diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/utils.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/utils.bbclass
index 0016e5c..cd3d057 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/utils.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/utils.bbclass
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
 realpath=\`readlink -fn \$0\`
 realdir=\`dirname \$realpath\`
 export $exportstring
-exec -a \`dirname \$realpath\`/$cmdname \`dirname \$realpath\`/$cmdname.real "\$@"
+exec -a "\$0" \$realdir/$cmdname.real "\$@"
 END
 	chmod +x $cmd
 }