diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-resources/src/main/resources/bin/nifi.sh b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-resources/src/main/resources/bin/nifi.sh
index 79850eecc2..ff8addd718 100755
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-resources/src/main/resources/bin/nifi.sh
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-resources/src/main/resources/bin/nifi.sh
@@ -17,12 +17,36 @@
 
 # Script structure inspired from Apache Karaf and other Apache projects with similar startup approaches
 
-SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname "$0")
-SCRIPT_NAME=$(basename "$0")
+# Discover the path of the file
+
+
+# Since MacOS X, FreeBSD and some other systems lack gnu readlink, we use a more portable
+# approach based on following StackOverflow comment http://stackoverflow.com/a/1116890/888876
+
+TARGET_FILE=$0
+
+cd $(dirname $TARGET_FILE)
+TARGET_FILE=$(basename $TARGET_FILE)
+
+# Iterate down a (possible) chain of symlinks
+while [ -L "$TARGET_FILE" ]
+do
+    TARGET_FILE=$(readlink $TARGET_FILE)
+    cd $(dirname $TARGET_FILE)
+    TARGET_FILE=$(basename $TARGET_FILE)
+done
+
+# Compute the canonicalized name by finding the physical path
+# for the directory we're in and appending the target file.
+PHYS_DIR=`pwd -P`
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$PHYS_DIR
 PROGNAME=$(basename "$0")
 
 . "$SCRIPT_DIR"/nifi-env.sh
 
+
+
 warn() {
     echo "${PROGNAME}: $*"
 }