diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index bd4a863c..a12c058d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 v3.0.x - YYYY-MMM-DD (To be released)
 -------------------------------------
 
+ - Fixed resource load on ip match from file
+   [#1674 - @zimmerle, @StefaanSeys]
  - Fixed examples compilation while using disable-shared
    [#1670 - @zimmerle, @ivanbaldo]
  - Fixed compilation issue while xml is disabled
diff --git a/src/operators/ip_match_from_file.cc b/src/operators/ip_match_from_file.cc
index 7dd8eb69..9dc1ee23 100644
--- a/src/operators/ip_match_from_file.cc
+++ b/src/operators/ip_match_from_file.cc
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "src/operators/ip_match_from_file.h"
+#include "src/utils/system.h"
 
 #include <string.h>
 
@@ -33,7 +34,11 @@ bool IpMatchFromFile::init(const std::string &file,
     if (m_param.compare(0, 8, "https://") == 0) {
         res = m_tree.addFromUrl(m_param, &e);
     } else {
-        res = m_tree.addFromFile(m_param, &e);
+        std::string resf = utils::find_resource(m_param, file, error);\
+        if (resf == "") {
+            return false;
+        }
+        res = m_tree.addFromFile(resf, &e);
     }
 
     if (res == false) {
diff --git a/test/test-cases/regression/operator-ipMatchFromFile.json b/test/test-cases/regression/operator-ipMatchFromFile.json
index f23db022..3b6950fa 100644
--- a/test/test-cases/regression/operator-ipMatchFromFile.json
+++ b/test/test-cases/regression/operator-ipMatchFromFile.json
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
       ]
     },
     "expected":{
-      "parser_error":"File: operator-ipMatchFromFile.json. Line: 2. Column: 19. Failed to open file: file-not-found.txt"
+      "parser_error":"Rules error. File: operator-ipMatchFromFile.json. Line: 2. Column: 19. Looking at: 'file-not-found.txt', 'file-not-found.txt', 'operator-ipMatchFromFile.json/file-not-found.txt', 'operator-ipMatchFromFile.json/file-not-found.txt'."
     },
     "rules":[
       "SecRuleEngine On",