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diff --git a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_SharedCode.h b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_SharedCode.h
index c94d3a6..dd47d98 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_SharedCode.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_posix_SharedCode.h
@@ -596,12 +596,38 @@ File juce_getExecutableFile()
         {
             Dl_info exeInfo;
             dladdr ((void*) juce_getExecutableFile, &exeInfo);
-            return CharPointer_UTF8 (exeInfo.dli_fname);
+            const CharPointer_UTF8 filename (exeInfo.dli_fname);
+
+            // if the filename is absolute simply return it
+            if (File::isAbsolutePath (filename))
+                return filename;
+
+            // if the filename is relative construct from CWD
+            if (filename[0] == '.')
+                return File::getCurrentWorkingDirectory().getChildFile (filename).getFullPathName();
+
+            // filename is abstract, look up in PATH
+            if (const char* const envpath = ::getenv ("PATH"))
+            {
+                StringArray paths (StringArray::fromTokens (envpath, ":", ""));
+
+                for (int i = 0; i < paths.size(); ++i)
+                {
+                    const File filepath (File (paths[i]).getChildFile (filename));
+
+                    if (filepath.existsAsFile())
+                        return filepath.getFullPathName();
+                }
+            }
+
+            // if we reach this, we failed to find ourselves...
+            jassertfalse;
+            return filename;
         }
     };
 
     static String filename (DLAddrReader::getFilename());
-    return File::getCurrentWorkingDirectory().getChildFile (filename);
+    return filename;
    #endif
 }