diff --git a/scripts/powerline b/scripts/powerline
index 59dea618..74d0fc98 100755
--- a/scripts/powerline
+++ b/scripts/powerline
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ import os
 try:
 	from powerline.shell import ShellPowerline, get_argparser, finish_args
 except ImportError:
-	import os
-	sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+	sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(os.path.realpath(__file__)))))
 	from powerline.shell import ShellPowerline, get_argparser, finish_args  # NOQA
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':