diff --git a/reexec/reexec.go b/reexec/reexec.go
index 6a199e1ff1..136b905bd2 100644
--- a/reexec/reexec.go
+++ b/reexec/reexec.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package reexec
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 var registeredInitializers = make(map[string]func())
@@ -28,3 +30,16 @@ func Init() bool {
 
 	return false
 }
+
+// Self returns the path to the current processes binary
+func Self() string {
+	name := os.Args[0]
+
+	if filepath.Base(name) == name {
+		if lp, err := exec.LookPath(name); err == nil {
+			name = lp
+		}
+	}
+
+	return name
+}