diff --git a/changelog.d/realpath-over-readlink.fix b/changelog.d/realpath-over-readlink.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..479561b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/realpath-over-readlink.fix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pleroma_ctl: Use realpath(1) instead of readlink(1)
diff --git a/rel/files/bin/pleroma_ctl b/rel/files/bin/pleroma_ctl
index 87c486514..6f0dba3a8 100755
--- a/rel/files/bin/pleroma_ctl
+++ b/rel/files/bin/pleroma_ctl
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ if [ -z "$1" ] || [ "$1" = "help" ]; then
 
 "
 else
-	SCRIPT=$(readlink -f "$0")
+	SCRIPT=$(realpath "$0")
 	SCRIPTPATH=$(dirname "$SCRIPT")
 
 	FULL_ARGS="$*"