diff --git a/protocol.c b/protocol.c
index a3e92475..1755e5d3 100644
--- a/protocol.c
+++ b/protocol.c
@@ -958,9 +958,21 @@ nextsm:
 
 	// finally check for docroot
 	if (uwsgi.check_static_docroot && wsgi_req->document_root_len > 0) {
-		if (!uwsgi_file_serve(wsgi_req, wsgi_req->document_root, wsgi_req->document_root_len, wsgi_req->path_info, wsgi_req->path_info_len)) {
+		char *orig_docroot = uwsgi_concat2n(wsgi_req->document_root, wsgi_req->document_root_len, "", 0);
+		char *real_docroot = uwsgi_malloc(PATH_MAX+1);
+		if (!realpath(orig_docroot, real_docroot)) {
+			uwsgi_error("realpath()");
+			free(orig_docroot);
+			free(real_docroot);
+                        return -1;
+		}
+		if (!uwsgi_file_serve(wsgi_req, real_docroot, strlen(real_docroot), wsgi_req->path_info, wsgi_req->path_info_len)) {
+			free(orig_docroot);
+			free(real_docroot);
                         return -1;
                 }
+		free(orig_docroot);
+		free(real_docroot);
 	}
 
 	return 0;