diff --git a/bash/aptinfo.sh b/bash/aptinfo.sh
index 734e237..56bbd8d 100755
--- a/bash/aptinfo.sh
+++ b/bash/aptinfo.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # shows `apt-cache show`information for a package that given binary belongs to (relative path)
-apt-cache show $(apt-file search $(which $1) | cut -d ":" -f 1)
+apt-cache show $(apt-file search $(readlink -f "$(which $1)") | cut -d ":" -f 1)
 exit 0