diff --git a/contrail/localrc-multinode-compute b/contrail/localrc-multinode-compute
index 29e8c9049a..1f72758fcc 100644
--- a/contrail/localrc-multinode-compute
+++ b/contrail/localrc-multinode-compute
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PHYSICAL_INTERFACE=eth0
 ENABLE_CONTRAIL=yes
 Q_PLUGIN=contrail
 
-STACK_DIR=$(cd $(dirname $0) && pwd)
+STACK_DIR=$(cd $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE:-$0}) && pwd)
 
 # log all screen output to this directory
 SCREEN_LOGDIR=$STACK_DIR/log/screens
diff --git a/contrail/localrc-multinode-server b/contrail/localrc-multinode-server
index 2aaa01a7b4..6ae358aade 100644
--- a/contrail/localrc-multinode-server
+++ b/contrail/localrc-multinode-server
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PHYSICAL_INTERFACE=eth0
 MULTI_HOST=True
 Q_PLUGIN=contrail
 
-STACK_DIR=$(cd $(dirname $0) && pwd)
+STACK_DIR=$(cd $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE:-$0}) && pwd)
 
 # log all screen output to this directory
 SCREEN_LOGDIR=$STACK_DIR/log/screens
diff --git a/contrail/localrc-single b/contrail/localrc-single
index 5a0924e165..bf4ee121d1 100644
--- a/contrail/localrc-single
+++ b/contrail/localrc-single
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-STACK_DIR=$(cd $(dirname $0) && pwd)
+STACK_DIR=$(cd $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE:-$0}) && pwd)
 
 SCREEN_LOGDIR=$STACK_DIR/log/screens
 LOG=True