diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/DorisFE.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/DorisFE.java
index 319f0a4a60630b..54819c5afc296e 100755
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/DorisFE.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/DorisFE.java
@@ -216,7 +216,12 @@ public static void start(String dorisHomeDir, String pidDir, String[] args, Star
                     "software.amazon.awssdk.http.urlconnection.UrlConnectionSdkHttpService");
 
             if (cmdLineOpts.getClusterSnapshotPath() != null) {
-                Env.getCurrentEnv().setClusterSnapshotFile(dorisHomeDir + "/" + cmdLineOpts.getClusterSnapshotPath());
+                String clusterSnapshotPath = cmdLineOpts.getClusterSnapshotPath();
+                if (!clusterSnapshotPath.startsWith("/")) {
+                    // relative path
+                    clusterSnapshotPath = dorisHomeDir + "/" + clusterSnapshotPath;
+                }
+                Env.getCurrentEnv().setClusterSnapshotFile(clusterSnapshotPath);
             }
             // init catalog and wait it be ready
             Env.getCurrentEnv().initialize(args);