diff --git a/project/packaging.scala b/project/packaging.scala
index 1018e7ac2..5d0150daf 100644
--- a/project/packaging.scala
+++ b/project/packaging.scala
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ object Packaging {
     fixedLinuxScriptDir <<= target / "linux-scripts",
     fixedUniversalScriptDir <<= target / "universal-scripts",
     linuxFixedScripts <<= (fixedScriptDir, fixedLinuxScriptDir) map fixScripts("/usr/lib/sbt/sbt-launch.jar", "/usr/share/sbt/sbt-launch-lib.bash"),
-    universalFixedScripts <<= (fixedScriptDir, fixedUniversalScriptDir) map fixScripts("\\$(dirname \\$0)/sbt-launch.jar", "\\$(dirname \\$0)/sbt-launch-lib.bash"),
+    universalFixedScripts <<= (fixedScriptDir, fixedUniversalScriptDir) map fixScripts("\\$(dirname \\$(realpath \\$0))/sbt-launch.jar", "\\$(dirname \\$(realpath \\$0))/sbt-launch-lib.bash"),
     sbtLaunchJarUrl <<= sbtVersion apply downloadUrlForVersion,
     sbtLaunchJarLocation <<= target apply (_ / "sbt-launch.jar"),
     sbtLaunchJar <<= (sbtLaunchJarUrl, sbtLaunchJarLocation) map { (uri, file) =>
diff --git a/src/scripts/sbt b/src/scripts/sbt
index 8e50f8f03..ea674f6a4 100755
--- a/src/scripts/sbt
+++ b/src/scripts/sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+realpath () {
+(
+  TARGET_FILE=$1
+
+  cd $(dirname $TARGET_FILE)
+  TARGET_FILE=$(basename $TARGET_FILE)
+
+  COUNT=0
+  while [ -L "$TARGET_FILE" -a $COUNT -lt 100 ]
+  do
+      TARGET_FILE=$(readlink $TARGET_FILE)
+      cd $(dirname $TARGET_FILE)
+      TARGET_FILE=$(basename $TARGET_FILE)
+      COUNT=$(($COUNT + 1))
+  done
+
+  echo $(pwd -P)/$TARGET_FILE
+)
+}
+
 . @@BASH-LIB-LOCATION@@