diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index f33ab3c40..87680b0e4 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ tools_build() {
 
 tests_build() {
   out=${BINDIR:-./bin}
-  out=$(readlink -m "$out")
+  out=$(readlink -f "$out")
   out="${out}/functional/cmd"
   mkdir -p "${out}"
   BINDIR="${out}" run ./tests/functional/build.sh || return 2