diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index a99116fa3..07906415b 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ Detailed list of changes
 
 - hints kitten: Fix a regression in 0.28.0 that broke using sub-groups in regexp captures (:iss:`6228`)
 
+- diff kitten: Fix a regression in 0.28.0 that broke using relative paths as arguments to the kitten (:iss:`6325`)
+
 0.28.1 [2023-04-21]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/kittens/diff/collect.go b/kittens/diff/collect.go
index 5e5dd84aa..99c42fe50 100644
--- a/kittens/diff/collect.go
+++ b/kittens/diff/collect.go
@@ -258,6 +258,10 @@ func resolve_remote_name(path, defval string) string {
 }
 
 func walk(base string, patterns []string, names *utils.Set[string], pmap, path_name_map map[string]string) error {
+	base, err := filepath.Abs(base)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	return filepath.WalkDir(base, func(path string, d fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
 		is_allowed := allowed(path, patterns...)
 		if !is_allowed {