diff --git a/tools/roslaunch/src/roslaunch/depends.py b/tools/roslaunch/src/roslaunch/depends.py
index 3b6c18df89..a3fbf7a418 100644
--- a/tools/roslaunch/src/roslaunch/depends.py
+++ b/tools/roslaunch/src/roslaunch/depends.py
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ def _parse_subcontext(tags, context):
     return subcontext
 
 def _parse_launch(tags, launch_file, file_deps, verbose, context):
+    context['filename'] = os.path.abspath(launch_file)
     dir_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(launch_file))
     launch_file_pkg = rospkg.get_package_name(dir_path)