diff --git a/pkg/reexec/reexec.go b/pkg/reexec/reexec.go
index 774e71c76d..a5f01a26e3 100644
--- a/pkg/reexec/reexec.go
+++ b/pkg/reexec/reexec.go
@@ -35,8 +35,14 @@ func Self() string {
 	name := os.Args[0]
 	if filepath.Base(name) == name {
 		if lp, err := exec.LookPath(name); err == nil {
-			name = lp
+			return lp
 		}
 	}
+	// handle conversion of relative paths to absolute
+	if absName, err := filepath.Abs(name); err == nil {
+		return absName
+	}
+	// if we coudn't get absolute name, return original
+	// (NOTE: Go only errors on Abs() if os.Getwd fails)
 	return name
 }