diff --git a/idea/src/plugin-resources/templates/v4/module.jelly b/idea/src/plugin-resources/templates/v4/module.jelly
index 03fa595b..3b8fa763 100644
--- a/idea/src/plugin-resources/templates/v4/module.jelly
+++ b/idea/src/plugin-resources/templates/v4/module.jelly
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <j:set var="IDEA_TYPE" value="J2EE_WEB_MODULE"/>
   </j:if>
 
-  <module version="4" relativePaths="false" type="${IDEA_TYPE}">        
+  <module version="4" relativePaths="true" type="${IDEA_TYPE}">        
     <j:if test="${type == 'ejb'}">
       <component name="EjbModuleBuildComponent">
         <setting name="EXPLODED_URL" value="file://" />
diff --git a/idea/src/plugin-resources/templates/v4/multiproject.jelly b/idea/src/plugin-resources/templates/v4/multiproject.jelly
index 56a57a59..e86235c0 100644
--- a/idea/src/plugin-resources/templates/v4/multiproject.jelly
+++ b/idea/src/plugin-resources/templates/v4/multiproject.jelly
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 <j:whitespace xmlns:j="jelly:core" xmlns:maven="jelly:maven" xmlns="dummy" trim="true">
 
-    <project version="4" relativePaths="false">
+    <project version="4" relativePaths="true">
         <maven:get plugin="maven-java-plugin" property="maven.compile.source" var="jdkLevel" />
         <j:if test="${empty(jdkLevel)}">
           <j:set var="jdkLevel" value="${java.specification.version}" />
diff --git a/idea/src/plugin-resources/templates/v4/project.jelly b/idea/src/plugin-resources/templates/v4/project.jelly
index a3ca595d..3304da09 100644
--- a/idea/src/plugin-resources/templates/v4/project.jelly
+++ b/idea/src/plugin-resources/templates/v4/project.jelly
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 <j:whitespace xmlns:j="jelly:core" xmlns:maven="jelly:maven" xmlns="dummy" trim="true">
 
-    <project version="4" relativePaths="false">
+    <project version="4" relativePaths="true">
         <maven:get plugin="maven-java-plugin" property="maven.compile.source" var="jdkLevel" />
         <j:if test="${empty(jdkLevel)}">
           <j:set var="jdkLevel" value="${java.specification.version}" />
diff --git a/idea/src/plugin-resources/templates/v4/workspace.jelly b/idea/src/plugin-resources/templates/v4/workspace.jelly
index ee94f2b7..ab336f8e 100644
--- a/idea/src/plugin-resources/templates/v4/workspace.jelly
+++ b/idea/src/plugin-resources/templates/v4/workspace.jelly
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 <j:whitespace xmlns:j="jelly:core" xmlns:u="jelly:util" xmlns="dummy" trim="true">
 
-    <project version="4" relativePaths="false">
+    <project version="4" relativePaths="true">
         <component name="LvcsProjectConfiguration">
           <option name="ADD_LABEL_ON_PROJECT_OPEN" value="true" />
           <option name="ADD_LABEL_ON_PROJECT_COMPILATION" value="true" />
@@ -317,4 +317,4 @@
           <option name="CHECKIN_DIALOG_SPLITTER_PROPORTION" value="0.8" />
         </component>
     </project>
-</j:whitespace>
\ No newline at end of file
+</j:whitespace>
diff --git a/idea/xdocs/changes.xml b/idea/xdocs/changes.xml
index ad429908..4c1ae206 100644
--- a/idea/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/idea/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.6-SNAPSHOT" date="in SVN">
+      <action dev="brett" type="update" issue="MPIDEA-25">Use relative paths for projects and modules for projects easier to check into SCM</action>
       <action dev="brett" type="update" issue="MPIDEA-7" due-to="David Jencks">Make projects within the reactor set IDEA module dependencies, but keep all others as JAR dependencies</action>
       <action dev="brett" type="add" issue="MPIDEA-10" due-to="David Jencks">Add a property for specifying generated source directories to include in the module</action>
       <action dev="brett" type="update" issue="MPIDEA-19">Set source level properties based on the compile source level</action>
