diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/jitsi/jitsi.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/jitsi/jitsi.patch
index 942b3cd0cbe..e672ac6dc2d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/jitsi/jitsi.patch
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/jitsi/jitsi.patch
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 +
 +#mkdir -p $HOME/.sip-communicator/log
 +
-+cd "$( dirname "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" )"
++cd "$(dirname "$(dirname "$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")")"
  
  # Get architecture
  ARCH=`uname -m | sed -e s/x86_64/64/ -e s/i.86/32/`