diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index bbb8e463d..cfbcf432b 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ Justyna Janczyszyn
 Kale Kundert
 Karl O. Pinc
 Katarzyna Jachim
+Katarzyna Król
 Katerina Koukiou
 Kevin Cox
 Kevin J. Foley
diff --git a/changelog/4677.bugfix.rst b/changelog/4677.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b7d2cf17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/4677.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The path shown in the summary report for SKIPPED tests is now always relative. Previously it was sometimes absolute.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/terminal.py b/src/_pytest/terminal.py
index a99463fe8..52c04a49c 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/terminal.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/terminal.py
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ class TerminalReporter:
 
         def show_skipped(lines: List[str]) -> None:
             skipped = self.stats.get("skipped", [])
-            fskips = _folded_skips(skipped) if skipped else []
+            fskips = _folded_skips(self.startdir, skipped) if skipped else []
             if not fskips:
                 return
             verbose_word = skipped[0]._get_verbose_word(self.config)
@@ -1153,11 +1153,13 @@ def _get_line_with_reprcrash_message(config, rep, termwidth):
     return line
 
 
-def _folded_skips(skipped):
+def _folded_skips(startdir, skipped):
     d = {}
     for event in skipped:
-        key = event.longrepr
-        assert len(key) == 3, (event, key)
+        assert len(event.longrepr) == 3, (event, event.longrepr)
+        fspath, lineno, reason = event.longrepr
+        # For consistency, report all fspaths in relative form.
+        fspath = startdir.bestrelpath(py.path.local(fspath))
         keywords = getattr(event, "keywords", {})
         # folding reports with global pytestmark variable
         # this is workaround, because for now we cannot identify the scope of a skip marker
@@ -1167,7 +1169,9 @@ def _folded_skips(skipped):
             and "skip" in keywords
             and "pytestmark" not in keywords
         ):
-            key = (key[0], None, key[2])
+            key = (fspath, None, reason)
+        else:
+            key = (fspath, lineno, reason)
         d.setdefault(key, []).append(event)
     values = []
     for key, events in d.items():
diff --git a/testing/test_skipping.py b/testing/test_skipping.py
index 67714d030..8b1cdd527 100644
--- a/testing/test_skipping.py
+++ b/testing/test_skipping.py
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ def test_skipped_reasons_functional(testdir):
     result = testdir.runpytest("-rs")
     result.stdout.fnmatch_lines_random(
         [
-            "SKIPPED [[]2[]] */conftest.py:4: test",
+            "SKIPPED [[]2[]] conftest.py:4: test",
             "SKIPPED [[]1[]] test_one.py:14: via_decorator",
         ]
     )
diff --git a/testing/test_terminal.py b/testing/test_terminal.py
index 88d564519..d2857ca77 100644
--- a/testing/test_terminal.py
+++ b/testing/test_terminal.py
@@ -2001,7 +2001,7 @@ def test_skip_reasons_folding():
     ev3.longrepr = longrepr
     ev3.skipped = True
 
-    values = _folded_skips([ev1, ev2, ev3])
+    values = _folded_skips(py.path.local(), [ev1, ev2, ev3])
     assert len(values) == 1
     num, fspath, lineno, reason = values[0]
     assert num == 3