diff --git a/src/client/gkfs_libc.cpp b/src/client/gkfs_libc.cpp
index 4584c4deb2b6459366430afaa5c12cfa2a8cbbf6..a25294234390fe86b7d86f46db379150e74e76a2 100644
--- a/src/client/gkfs_libc.cpp
+++ b/src/client/gkfs_libc.cpp
@@ -1908,7 +1908,10 @@ realpath(const char* path, char* resolved_path) {
                 // provided smaller, this check is tricky. Assuming PATH_MAX
                 // is sufficient.
             }
-            strcpy(resolved_path, resolved_str_internal.c_str());
+            // we should return the full path (CTX->mountdir() +
+            // resolved_str_internal)
+            strcpy(resolved_path,
+                   (CTX->mountdir() + resolved_str_internal).c_str());
             return resolved_path;
 
         } else if(status == PathStatus::Error) {