diff --git a/check-my-stuff b/check-my-stuff
index 2c8eda7ff..b75adc593 100755
--- a/check-my-stuff
+++ b/check-my-stuff
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if [ "$#" -eq "0" ]
     exit
 fi
 
-BASE="$(realpath "$0")"
+BASE="$(readlink -f "$0" 2>/dev/null || python -c 'import os,sys;print(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[1]))' "$0")"
 BASE="$(dirname "$BASE")"
 cd "$BASE" || exit 1
 
diff --git a/check-pol b/check-pol
index bc8abaf3e..4b5cc826c 100755
--- a/check-pol
+++ b/check-pol
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if [ $# -eq 0 ]
     exit
 fi
 
-BASE="$(realpath "$0")"
+BASE="$(readlink -f "$0" 2>/dev/null || python -c 'import os,sys;print(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[1]))' "$0")"
 BASE="$(dirname "$BASE")"
 cd "$BASE" || exit 1
 
diff --git a/fmt-my-stuff b/fmt-my-stuff
index 615f66ccd..8fc08d33b 100755
--- a/fmt-my-stuff
+++ b/fmt-my-stuff
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if [ "$#" -eq "0" ]
     exit
 fi
 
-BASE="$(realpath "$0")"
+BASE="$(readlink -f "$0" 2>/dev/null || python -c 'import os,sys;print(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[1]))' "$0")"
 BASE="$(dirname "$BASE")"
 
 grep -lr $1 $BASE/data/ | while read line; do utils/schema-check/dn42-schema.py fmt -i $line; done
diff --git a/install-commit-hook b/install-commit-hook
index 63a3d965c..a28a7b3f1 100755
--- a/install-commit-hook
+++ b/install-commit-hook
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if [ $# -eq 0 ]
     exit
 fi
 
-BASE="$(realpath "$0")"
+BASE="$(readlink -f "$0" 2>/dev/null || python -c 'import os,sys;print(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[1]))' "$0")"
 BASE="$(dirname "$BASE")"
 cd "$BASE" || exit 1