diff --git a/src/system/location.cc b/src/system/location.cc
index 65ab064..4b1ebc7 100644
--- a/src/system/location.cc
+++ b/src/system/location.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 #include "sled/system/location.h"
+#include <string.h>
 
 namespace sled {
+size_t
+StrippedPathLength()
+{
+#ifdef __SLED_LOCATION_STRIPPED_PATH
+    const char *my_path = __SLED_LOCATION_STRIPPED_PATH;
+#else
+    const char *my_path = "sled/src/system/location.cc";
+#endif
+    static size_t suffix_len = strlen(my_path);
+    static size_t full_len = strlen(__FILE__);
+    return full_len - suffix_len;
+}
 
 Location
 Location::Current(const char *file_name, int file_line, const char *function)
@@ -9,7 +22,7 @@ Location::Current(const char *file_name, int file_line, const char *function)
 }
 
 Location::Location(const char *file_name, int file_line, const char *function)
-    : file_name(file_name),
+    : file_name(file_name + StrippedPathLength()),
       file_line(file_line),
       function(function)
 {}