diff --git a/nova/auth/novarc.template b/nova/auth/novarc.template
index 8170fcaf..d30bd849 100644
--- a/nova/auth/novarc.template
+++ b/nova/auth/novarc.template
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-NOVA_KEY_DIR=$(dirname $(readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE}))
+NOVARC=$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE:-${0}}" 2>/dev/null) ||
+    NOVARC=$(python -c 'import os,sys; print os.path.abspath(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[1]))' "${BASH_SOURCE:-${0}}")
+NOVA_KEY_DIR=${NOVARC%/*}
 export EC2_ACCESS_KEY="%(access)s:%(project)s"
 export EC2_SECRET_KEY="%(secret)s"
 export EC2_URL="%(ec2)s"