diff --git a/tools/maint/run_python.sh b/tools/maint/run_python.sh
index 7e507c13ba9c1..dda327e827425 100755
--- a/tools/maint/run_python.sh
+++ b/tools/maint/run_python.sh
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ if [ -z "$_EM_PY" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-exec "$_EM_PY" -E "$0.py" "$@"
+exec "$_EM_PY" -E "$(readlink -f $0).py" "$@"