diff --git a/Modules/FindProtobuf.cmake b/Modules/FindProtobuf.cmake
index 10c07c275..14e392a6f 100644
--- a/Modules/FindProtobuf.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindProtobuf.cmake
@@ -136,9 +136,11 @@ function(PROTOBUF_GENERATE_CPP SRCS HDRS)
   foreach(FIL ${ARGN})
     get_filename_component(ABS_FIL ${FIL} ABSOLUTE)
     get_filename_component(FIL_WE ${FIL} NAME_WE)
-    get_filename_component(FIL_DIR ${FIL} DIRECTORY)
-    if(FIL_DIR)
-      set(FIL_WE "${FIL_DIR}/${FIL_WE}")
+    if(NOT PROTOBUF_GENERATE_CPP_APPEND_PATH)
+      get_filename_component(FIL_DIR ${FIL} DIRECTORY)
+      if(FIL_DIR)
+        set(FIL_WE "${FIL_DIR}/${FIL_WE}")
+      endif()
     endif()
 
     list(APPEND ${SRCS} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${FIL_WE}.pb.cc")
@@ -197,9 +199,11 @@ function(PROTOBUF_GENERATE_PYTHON SRCS)
   foreach(FIL ${ARGN})
     get_filename_component(ABS_FIL ${FIL} ABSOLUTE)
     get_filename_component(FIL_WE ${FIL} NAME_WE)
-    get_filename_component(FIL_DIR ${FIL} DIRECTORY)
-    if(FIL_DIR)
-      set(FIL_WE "${FIL_DIR}/${FIL_WE}")
+    if(NOT PROTOBUF_GENERATE_CPP_APPEND_PATH)
+      get_filename_component(FIL_DIR ${FIL} DIRECTORY)
+      if(FIL_DIR)
+        set(FIL_WE "${FIL_DIR}/${FIL_WE}")
+      endif()
     endif()
 
     list(APPEND ${SRCS} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${FIL_WE}_pb2.py")