diff --git a/frontends/verilog/verilog_frontend.cc b/frontends/verilog/verilog_frontend.cc
index 5328ad404..d2cea3599 100644
--- a/frontends/verilog/verilog_frontend.cc
+++ b/frontends/verilog/verilog_frontend.cc
@@ -674,56 +674,61 @@ struct VerilogDefines : public Pass {
 	}
 } VerilogDefines;
 
-struct VerilogFilelist : public Pass {
-	VerilogFilelist() : Pass("verilog_filelist", "use filelist") {}
+struct VerilogFileList : public Pass {
+	VerilogFileList() : Pass("read_verilog_file_list", "Parse a Verilog file list") {}
 	void help() override
 	{
 		//   |---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|
 		log("\n");
-		log("    verilog_filelist [options]\n");
+		log("    read_verilog_file_list [options]\n");
 		log("\n");
-		log("Load a Verilog file list, and pass list of Verilog files to read_verilog command.\n");
+		log("Parse a Verilog file list, and pass the list of Verilog files to read_verilog command.\n");
 		log("\n");
-		log("    -Fflist\n");
-		log("        File list file contains list of Verilog to be parsed, any\n");
-		log("        ' path is relative to the file list file'\n");
+		log("    -F file_list_path\n");
+		log("        File list file contains list of Verilog files to be parsed, any\n");
+		log("        ' path is treated relative to the file list file'\n");
 		log("\n");
-		log("    -Fflist\n");
-		log("        File list file contains list of Verilog to be parsed, any\n");
-		log("        ' path is relative to current working directroy'\n");
+		log("    -f file_list_path\n");
+		log("        File list file contains list of Verilog files to be parsed, any\n");
+		log("        ' path is treated relative to current working directroy'\n");
 		log("\n");
 	}
 
-	void parse_flist_rel_filelist(const std::string &flist_path, RTLIL::Design *design)
+	void parse_file_list(const std::string &file_list_path, RTLIL::Design *design, bool relative_to_file_list_path)
 	{
-		std::ifstream ifs(flist_path);
-		if (!ifs.is_open()) {
-			log_error("file list file does not exist");
+		std::ifstream flist(file_list_path);
+		if (!flist.is_open()) {
+			log_error("Verilog file list file does not exist");
 			exit(1);
 		}
 
-		std::filesystem::path flist_parent_dir = std::filesystem::path(flist_path).parent_path();
+		std::filesystem::path file_list_parent_dir = std::filesystem::path(file_list_path).parent_path();
 
 		std::string v_file_name;
-		while (std::getline(ifs, v_file_name)) {
+		while (std::getline(flist, v_file_name)) {
 			if (v_file_name.empty()) {
 				continue;
 			}
-			std::string v_file_path = flist_parent_dir.string() + '/' + v_file_name;
-			log("Verilog file %s\n", v_file_path.c_str());
 
-			bool is_sv = (std::filesystem::path(v_file_path).extension() == ".sv");
+			std::string verilog_file_path;
+			if (relative_to_file_list_path) {
+				verilog_file_path = file_list_parent_dir.string() + '/' + v_file_name;
+			} else {
+				verilog_file_path = std::filesystem::current_path().string() + '/' + v_file_name;
+			}
+
+			bool is_sv = (std::filesystem::path(verilog_file_path).extension() == ".sv");
 
 			std::string command = "read_verilog";
 			if (is_sv) {
 				command += " -sv";
 			}
-			command = command + ' ' + v_file_path;
+			command = command + ' ' + verilog_file_path;
 			Pass::call(design, command);
 		}
-	}
 
-	void parse_flist_rel_pwd(const std::string &flist_path, RTLIL::Design *design) { log("pwd %s\n", flist_path.c_str()); }
+		flist.close();
+	}
 
 	void execute(std::vector<std::string> args, RTLIL::Design *design) override
 	{
@@ -731,20 +736,21 @@ struct VerilogFilelist : public Pass {
 		for (argidx = 1; argidx < args.size(); argidx++) {
 			std::string arg = args[argidx];
 			if (arg == "-F" && argidx + 1 < args.size()) {
-				std::string flist_path = args[++argidx];
-				parse_flist_rel_filelist(flist_path, design);
+				std::string file_list_path = args[++argidx];
+				parse_file_list(file_list_path, design, true);
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (arg == "-f" && argidx + 1 < args.size()) {
-				std::string flist_path = args[++argidx];
-				parse_flist_rel_pwd(flist_path, design);
+				std::string file_list_path = args[++argidx];
+				parse_file_list(file_list_path, design, false);
 				continue;
 			}
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if (args.size() != argidx)
+		if (args.size() != argidx) {
 			cmd_error(args, argidx, "Extra argument.");
+		}
 	}
 } VerilogFilelist;