diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 14a597f32a..5d2ead7391 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Fri Dec 10 18:29:20 2010  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* ruby.c (ruby_init_loadpath_safe): relatively called non-shared
+	  binary cannot be found in PATH, so use given pathname.
+
 Fri Dec 10 18:28:40 2010  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* cygwin/GNUmakefile.in (SCRIPTPROGRAMS): ignore backup files and etc.
diff --git a/ruby.c b/ruby.c
index d09c32e99c..ef5223da42 100644
--- a/ruby.c
+++ b/ruby.c
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ ruby_init_loadpath_safe(int safe_level)
 	VALUE rb_realpath_internal(VALUE basedir, VALUE path, int strict);
 	char fbuf[MAXPATHLEN];
 	char *f = dln_find_file_r(dli.dli_fname, getenv(PATH_ENV), fbuf, sizeof(fbuf));
-	VALUE fname = rb_str_new_cstr(f);
+	VALUE fname = rb_str_new_cstr(f ? f : dli.dli_fname);
 	rb_str_freeze(fname);
 	sopath = rb_realpath_internal(Qnil, fname, 1);
     }