diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index f96bca9..aa5a1a2 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -3539,16 +3539,27 @@
 {
     char_u *val = argv0;
 
+# ifdef HAVE_PROC_SELF_EXE
+    char    buf[PATH_MAX + 1];
+    ssize_t len;
+
+    len = readlink("/proc/self/exe", buf, PATH_MAX);
+    if (len > 0)
+    {
+	buf[len] = NUL;
+	val = (char_u *)buf;
+    }
+# else
     /* A relative path containing a "/" will become invalid when using ":cd",
      * turn it into a full path.
      * On MS-Windows "vim" should be expanded to "vim.exe", thus always do
      * this. */
-# ifdef WIN32
+#  ifdef WIN32
     char_u *path = NULL;
 
     if (mch_can_exe(argv0, &path, FALSE) && path != NULL)
 	val = path;
-# else
+#  else
     char_u buf[MAXPATHL];
 
     if (!mch_isFullName(argv0))