diff --git a/src/share/bin/jtreg.sh b/src/share/bin/jtreg.sh
index cb6e46d..0ff4a13 100644
--- a/src/share/bin/jtreg.sh
+++ b/src/share/bin/jtreg.sh
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ else
     elif whence whence 1>/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
         myname=`whence "$0"`
     fi
+    myname=`readlink -f $myname`
     mydir=`dirname "$myname"`
     p=`cd "$mydir" ; pwd`
     while [ -n "$p" -a "$p" != "/" ]; do