1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/emacs.c b/src/emacs.c
index 792f690797d..9157cd84a99 100644
--- a/src/emacs.c
+++ b/src/emacs.c
@@ -746,10 +746,18 @@ load_pdump_find_executable (char const *argv0, ptrdiff_t *candidate_size)
   char *candidate = NULL;
 
   /* If the executable name contains a slash, we have some kind of
-     path already, so just copy it.  */
+     path already, so just resolve symlinks and return the result.  */
   eassert (argv0);
   if (strchr (argv0, DIRECTORY_SEP))
     {
+      char *real_name = realpath (argv0, NULL);
+
+      if (real_name)
+        {
+          *candidate_size = strlen (real_name) + 1;
+          return real_name;
+        }
+
       char *val = xstrdup (argv0);
       *candidate_size = strlen (val) + 1;
       return val;