diff --git a/bin/disk-image-create b/bin/disk-image-create
index 03333b460..61d5c25f6 100755
--- a/bin/disk-image-create
+++ b/bin/disk-image-create
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export DIB_ARGS="$@"
 export DIB_ENV=$(export | grep ' DIB_.*=')
 
 SCRIPTNAME=$(basename $0)
-SCRIPT_HOME=$(dirname $0)
+SCRIPT_HOME=$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))
 if [ -d $SCRIPT_HOME/../share/diskimage-builder ]; then
     export _PREFIX=$SCRIPT_HOME/../share/diskimage-builder
 else