diff --git a/modules/setting/setting.go b/modules/setting/setting.go
index bb2281f13b244..5fe4682968b34 100644
--- a/modules/setting/setting.go
+++ b/modules/setting/setting.go
@@ -464,6 +464,13 @@ func getAppPath() (string, error) {
 		appPath, err = exec.LookPath(os.Args[0])
 	}
 
+	if err != nil {
+		// FIXME: Once we switch to go 1.19 use !errors.Is(err, exec.ErrDot)
+		if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "cannot run executable found relative to current directory") {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		appPath, err = filepath.Abs(os.Args[0])
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}