diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f9cac5b8..db39b4c6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 	  into alternate chroot / other system still works.  (Anton)
 	- ntfscmp: fix some corner cases and all memory leaks; handle corrupt
 	  NTFS more gracefully.  (Szaka)
+	- If the system does not have realpath(), supply our own dummy version
+	  which just copies the string without any kind of checking or
+	  expansion.  (Anton)
 
 07/10/2005 - 1.12.0 - Lots of fixes and enhancements!
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4037ec24..a68c7c90 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -317,9 +317,9 @@ AC_FUNC_STAT
 AC_FUNC_STRFTIME
 AC_FUNC_UTIME_NULL
 AC_FUNC_VPRINTF
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([atexit fdatasync hasmntopt memmove memset realpath regcomp setlocale \
-	strcasecmp strchr strdup strerror strtol strtoul utime mbsinit \
-	setxattr getopt_long ])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([atexit fdatasync getopt_long hasmntopt mbsinit memmove memset \
+	realpath regcomp setlocale setxattr strcasecmp strchr strdup strerror \
+	strtol strtoul utime])
 
 # Makefiles to be created by configure.
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
diff --git a/libntfs/volume.c b/libntfs/volume.c
index b1adb11f..92935a73 100644
--- a/libntfs/volume.c
+++ b/libntfs/volume.c
@@ -1264,6 +1264,17 @@ int ntfs_umount(ntfs_volume *vol,
 }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_MNTENT_H
+
+#ifndef HAVE_REALPATH
+/* If there is no realpath() on the system, provide a dummy one. */
+static char *realpath(const char *path, char *resolved_path)
+{
+	strncpy(resolved_path, path, PATH_MAX);
+	resolved_path[PATH_MAX] = '\0';
+	return resolved_path;
+}
+#endif
+
 /**
  * Internal:
  *
@@ -1277,13 +1288,10 @@ int ntfs_umount(ntfs_volume *vol,
 static int ntfs_mntent_check(const char *file, unsigned long *mnt_flags)
 {
 	struct mntent *mnt;
-#ifdef HAVE_REALPATH
 	char *real_file = NULL, *real_fsname = NULL;
-#endif
 	FILE *f;
 	int err = 0;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_REALPATH
 	real_file = malloc(PATH_MAX + 1);
 	if (!real_file)
 		return -1;
@@ -1296,21 +1304,15 @@ static int ntfs_mntent_check(const char *file, unsigned long *mnt_flags)
 		err = errno;
 		goto exit;
 	}
-#endif
 	if (!(f = setmntent(MOUNTED, "r"))) {
 		err = errno;
 		goto exit;
 	}
 	while ((mnt = getmntent(f))) {
-#ifdef HAVE_REALPATH
 		if (!realpath(mnt->mnt_fsname, real_fsname))
 			continue;
 		if (!strcmp(real_file, real_fsname))
 			break;
-#else
-		if (!strcmp(file, mnt->mnt_fsname))
-			break;
-#endif
 	}
 	endmntent(f);
 	if (!mnt)
@@ -1323,12 +1325,9 @@ static int ntfs_mntent_check(const char *file, unsigned long *mnt_flags)
 		*mnt_flags |= NTFS_MF_READONLY;
 #endif
 exit:
-#ifdef HAVE_REALPATH
-	if (real_file)
-		free(real_file);
+	free(real_file);
 	if (real_fsname)
 		free(real_fsname);
-#endif
 	if (err) {
 		errno = err;
 		return -1;
diff --git a/ntfsprogs/ntfsmount.c b/ntfsprogs/ntfsmount.c
index fccc175d..408a987a 100644
--- a/ntfsprogs/ntfsmount.c
+++ b/ntfsprogs/ntfsmount.c
@@ -1336,6 +1336,16 @@ static void usage(void)
 	Eprintf("Default options are: \"%s\".\n", def_opts);
 }
 
+#ifndef HAVE_REALPATH
+/* If there is no realpath() on the system, provide a dummy one. */
+static char *realpath(const char *path, char *resolved_path)
+{
+	strncpy(resolved_path, path, PATH_MAX);
+	resolved_path[PATH_MAX] = '\0';
+	return resolved_path;
+}
+#endif
+
 /**
  * parse_options - Read and validate the programs command line
  *
@@ -1375,7 +1385,6 @@ static int parse_options(int argc, char *argv[])
 					err++;
 					break;
 				}
-#ifdef HAVE_REALPATH
 				/* We don't want relative path in /etc/mtab. */
 				if (argv[optind - 1][0] != '/') {
 					if (!realpath(argv[optind - 1],
@@ -1388,9 +1397,6 @@ static int parse_options(int argc, char *argv[])
 					}
 				} else
 					strcpy(opts.device, argv[optind - 1]);
-#else
-				strcpy(opts.device, argv[optind - 1]);
-#endif
 			} else if (!opts.mnt_point)
 				opts.mnt_point = argv[optind - 1];
 			else {