diff --git a/src/emacs.c b/src/emacs.c
index a256564..0503504 100644
--- a/src/emacs.c
+++ b/src/emacs.c
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ terminate_due_to_signal (int sig, int backtrace_limit)
 static char *
 real_filename (char *filename)
 {
+  fprintf (stderr, "real_filename( %s )\n", filename);
   char *real_name;
 #ifdef WINDOWSNT
   /* w32_my_exename resolves symlinks internally, so no need to
@@ -453,6 +454,7 @@ real_filename (char *filename)
   real_name = xstrdup (filename);
 #else
   real_name = realpath (filename, NULL);
+  fprintf (stderr, "=> realpath: %s\n", real_name);
   if (!real_name)
     fatal ("could not resolve realpath of \"%s\": %s",
 	   filename, strerror (errno));
@@ -495,6 +497,7 @@ set_invocation_vars (char *argv0, char const *original_pwd)
   if (! NILP (handler))
     raw_name = concat2 (slash_colon, raw_name);
 
+  fprintf (stderr, "set_invocation_vars: %s\n", SSDATA (raw_name));
   char *filename = real_filename (SSDATA (raw_name));
   raw_name = build_unibyte_string (filename);
   xfree (filename);
@@ -843,10 +846,18 @@ load_pdump_find_executable (char const *argv0, ptrdiff_t *candidate_size)
       memcpy (candidate + 0, path_part, path_part_length);
       candidate[path_part_length] = DIRECTORY_SEP;
       memcpy (candidate + path_part_length + 1, argv0, argv0_length + 1);
+      fprintf (stderr, "load_pdump_find_executable: candidate: %s\n", candidate);
       struct stat st;
       if (file_access_p (candidate, X_OK)
 	  && stat (candidate, &st) == 0 && S_ISREG (st.st_mode))
-	return candidate;
+	{
+	  fprintf (stderr, "=> file: %s\n", candidate);
+	  if (lstat (candidate, &st) == 0 && S_ISLNK (st.st_mode)) {
+	    fprintf (stderr, "=> (link) realpath: %s\n", realpath (candidate, NULL));
+	    return realpath (candidate, NULL);
+	  }
+	  return candidate;
+	}
       *candidate = '\0';
     }
   while (*path++ != '\0');
@@ -912,6 +923,7 @@ load_pdump (int argc, char **argv, char const *original_pwd)
      the dump in the hardcoded location.  */
   if (dump_file && *dump_file)
     {
+      fprintf (stderr, "load_pdump: %s\n", dump_file);
       char *real_exename = real_filename (dump_file);
       xfree (dump_file);
       dump_file = real_exename;