diff --git a/lib/coffee-script/coffee-script.js b/lib/coffee-script/coffee-script.js
index 9e3aabfb..84325d37 100644
--- a/lib/coffee-script/coffee-script.js
+++ b/lib/coffee-script/coffee-script.js
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     mainModule = require.main;
     mainModule.filename = process.argv[1] = options.filename ? fs.realpathSync(options.filename) : '.';
     mainModule.moduleCache && (mainModule.moduleCache = {});
-    mainModule.paths = require('module')._nodeModulePaths(path.dirname(options.filename));
+    mainModule.paths = require('module')._nodeModulePaths(path.dirname(fs.realpathSync(options.filename)));
     if (path.extname(mainModule.filename) !== '.coffee' || require.extensions) {
       return mainModule._compile(compile(code, options), mainModule.filename);
     } else {
diff --git a/src/coffee-script.coffee b/src/coffee-script.coffee
index 0064534d..9f795f13 100644
--- a/src/coffee-script.coffee
+++ b/src/coffee-script.coffee
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ exports.run = (code, options = {}) ->
   mainModule.moduleCache and= {}
 
   # Assign paths for node_modules loading
-  mainModule.paths = require('module')._nodeModulePaths path.dirname options.filename
+  mainModule.paths = require('module')._nodeModulePaths path.dirname fs.realpathSync options.filename
 
   # Compile.
   if path.extname(mainModule.filename) isnt '.coffee' or require.extensions