1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/make.c b/miscutils/make.c
index 8feec1202..b6103bb58 100644
--- a/miscutils/make.c
+++ b/miscutils/make.c
@@ -2820,7 +2820,10 @@ int make_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                         path = newpath = xmalloc_realpath(p);
                         free(p);
                         if (!path) {
-                                bb_perror_msg("can't resolve path for %s", argv[0]);
+                                if (unix_path(argv[0]))
+                                        path = argv[0];
+                                else
+                                        bb_perror_msg("can't resolve path for %s", argv[0]);
                         }
                 }
 #else