diff --git a/libexec/rbenv-hooks b/libexec/rbenv-hooks
index 794b9437..25551782 100755
--- a/libexec/rbenv-hooks
+++ b/libexec/rbenv-hooks
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ resolve_link() {
 
 realpath() {
   local cwd="$(pwd)"
-  local base="$(basename $1)"
   local path="$1"
 
   while [ -n "$path" ]; do
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ realpath() {
     path="$(resolve_link "$name" || true)"
   done
 
-  echo "$(pwd)/$base"
+  echo "$(pwd)/$name"
   cd "$cwd"
 }
 
diff --git a/test/hooks.bats b/test/hooks.bats
index 738c55ed..bc1b5f17 100644
--- a/test/hooks.bats
+++ b/test/hooks.bats
@@ -36,3 +36,14 @@ create_hook() {
   RBENV_HOOK_PATH="${HOME}/../rbenv.d" run rbenv-hooks exec
   assert_success "${RBENV_TEST_DIR}/rbenv.d/exec/hello.bash"
 }
+
+@test "resolves symlinks" {
+  path="${RBENV_TEST_DIR}/rbenv.d"
+  mkdir -p "${path}/exec"
+  mkdir -p "$HOME"
+  touch "${HOME}/hola.bash"
+  ln -s "../../home/hola.bash" "${path}/exec/hello.bash"
+
+  RBENV_HOOK_PATH="$path" run rbenv-hooks exec
+  assert_success "${HOME}/hola.bash"
+}