diff --git a/src/scmversion/gen_scmversion.sh b/src/scmversion/gen_scmversion.sh
index 1a8baa52a..4917c005e 100755
--- a/src/scmversion/gen_scmversion.sh
+++ b/src/scmversion/gen_scmversion.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@
 VERSION_FILE="scmversion.cpp"
 
 CURDIR=$(pwd)
-cd $(dirname $(readlink -f $0))
+if [ "$(uname -s)" == "Darwin" ]; then
+  cd "$(dirname $(python -c 'import os,sys;print(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[1]))' "$0"))"
+else
+  cd $(dirname $(readlink -f $0))
+fi
+
 
 HASH=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD | tr -d '\r\n')