diff --git a/tests/app/ui/builder/builder-tests.ts b/tests/app/ui/builder/builder-tests.ts
index 48bd27f80..32cb83b95 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/builder/builder-tests.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/builder/builder-tests.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { createViewFromEntry } from "tns-core-modules/ui/builder";
-import { assertEqual, assertNull, assertThrows } from "../../tk-unit";
+import { assertEqual, assertNull, assertThrows, assertNotNull } from "../../tk-unit";
 
 const COMPONENT_MODULE = "ui/builder/component-module";
 const MISSING_MODULE = "ui/builder/missing-module";
@@ -22,7 +22,17 @@ export function test_view_is_NOT_module_root_component() {
     assertNull(undefinedModule, `View<${nestedView}> should NOT be a root component of a module.`);
 }
 
-export function test_load_component_from_missing_module_throws() {
+export function test_create_view_from_entry_from_missing_module_throws() {
     assertThrows(() => getViewComponent(MISSING_MODULE),
         "Loading component from a missing module SHOULD throw an error.");
 }
+
+export function test_create_view_from_entry_with_path_with_slash() {
+    const view = getViewComponent("/" + COMPONENT_MODULE);
+    assertNotNull(view, `Module starting with "/" could not be loaded`);
+}
+
+export function test_create_view_from_entry_with_path_with_tilde() {
+    const view = getViewComponent("~/" + COMPONENT_MODULE);
+    assertNotNull(view, `Module starting with "~/" could not be loaded`);
+}
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diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/builder/builder.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/builder/builder.ts
index 6a391a0c0..ff8977d2b 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/builder/builder.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/builder/builder.ts
@@ -57,20 +57,21 @@ export const createViewFromEntry = profile("createViewFromEntry", (entry: ViewEn
 
         return view;
     } else if (entry.moduleName) {
-        const resolvedCodeModuleName = resolveModuleName(entry.moduleName, ""); //`${moduleName}.xml`;
+        const moduleName = sanitizeModuleName(entry.moduleName);
+        const resolvedCodeModuleName = resolveModuleName(moduleName, ""); //`${moduleName}.xml`;
         let moduleExports = resolvedCodeModuleName ? global.loadModule(resolvedCodeModuleName) : null;
 
         if (moduleExports && moduleExports.createPage) {
             // Exports has a createPage() method
             const view = moduleExports.createPage();
-            const resolvedCssModuleName = resolveModuleName(entry.moduleName, "css"); //entry.moduleName + ".css";
+            const resolvedCssModuleName = resolveModuleName(moduleName, "css"); //entry.moduleName + ".css";
             if (resolvedCssModuleName) {
                 view.addCssFile(resolvedCssModuleName);
             }
 
             return view;
         } else {
-            const componentModule = loadInternal(entry.moduleName, moduleExports);
+            const componentModule = loadInternal(moduleName, moduleExports);
             const componentView = componentModule && componentModule.component;
 
             return componentView;