diff --git a/bind-mount.c b/bind-mount.c
index 877b095..a4185fd 100644
--- a/bind-mount.c
+++ b/bind-mount.c
@@ -24,6 +24,28 @@
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "bind-mount.h"
 
+#ifndef __GLIBC__
+static char *
+normpath(char *path)
+{
+  char *seg = NULL, *p = NULL;
+
+  for (p = path, seg = NULL; *p; p++) {
+    if (strncmp(p, "/../", 4) == 0 || strncmp(p, "/..", 4) == 0) {
+      memmove(seg ? seg : p, p+3, strlen(p+3) + 1);
+      return normpath(path);
+    } else if (strncmp(p, "/./", 3) == 0 || strncmp(p, "/.", 3) == 0) {
+      memmove(p, p+2, strlen(p+2) + 1);
+    } else if (strncmp(p, "//", 2) == 0 || strncmp(p, "/", 2) == 0) {
+      memmove(p, p+1, strlen(p+1) + 1);
+    }
+    if (*p == '/')
+      seg = p;
+  }
+  return path;
+}
+#endif
+
 static char *
 skip_token (char *line, bool eat_whitespace)
 {
@@ -402,7 +424,11 @@ bind_mount (int           proc_fd,
      path, so to find it in the mount table we need to do that too. */
   resolved_dest = realpath (dest, NULL);
   if (resolved_dest == NULL)
+#ifdef __GLIBC__
     return BIND_MOUNT_ERROR_REALPATH_DEST;
+#else
+  resolved_dest = normpath(strdup(dest));
+#endif
 
   dest_fd = open (resolved_dest, O_PATH | O_CLOEXEC);
   if (dest_fd < 0)