diff --git a/test/common.sh b/test/common.sh
index a7ca5e0..054f007 100644
--- a/test/common.sh
+++ b/test/common.sh
@@ -33,3 +33,26 @@
     fi
     echo $PORT
 }
+
+# Emulate GNU readlink's behavior on non-GNU readlink (e.g. MacOSX / BSD's)
+# Credit to https://stackoverflow.com/a/1116890
+function gnureadlink() {
+    TARGET_FILE=$1
+
+    cd `dirname $TARGET_FILE`
+    TARGET_FILE=`basename $TARGET_FILE`
+
+    # Iterate down a (possible) chain of symlinks
+    while [ -L "$TARGET_FILE" ]
+    do
+        TARGET_FILE=`readlink $TARGET_FILE`
+        cd `dirname $TARGET_FILE`
+        TARGET_FILE=`basename $TARGET_FILE`
+    done
+
+    # Compute the canonicalized name by finding the physical path
+    # for the directory we're in and appending the target file.
+    PHYS_DIR=`pwd -P`
+    RESULT=$PHYS_DIR/$TARGET_FILE
+    echo $RESULT
+}
diff --git a/test/run-unittest.sh b/test/run-unittest.sh
index 5f27b93..b0f29a5 100755
--- a/test/run-unittest.sh
+++ b/test/run-unittest.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 for script in $(ls $CURR_DIR/*.sh); do
     if [[ ! "$script" =~ $FILTER ]]; then continue; fi
-    if [ "$script" = "$(readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE[0]})" ] || [ "$(basename $script)" = "common.sh" ]; then continue; fi
+    if [ "$script" = "$(gnureadlink ${BASH_SOURCE[0]})" ] || [ "$(basename $script)" = "common.sh" ]; then continue; fi
     if [ -e $script.min_frontend ] && [ ! -z "$FRONTEND" ] && [ ${FRONTEND} \< $(cat $script.min_frontend) ]; then continue; fi
     log "Running $script..."
     DUB=$DUB DC=$DC CURR_DIR="$CURR_DIR" $script || logError "Script failure."