diff --git a/Documentation/dev/libvirt-howto.md b/Documentation/dev/libvirt-howto.md
index 8a5f98494ab..eb40cca750c 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev/libvirt-howto.md
+++ b/Documentation/dev/libvirt-howto.md
@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@ bazel build tarball
 ### 3. Create a cluster
 ```sh
 tar -zxf bazel-bin/tectonic-dev.tar.gz
-cd tectonic-dev
-export PATH="${PWD}/installer:${PATH}"
+alias tectonic="${PWD}/tectonic-dev/installer/tectonic"
 ```
 
 Initialize (the environment variables are a convenience):
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 82723981650..736a9f1c5c7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,12 +26,11 @@ These instructions can be used for AWS:
 3. Extract the tarball
     ```sh
     tar -zxf bazel-bin/tectonic-dev.tar.gz
-    cd tectonic-dev
     ```
 
-4. Add binaries to $PATH
+4. Create an alias for tectonic
     ```sh
-    export PATH="${PWD}/installer:${PATH}"
+    alias tectonic="${PWD}/tectonic-dev/installer/tectonic"
     ```
 
 5. Edit Tectonic configuration file including the $CLUSTER_NAME
diff --git a/installer/pkg/workflow/executor.go b/installer/pkg/workflow/executor.go
index 9ad3a4df932..e7908fcd104 100644
--- a/installer/pkg/workflow/executor.go
+++ b/installer/pkg/workflow/executor.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func (ex *executor) execute(clusterDir string, args ...string) error {
 	return cmd.Run()
 }
 
-// tfBinatyPath searches for a TerraForm binary on disk:
+// tfBinaryPath searches for a TerraForm binary on disk:
 // - in the executing binary's folder,
 // - in the current working directory,
 // - in the PATH.
@@ -79,9 +79,18 @@ func tfBinaryPath() (string, error) {
 		binaryFileName = tfBinWindows
 	}
 
-	// Look into the executable's folder.
-	if execFolderPath, err := filepath.Abs(filepath.Dir(os.Args[0])); err == nil {
-		path := filepath.Join(execFolderPath, binaryFileName)
+	// Find the current executable's path, gets an absolute path or error
+	execPath, err := os.Executable()
+	if err == nil {
+		// execPath could be a symlink
+		if stat, err := os.Stat(execPath); err == nil && (stat.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink) == os.ModeSymlink {
+			if evalExecPath, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(execPath); err != nil {
+				execPath = evalExecPath
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Look into the executable's folder.
+		path := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(execPath), binaryFileName)
 		if stat, err := os.Stat(path); err == nil && !stat.IsDir() {
 			return path, nil
 		}
diff --git a/tests/run.sh b/tests/run.sh
index 700a616a432..827e7a6ca22 100755
--- a/tests/run.sh
+++ b/tests/run.sh
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ SMOKE_TEST_OUTPUT="Never executed. Problem with one of previous stages"
 [ -z ${DOMAIN+x} ] && DOMAIN="tectonic-ci.de"
 [ -z ${JOB_NAME+x} ] && PREFIX="${USER:-test}" || PREFIX="ci-${JOB_NAME#*/}"
 CLUSTER_NAME=$(echo "${PREFIX}-$(uuidgen -r | cut -c1-5)" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+TECTONIC="${PWD}/tectonic-dev/installer/tectonic"
 exec &> >(tee -a "$CLUSTER_NAME.log")
 
 function destroy() {
   echo -e "\\e[34m Exiting... Destroying Tectonic...\\e[0m"
-  tectonic destroy --dir="${CLUSTER_NAME}"
+  "${TECTONIC}" destroy --dir="${CLUSTER_NAME}"
   echo -e "\\e[36m Finished! Smoke test output:\\e[0m ${SMOKE_TEST_OUTPUT}"
   echo -e "\\e[34m So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish\\e[0m"
 }
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ bazel build tarball smoke_tests
 echo -e "\\e[36m Unpacking artifacts...\\e[0m"
 tar -zxf bazel-bin/tectonic-dev.tar.gz
 cp bazel-bin/tests/smoke/linux_amd64_stripped/go_default_test tectonic-dev/smoke
-export PATH="${PWD}/tectonic-dev/installer:${PATH}"
 cd tectonic-dev
 
 ### HANDLE SSH KEY ###
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ python <<-EOF >"${CLUSTER_NAME}.yaml"
 	EOF
 
 echo -e "\\e[36m Initializing Tectonic...\\e[0m"
-tectonic init --config="${CLUSTER_NAME}".yaml
+"${TECTONIC}" init --config="${CLUSTER_NAME}".yaml
 
 echo -e "\\e[36m Deploying Tectonic...\\e[0m"
-tectonic install --dir="${CLUSTER_NAME}"
+"${TECTONIC}" install --dir="${CLUSTER_NAME}"
 echo -e "\\e[36m Running smoke test...\\e[0m"
 export SMOKE_KUBECONFIG="${PWD}/${CLUSTER_NAME}/generated/auth/kubeconfig"
 export SMOKE_NODE_COUNT="5"  # Sum of all nodes (master + worker)