diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/executor/multi_utility.c b/src/backend/distributed/executor/multi_utility.c
index 76f44f75c..3c0b5853f 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/executor/multi_utility.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/executor/multi_utility.c
@@ -635,6 +635,8 @@ IsTransmitStmt(Node *parsetree)
 static void
 VerifyTransmitStmt(CopyStmt *copyStatement)
 {
+	char *fileName = NULL;
+
 	/* do some minimal option verification */
 	if (copyStatement->relation == NULL ||
 		copyStatement->relation->relname == NULL)
@@ -643,6 +645,20 @@ VerifyTransmitStmt(CopyStmt *copyStatement)
 						errmsg("FORMAT 'transmit' requires a target file")));
 	}
 
+	fileName = copyStatement->relation->relname;
+
+	if (is_absolute_path(fileName))
+	{
+		ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
+						(errmsg("absolute path not allowed"))));
+	}
+	else if (!path_is_relative_and_below_cwd(fileName))
+	{
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
+				 (errmsg("path must be in or below the current directory"))));
+	}
+
 	if (copyStatement->filename != NULL)
 	{
 		ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),