diff --git a/bin/scrapyd b/bin/scrapyd
index b8a28ebb8..fe440cbb5 100755
--- a/bin/scrapyd
+++ b/bin/scrapyd
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-repotac="$(dirname $0)/../extras/scrapyd.tac"
+repotac=$(cd $(dirname $0)/../extras; pwd)/scrapyd.tac
 
 if [ -f "$repotac" ]; then
     tacfile="$repotac"