diff --git a/priv/templates/simplenode.erl.script b/priv/templates/simplenode.erl.script
index 7919d69..f4c63af 100644
--- a/priv/templates/simplenode.erl.script
+++ b/priv/templates/simplenode.erl.script
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ unset POSIX_SHELL
 ## start_clean.boot file available in $ROOTDIR/release/VSN.
 
 # Determine the abspath of where this script is executing from.
-ERTS_BIN_DIR=$(cd ${0%/*} && pwd)
+ERTS_BIN_DIR=$(cd ${0%/*} && pwd -P)
 
 # Now determine the root directory -- this script runs from erts-VSN/bin,
 # so we simply need to strip off two dirs from the end of the ERTS_BIN_DIR
diff --git a/priv/templates/simplenode.runner b/priv/templates/simplenode.runner
index 9835d92..c2ef258 100755
--- a/priv/templates/simplenode.runner
+++ b/priv/templates/simplenode.runner
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ fi
 # clear it so if we invoke other scripts, they run as ksh
 unset POSIX_SHELL
 
-RUNNER_SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd ${0%/*} && pwd)
+RUNNER_SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd ${0%/*} && pwd -P)
 
 CALLER_DIR=$PWD
 
diff --git a/test/upgrade_project/rel/files/dummy b/test/upgrade_project/rel/files/dummy
index cfbfd4f..83f29ba 100755
--- a/test/upgrade_project/rel/files/dummy
+++ b/test/upgrade_project/rel/files/dummy
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # -*- tab-width:4;indent-tabs-mode:nil -*-
 # ex: ts=4 sw=4 et
 
-RUNNER_SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd ${0%/*} && pwd)
+RUNNER_SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd ${0%/*} && pwd -P)
 
 RUNNER_BASE_DIR=${RUNNER_SCRIPT_DIR%/*}
 RUNNER_ETC_DIR=$RUNNER_BASE_DIR/etc
diff --git a/test/upgrade_project/rel/files/erl b/test/upgrade_project/rel/files/erl
index 6f65e3f..4c1a4f7 100755
--- a/test/upgrade_project/rel/files/erl
+++ b/test/upgrade_project/rel/files/erl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 ## file available in $ROOTDIR/release/VSN.
 
 # Determine the abspath of where this script is executing from.
-ERTS_BIN_DIR=$(cd ${0%/*} && pwd)
+ERTS_BIN_DIR=$(cd ${0%/*} && pwd -P)
 
 # Now determine the root directory -- this script runs from erts-VSN/bin,
 # so we simply need to strip off two dirs from the end of the ERTS_BIN_DIR