diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index f0a0f3b9681..2880881af91 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ markdown_extensions:
   - pymdownx.snippets:
       base_path: "."
       check_paths: true
+      restrict_base_path: false
   - meta
   - toc:
       permalink: true