diff --git a/bin/elixir b/bin/elixir
index 032119fdd0e..d5206b48abe 100755
--- a/bin/elixir
+++ b/bin/elixir
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-SCRIPT_PATH=`dirname $0`
-
+SELF=`readlink $0 || echo $0`
+SCRIPT_PATH=`dirname $SELF`
 erl -pa $SCRIPT_PATH/../ebin $SCRIPT_PATH/../exbin -noshell -noinput $ELIXIR_ERL_OPTS -s elixir start -extra "$@"
diff --git a/bin/elixirc b/bin/elixirc
index 30b17073ef3..ee8c6dd1060 100755
--- a/bin/elixirc
+++ b/bin/elixirc
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-SCRIPT_PATH=`dirname $0`
+SELF=`readlink $0 || echo $0`
+SCRIPT_PATH=`dirname $SELF`
 $SCRIPT_PATH/elixir +compile "$@"
diff --git a/bin/iex b/bin/iex
index 3e3eb41be8d..56ec4599897 100755
--- a/bin/iex
+++ b/bin/iex
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-SCRIPT_PATH=`dirname $0`
+SELF=`readlink $0 || echo $0`
+SCRIPT_PATH=`dirname $SELF`
 $SCRIPT_PATH/elixir --no-stop -e "Elixir::IEx.start" "$@"