diff --git a/bin/beeline b/bin/beeline
index 3fcb6df34339..cfa88b362c73 100755
--- a/bin/beeline
+++ b/bin/beeline
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 set -o posix
 
 # Figure out where Spark is installed
-FWDIR="$(cd "`dirname "$0"`"/..; pwd)"
+FWDIR="$(cd $(dirname $(readlink -f "$0"))/..; pwd)"
 
 CLASS="org.apache.hive.beeline.BeeLine"
 exec "$FWDIR/bin/spark-class" $CLASS "$@"
diff --git a/bin/pyspark b/bin/pyspark
index 5142411e3697..d650b8d502a3 100755
--- a/bin/pyspark
+++ b/bin/pyspark
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #
 
 # Figure out where Spark is installed
-FWDIR="$(cd "`dirname "$0"`"/..; pwd)"
+FWDIR="$(cd $(dirname $(readlink -f "$0"))/..; pwd)"
 
 # Export this as SPARK_HOME
 export SPARK_HOME="$FWDIR"
diff --git a/bin/run-example b/bin/run-example
index 34dd71c71880..130c439e8c7d 100755
--- a/bin/run-example
+++ b/bin/run-example
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 SCALA_VERSION=2.10
 
-FWDIR="$(cd "`dirname "$0"`"/..; pwd)"
+FWDIR="$(cd $(dirname $(readlink -f "$0"))/..; pwd)"
 export SPARK_HOME="$FWDIR"
 EXAMPLES_DIR="$FWDIR"/examples
 
diff --git a/bin/spark-class b/bin/spark-class
index 5f5f9ea74888..bc1dd4e72f57 100755
--- a/bin/spark-class
+++ b/bin/spark-class
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ esac
 SCALA_VERSION=2.10
 
 # Figure out where Spark is installed
-FWDIR="$(cd "`dirname "$0"`"/..; pwd)"
+FWDIR="$(cd $(dirname $(readlink -f "$0"))/..; pwd)"
 
 # Export this as SPARK_HOME
 export SPARK_HOME="$FWDIR"
diff --git a/bin/spark-shell b/bin/spark-shell
index 4a0670fc6c8a..ad7e12915462 100755
--- a/bin/spark-shell
+++ b/bin/spark-shell
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ esac
 set -o posix
 
 ## Global script variables
-FWDIR="$(cd "`dirname "$0"`"/..; pwd)"
+FWDIR="$(cd $(dirname $(readlink -f "$0"))/..; pwd)"
 
 function usage() {
   echo "Usage: ./bin/spark-shell [options]"
diff --git a/bin/spark-sql b/bin/spark-sql
index ae096530cad0..1158e8caa348 100755
--- a/bin/spark-sql
+++ b/bin/spark-sql
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ CLASS="org.apache.spark.sql.hive.thriftserver.SparkSQLCLIDriver"
 CLASS_NOT_FOUND_EXIT_STATUS=1
 
 # Figure out where Spark is installed
-FWDIR="$(cd "`dirname "$0"`"/..; pwd)"
+FWDIR="$(cd $(dirname $(readlink -f "$0"))/..; pwd)"
 
 function usage {
   echo "Usage: ./bin/spark-sql [options] [cli option]"
diff --git a/bin/spark-submit b/bin/spark-submit
index c557311b4b20..06c5e23f8edc 100755
--- a/bin/spark-submit
+++ b/bin/spark-submit
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 # NOTE: Any changes in this file must be reflected in SparkSubmitDriverBootstrapper.scala!
 
-export SPARK_HOME="$(cd "`dirname "$0"`"/..; pwd)"
+export SPARK_HOME="$(cd $(dirname $(readlink -f "$0"))/..; pwd)"
 ORIG_ARGS=("$@")
 
 while (($#)); do