diff --git a/src/postamble.js b/src/postamble.js
index 4898e1052445d..64e55bdc02e86 100644
--- a/src/postamble.js
+++ b/src/postamble.js
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ if (memoryInitializer) {
     memoryInitializer = Module['locateFile'](memoryInitializer);
   } else if (Module['memoryInitializerPrefixURL']) {
     memoryInitializer = Module['memoryInitializerPrefixURL'] + memoryInitializer;
+  } else if (ENVIRONMENT_IS_NODE) {
+    // Look for .mem file in the same folder as script by default
+    memoryInitializer = __dirname + '/' + memoryInitializer;
   }
   if (ENVIRONMENT_IS_NODE || ENVIRONMENT_IS_SHELL) {
     var data = Module['readBinary'](memoryInitializer);
diff --git a/tests/test_other.py b/tests/test_other.py
index 1020ea5850d48..accbe8d6341c5 100644
--- a/tests/test_other.py
+++ b/tests/test_other.py
@@ -1240,6 +1240,18 @@ def _test():
                   output_filename='a.out.js')
     _test()
 
+  def test_memory_file_not_in_cwd(self):
+    # Test that even if JS is executed in different working directory, then it should still find .js.mem file in the same folder as script itself
+    filename = path_from_root('a.out.js')
+    Building.emcc(path_from_root('tests', 'hello_world.c'), ['--memory-init-file', '1'], output_filename=filename)
+    cwd = path_from_root('tests')
+    print
+    print 'Filename: %s' % filename
+    print 'Working dir: %s' % cwd
+    for engine in JS_ENGINES:
+      print engine
+      run_js(filename, cwd=cwd)
+
   def test_ungetc_fscanf(self):
     open('main.cpp', 'w').write(r'''
       #include <stdio.h>