diff --git a/bin/ldmd b/bin/ldmd
index 5d95a34b..920fe9f6 100755
--- a/bin/ldmd
+++ b/bin/ldmd
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env bash
 
 # Default to 'ldc' next to this file
-LDC=`basename "$0"`/ldc
+LDC=`dirname "$0"`/ldc
 if [ ! -x "$LDC" ]; then
     # If that doesn't work, assume this script was called via $PATH
     # and do the same for ldc
diff --git a/bin/ldmd2 b/bin/ldmd2
index 959586c9..4f078ee4 100755
--- a/bin/ldmd2
+++ b/bin/ldmd2
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env bash
 
 # Default to 'ldc' next to this file
-LDC=`basename "$0"`/ldc2
+LDC=`dirname "$0"`/ldc2
 if [ ! -x "$LDC" ]; then
     # If that doesn't work, assume this script was called via $PATH
     # and do the same for ldc