diff --git a/admin/tool/phpunit/cli/init.sh b/admin/tool/phpunit/cli/init.sh
index 45568c9c06b..fc344f713e0 100755
--- a/admin/tool/phpunit/cli/init.sh
+++ b/admin/tool/phpunit/cli/init.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-CLIDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+while [ -h "$SOURCE" ] ; do SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"; done
+CLIDIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
+
 UTIL="$CLIDIR/util.php"
 
 echo "Initialising test database and creating phpunit.xml configuration..."