diff --git a/tools/scripts/xabuild b/tools/scripts/xabuild
index 45dd34a8829..408e2cc15a5 100755
--- a/tools/scripts/xabuild
+++ b/tools/scripts/xabuild
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #
 
 name=$(basename "$0")
-truepath=$(readlink "$0" || echo "$0")
+truepath=$(readlink -f "$0" || echo "$0")
 prefix="$(cd `dirname "${truepath}"` && pwd)"
 
 if [ -z "$MSBUILD" ] ; then