diff --git a/MagickCore/module.c b/MagickCore/module.c
index 5539ccda6e..24487e16ac 100644
--- a/MagickCore/module.c
+++ b/MagickCore/module.c
@@ -582,6 +582,15 @@ static MagickBooleanType GetMagickModulePath(const char *filename,
           (void) ConcatenateMagickString(path,DirectorySeparator,
             MagickPathExtent);
         (void) ConcatenateMagickString(path,filename,MagickPathExtent);
+#if defined(MAGICKCORE_HAVE_REALPATH)
+        {
+          char
+            resolved_path[PATH_MAX+1];
+
+          if (realpath(path,resolved_path) != (char *) NULL)
+            (void) CopyMagickString(path,resolved_path,MagickPathExtent);
+        }
+#endif
         if (IsPathAccessible(path) != MagickFalse)
           {
             module_path=DestroyString(module_path);