diff --git a/meta/classes/utils.bbclass b/meta/classes/utils.bbclass
index cf8893f5b4..e873c539c5 100644
--- a/meta/classes/utils.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/utils.bbclass
@@ -282,12 +282,12 @@ create_wrapper () {
 	echo "Generating wrapper script for $cmd"
 
 	mv $cmd $cmd.real
-	cmdname=`basename $cmd`.real
+	cmdname=`basename $cmd`
 	cat <<END >$cmd
 #!/bin/bash
 realpath=\`readlink -fn \$0\`
 export $@
-exec -a $cmd \`dirname \$realpath\`/$cmdname "\$@"
+exec -a \`dirname \$realpath\`/$cmdname \`dirname \$realpath\`/$cmdname.real "\$@"
 END
 	chmod +x $cmd
 }