diff --git a/docs/release-notes/.FSharp.Compiler.Service/8.0.400.md b/docs/release-notes/.FSharp.Compiler.Service/8.0.400.md
index 124baf0dd6e..71aa4a0d3ed 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/.FSharp.Compiler.Service/8.0.400.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/.FSharp.Compiler.Service/8.0.400.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 * Make typechecking of indexed setters with tuples on the right more consistent. ([Issue #16987](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/issues/16987), [PR #17017](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/17017))
 * Static abstract method on classes no longer yields internal error. ([Issue #17044](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/issues/17044), [PR #17055](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/17055))
 * Disallow calling abstract methods directly on interfaces. ([Issue #14012](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/issues/14012), [Issue #16299](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/issues/16299), [PR #17021](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/17021))
-* Various parenthesization API fixes. ([PR #16977](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/16977))
+* Various parenthesization API fixes. ([PR #16977](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/16977)) 
+* Files passed with -embed:relative/path/to/file are not embedded. ([Issue #16768](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/17068))
 * Fix bug in optimization of for-loops over integral ranges with steps and units of measure. ([Issue #17025](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/issues/17025), [PR #17040](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/17040), [PR #17048](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/17048))
 * Fix calling an overridden virtual static method via the interface ([PR #17013](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/17013))
+
diff --git a/src/Compiler/Driver/fsc.fs b/src/Compiler/Driver/fsc.fs
index 3cebc51d10f..190dbfcd806 100644
--- a/src/Compiler/Driver/fsc.fs
+++ b/src/Compiler/Driver/fsc.fs
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ let AdjustForScriptCompile (tcConfigB: TcConfigBuilder, commandLineSourceFiles,
             error (Error(FSComp.SR.pathIsInvalid file, rangeStartup))
 
     let commandLineSourceFiles = commandLineSourceFiles |> List.map combineFilePath
+    tcConfigB.embedSourceList <- tcConfigB.embedSourceList |> List.map combineFilePath
 
     // Script compilation is active if the last item being compiled is a script and --noframework has not been specified
     let mutable allSources = []