diff --git a/tools/catalyst-auto b/tools/catalyst-auto
index e6e7f30f..51b0471c 100755
--- a/tools/catalyst-auto
+++ b/tools/catalyst-auto
@@ -399,7 +399,8 @@ run_catalyst_commands() {
 
 		for i in ${!specs_var}; do
 			LOGFILE="${TMPDIR}/log/$(echo "${i}" | sed -e 's:/:_:' -e 's:\.spec$::').log"
-			run_cmd "${LOGFILE}" "${timeprefix[@]}" catalyst -a -c "${CATALYST_CONFIG}" -f "${i}"
+			specpath=$(readlink -f "${i}")
+			run_cmd "${LOGFILE}" "${timeprefix[@]}" catalyst -a -c "${CATALYST_CONFIG}" -f "${specpath}"
 			if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
 				build_failure=1
 				send_email "Catalyst fatal build error - ${i}" "" "${LOGFILE}"
@@ -411,7 +412,8 @@ run_catalyst_commands() {
 
 		for i in ${!optional_specs_var}; do
 			LOGFILE="${TMPDIR}/log/$(echo "${i}" | sed -e 's:/:_:' -e 's:\.spec$::').log"
-			run_cmd "${LOGFILE}" "${timeprefix[@]}" catalyst -a -c "${CATALYST_CONFIG}" -f "${i}"
+			specpath=$(readlink -f "${i}")
+			run_cmd "${LOGFILE}" "${timeprefix[@]}" catalyst -a -c "${CATALYST_CONFIG}" -f "${specpath}"
 			if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
 				build_failure=1
 				send_email "Catalyst non-fatal build error - ${i}" "" "${LOGFILE}"
@@ -438,7 +440,8 @@ run_catalyst_commands() {
 		fi
 		for i in ${!specs_var} ${!optional_specs_var}; do
 			LOGFILE="${TMPDIR}/log/$(echo "${i}" | sed -e 's:/:_:' -e 's:\.spec$::')_purge.log"
-			run_cmd "${LOGFILE}" "${timeprefix[@]}" catalyst --purgetmponly -c "${CATALYST_CONFIG}" -f "${i}"
+			specpath=$(readlink -f "${i}")
+			run_cmd "${LOGFILE}" "${timeprefix[@]}" catalyst --purgetmponly -c "${CATALYST_CONFIG}" -f "${specpath}"
 		done
 		update_symlinks
 	done