diff --git a/src/gfc.in b/src/gfc.in
index 9edd00ff0..bd08db0b8 100644
--- a/src/gfc.in
+++ b/src/gfc.in
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ GF_DATA_DIR="@datadir@/GF-@PACKAGE_VERSION@"
 
 GFBIN="$GF_BIN_DIR/gf"
 
+if [ ! -x "${GFBIN}" ]; then
+   GF_BIN_DIR=`dirname $0`
+   GFBIN="$GF_BIN_DIR/gf"
+fi
+
 if [ ! -x "${GFBIN}" ]; then
    GFBIN=`which gf`
 fi