diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 99038a4adf9..89c10440788 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2012-12-03  Agustín Martín Domingo  <agustin.martin@hispalinux.es>
+
+	* textmodes/ispell.el (ispell-init-process)
+	(ispell-start-process): Make sure personal dictionary name is
+	expanded after initial `default-directory' value (Bug#13019).
+
 2012-12-03  Jay Belanger  <jay.p.belanger@gmail.com>
 
 	* calc/calc-forms.el (math-date-to-iso-dt): Fix weekday number.
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el b/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el
index f667525397c..81468fad85f 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el
@@ -2669,7 +2669,8 @@ Keeps argument list for future Ispell invocations for no async support."
            orig-args
            (if ispell-current-personal-dictionary ; Use specified pers dict.
                (list "-p"
-                     (expand-file-name ispell-current-personal-dictionary)))
+                     (expand-file-name ispell-current-personal-dictionary
+				       current-ispell-directory)))
            ;; If we are using recent aspell or hunspell, make sure we use the
            ;; right encoding for communication. ispell or older aspell/hunspell
            ;; does not support this.
@@ -2706,6 +2707,9 @@ Keeps argument list for future Ispell invocations for no async support."
   (let* (;; Basename of dictionary used by the spell-checker
 	 (dict-bname (or (car (cdr (member "-d" (ispell-get-ispell-args))))
 			 ispell-current-dictionary))
+	 ;; The directory where process was started.
+	 (current-ispell-directory default-directory)
+	 ;; The default directory for the process.
 	 ;; Use "~/" as default-directory unless using Ispell with per-dir
 	 ;; personal dictionaries and not in a minibuffer under XEmacs
 	 (default-directory