diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 89d949a..5c82337 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ std::string template_path(std::string backend_extension, std::string argv0)
 {
     char dirname_argv0[PATH_MAX], tmp[PATH_MAX];
     memset(dirname_argv0, 0, sizeof(dirname_argv0));
-    if (! realpath(argv0.c_str(), dirname_argv0))
+    if (! realpath(argv0.c_str(), dirname_argv0) && ! realpath("/proc/self/exe", dirname_argv0))
     {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Error resolving path %s: %s\n", argv0.c_str(), strerror(errno));
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error resolving path to '%s': %s\n", argv0.c_str(), strerror(errno));
         return "";
     }
     char *sep = strrchr(dirname_argv0, '/');