diff -ru Python-2.7.2_orig//Modules/getpath.c Python-2.7.2/Modules/getpath.c
--- Python-2.7.2_orig//Modules/getpath.c	2011-06-11 08:46:27.000000000 -0700
+++ Python-2.7.2/Modules/getpath.c	2011-10-15 14:59:36.506927561 -0700
@@ -486,22 +486,59 @@
 
 #if HAVE_READLINK
     {
+        int haslink = 0;
         char tmpbuffer[MAXPATHLEN+1];
-        int linklen = readlink(progpath, tmpbuffer, MAXPATHLEN);
-        while (linklen != -1) {
-            /* It's not null terminated! */
-            tmpbuffer[linklen] = '\0';
-            if (tmpbuffer[0] == SEP)
-                /* tmpbuffer should never be longer than MAXPATHLEN,
-                   but extra check does not hurt */
-                strncpy(argv0_path, tmpbuffer, MAXPATHLEN);
-            else {
-                /* Interpret relative to progpath */
-                reduce(argv0_path);
-                joinpath(argv0_path, tmpbuffer);
+        char tmpbuffer2[MAXPATHLEN+1];
+        char pathaccum[MAXPATHLEN+1];
+
+        /* path accum starts out empty */
+        pathaccum[0] = '\0';
+
+        /* initialize tmpbuffer2 with progpath */
+        strncpy(tmpbuffer2, progpath, MAXPATHLEN);
+
+        /* iterator over tmpbuffer2 until it is empty */
+        while( tmpbuffer2[0] != '\0' )
+        {
+            int linklen = readlink(tmpbuffer2, tmpbuffer, MAXPATHLEN);
+            while (linklen != -1) {
+                haslink = 1;
+                /* It's not null terminated! */
+                tmpbuffer[linklen] = '\0';
+                if (tmpbuffer[0] == SEP)
+                    /* tmpbuffer should never be longer than MAXPATHLEN,
+                       but extra check does not hurt */
+                    strncpy(tmpbuffer2, tmpbuffer, MAXPATHLEN);
+                else {
+                    /* Interpret relative to progpath */
+                    reduce(tmpbuffer2);
+                    joinpath(tmpbuffer2, tmpbuffer);
+                }
+                linklen = readlink(tmpbuffer2, tmpbuffer, MAXPATHLEN);
+            }
+
+            /* The last path element in tmpbuffer2 is not a symlink, so
+               accumulate it. Get the basename of the path in tmpbuffer2
+               and prepend it to pathaccum */
+            {
+                size_t len = strlen(tmpbuffer2);
+                size_t i = len;
+                while( i > 0 && tmpbuffer2[i] != SEP )
+                    --i;
+
+                /* save pathaccum into a temporary buffer */
+                strncpy(tmpbuffer, pathaccum, MAXPATHLEN);
+                /* place the basename at the front of pathaccum */
+                strncpy(pathaccum, &tmpbuffer2[i], len-i);
+                /* append the prior contents of pathaccum */
+                strncpy(&pathaccum[len-i], tmpbuffer, MAXPATHLEN-(len-i));
             }
-            linklen = readlink(argv0_path, tmpbuffer, MAXPATHLEN);
+            /* chomp the path element on the end */
+            reduce(tmpbuffer2);
         }
+        // Only modify argv0_path if symlinks were found in progpath
+        if( haslink )
+            strncpy(argv0_path, pathaccum, MAXPATHLEN);
     }
 #endif /* HAVE_READLINK */