diff --git a/scripts/maint/checkShellScripts.sh b/scripts/maint/checkShellScripts.sh
index 02d1275c48..18a83d1fbb 100755
--- a/scripts/maint/checkShellScripts.sh
+++ b/scripts/maint/checkShellScripts.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if command -v realpath ; then
     HERE=$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")
 else
     HERE=$(dirname "$0")
-    if [ ! -d "$HERE" ]; then
+    if [ ! -d "$HERE" ] || [ "$HERE" = "." ]; then
         HERE=$(dirname "$PWD/$0")
     fi
 fi