diff --git a/Namcap/rules/shebangdepends.py b/Namcap/rules/shebangdepends.py
index 07896df..fc359c3 100644
--- a/Namcap/rules/shebangdepends.py
+++ b/Namcap/rules/shebangdepends.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 """Checks dependencies on programs specified in shebangs."""
 
-import shutil
+import shutil, os.path
 import Namcap.package
 from Namcap.util import is_script, script_type
 from Namcap.ruleclass import *
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ def findowners(scriptlist):
 		out = shutil.which(s)
 		if not out:
 			continue
+		out = os.path.realpath(out)
 
 		# strip leading slash
 		scriptpath = out.lstrip('/')
diff --git a/Namcap/tests/package/test_shebangdepends.py b/Namcap/tests/package/test_shebangdepends.py
index dbacd86..b92e9fe 100644
--- a/Namcap/tests/package/test_shebangdepends.py
+++ b/Namcap/tests/package/test_shebangdepends.py
@@ -60,5 +60,43 @@ package() {
 		])
 		self.assertEqual(w, [])
 
+	valid_pkgbuild = """
+pkgname=__namcap_test_shebangdepends
+pkgver=1.0
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="A package"
+arch=('any')
+url="http://www.example.com/"
+license=('GPL')
+depends=('python')
+source=()
+options=(!purge !zipman)
+build() {
+  cd "${srcdir}"
+  echo -e "#! /usr/bin/env python\nprint('a script')" > python_sample
+}
+package() {
+  install -Dm755 "$srcdir/python_sample" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/python_sample"
+}
+"""
+	def test_shebangdepends_noncanonical(self):
+		"shutil.which returns noncanonical path (e.g. in /usr/sbin)"
+		pkgfile = "__namcap_test_shebangdepends-1.0-1-any.pkg.tar"
+		with open(os.path.join(self.tmpdir, "PKGBUILD"), "w") as f:
+			f.write(self.valid_pkgbuild)
+		self.run_makepkg()
+		old_path = os.environ['PATH']
+		try:
+			os.environ['PATH'] = '/usr/sbin:' + old_path
+			pkg, r = self.run_rule_on_tarball(
+					os.path.join(self.tmpdir, pkgfile),
+					Namcap.rules.shebangdepends.ShebangDependsRule
+					)
+		finally:
+			os.environ['PATH'] = old_path
+		e, w, i = Namcap.depends.analyze_depends(pkg)
+		self.assertEqual(e, [])
+		self.assertEqual(w, [])
+
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