteFilePath();
     }
 
     // Prepend epocroot to any paths beginning with "/epoc32/"
@@ -131,10 +131,12 @@ QString SymbianMakefileGenerator::canonizePath(const QString& origPath)
         resultPath = QDir::fromNativeSeparators(epocRoot()) + resultPath.mid(1);
 
     QFileInfo fi(fileInfo(resultPath));
-    if (fi.isDir()) {
-        resultPath = fi.canonicalFilePath();
+    if(!fi.exists()) {
+        resultPath = QString();
+    } else if (fi.isDir()) {
+        resultPath = fi.absoluteFilePath();
     } else {
-        resultPath = fi.canonicalPath();
+        resultPath = fi.absolutePath();
     }
 
     resultPath = QDir::cleanPath(resultPath);
diff --git a/qmake/generators/symbian/symmake_abld.cpp b/qmake/generators/symbian/symmake_abld.cpp
index 4d1673b..81051e7 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/symbian/symmake_abld.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/symbian/symmake_abld.cpp
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ void SymbianAbldMakefileGenerator::writeMkFile(const QString& wrapperFileName, b
         t << "FINAL: " << finalDeps << endl;
         t << "endif" << endl << endl;
 
-        QString makefile(Option::fixPathToTargetOS(fileInfo(wrapperFileName).canonicalFilePath()));
+        QString makefile(Option::fixPathToTargetOS(fileInfo(wrapperFileName).absoluteFilePath()));
         foreach(QString target, wrapperTargets) {
             t << target << " : " << makefile << endl;
             t << "\t-$(MAKE) -f \"" << makefile << "\" " << target << " QT_SIS_TARGET=$(VISUAL_CFG)-$(PLATFORM)" << endl << endl;