diff --git a/compiler/cli/bin/kotlin b/compiler/cli/bin/kotlin
index a02490d0eb2..be74fceb354 100755
--- a/compiler/cli/bin/kotlin
+++ b/compiler/cli/bin/kotlin
@@ -16,4 +16,7 @@
 
 export KOTLIN_RUNNER=1
 
-"$(dirname "$(which "$0")")"/kotlinc "$@"
+DIR="${BASH_SOURCE[0]%/*}"
+: ${DIR:="."}
+
+"${DIR}"/kotlinc "$@"
diff --git a/compiler/cli/bin/kotlinc-js b/compiler/cli/bin/kotlinc-js
index 3f66a7c8cd4..97b1f31171d 100755
--- a/compiler/cli/bin/kotlinc-js
+++ b/compiler/cli/bin/kotlinc-js
@@ -16,4 +16,7 @@
 
 export KOTLIN_COMPILER=org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.js.K2JSCompiler
 
-"$(dirname "$(which "$0")")"/kotlinc "$@"
+DIR="${BASH_SOURCE[0]%/*}"
+: ${DIR:="."}
+
+"${DIR}"/kotlinc "$@"
diff --git a/compiler/cli/bin/kotlinc-jvm b/compiler/cli/bin/kotlinc-jvm
index d8e823a634c..5c4bb0e1949 100755
--- a/compiler/cli/bin/kotlinc-jvm
+++ b/compiler/cli/bin/kotlinc-jvm
@@ -14,4 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-"$(dirname "$(which "$0")")"/kotlinc "$@"
+DIR="${BASH_SOURCE[0]%/*}"
+: ${DIR:="."}
+
+"${DIR}"/kotlinc "$@"