diff --git a/src/lay/lay/layMacroEditorDialog.cc b/src/lay/lay/layMacroEditorDialog.cc
index 62640266a..885b5012f 100644
--- a/src/lay/lay/layMacroEditorDialog.cc
+++ b/src/lay/lay/layMacroEditorDialog.cc
@@ -3079,7 +3079,7 @@ size_t
 MacroEditorDialog::id_for_path (gsi::Interpreter *, const std::string &path)
 {
   for (std::map <lym::Macro *, MacroEditorPage *>::const_iterator m = m_tab_widgets.begin (); m != m_tab_widgets.end (); ++m) {
-    if (m->first->path () == path) {
+    if (tl::is_same_file(m->first->path (), path)) {
       m_file_to_widget.push_back (*m);
       return m_file_to_widget.size ();
     }
diff --git a/src/lym/lym/lymMacroCollection.cc b/src/lym/lym/lymMacroCollection.cc
index e6ac4ee9b..6a4c90814 100644
--- a/src/lym/lym/lymMacroCollection.cc
+++ b/src/lym/lym/lymMacroCollection.cc
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ void MacroCollection::rename_macro (Macro *macro, const std::string &new_name)
 lym::Macro *MacroCollection::find_macro (const std::string &path)
 {
   for (iterator m = begin (); m != end (); ++m) {
-    if (m->second->path () == path) {
+    if (tl::is_same_file (m->second->path (), path)) {
       return m->second;
     }
   }