diff --git a/package/linux/MultiMC b/package/linux/MultiMC
index 8229b24f1..d8d620aac 100755
--- a/package/linux/MultiMC
+++ b/package/linux/MultiMC
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Basic start script for running MultiMC with the libs packaged with it.
 
-MMC_DIR=`dirname "$0"`
+MMC_DIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
 cd "${MMC_DIR}"
 echo "MultiMC Dir: ${MMC_DIR}"