diff --git a/usr.sbin/crunch/crunchgen/crunchgen.c b/usr.sbin/crunch/crunchgen/crunchgen.c
index e408b5884b55..914795be7a21 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/crunch/crunchgen/crunchgen.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/crunch/crunchgen/crunchgen.c
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ fillin_program(prog_t *p)
 
 	/* Determine the actual srcdir (maybe symlinked). */
 	if (p->srcdir) {
-		snprintf(line, MAXLINELEN, "cd %s && pwd", p->srcdir);
+		snprintf(line, MAXLINELEN, "cd %s && env pwd -P", p->srcdir);
 		f = popen(line,"r");
 		if (!f)
 			errx(1, "Can't execute: %s\n", line);