diff --git a/compiler/cli/bin/kotlinc b/compiler/cli/bin/kotlinc
index 0300146518b..ba5bcad2564 100755
--- a/compiler/cli/bin/kotlinc
+++ b/compiler/cli/bin/kotlinc
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-$(dirname $0)/kotlinc-jvm "$@"
+"$(dirname "$(which "$0")")"/kotlinc-jvm "$@"