diff --git a/foreign_cc/private/runnable_binary_wrapper.sh b/foreign_cc/private/runnable_binary_wrapper.sh
index 02fa15614..854beb346 100644
--- a/foreign_cc/private/runnable_binary_wrapper.sh
+++ b/foreign_cc/private/runnable_binary_wrapper.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if [[ ! -d "${RUNFILES_DIR}" ]]; then
     exit 1;
 fi
 
-RUNFILES_DIR=$( cd "$(dirname "${RUNFILES_DIR}")" ; pwd -P )
+RUNFILES_DIR=$( cd "${RUNFILES_DIR}" ; pwd -P )
 
 cd "${RUNFILES_DIR}"