diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d9d73402b..7b43bc4ff 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -114,11 +114,8 @@ endif
 #  for runtime path (i.e.: the second line in $(NIMBLE_DIR)/pkgs/*/*.nimble-link)
 $(NIMBLE_DIR): | $(NIM_BINARY)
 	mkdir -p $(NIMBLE_DIR)/pkgs
-	git submodule foreach --quiet '\
-		[ `ls -1 *.nimble 2>/dev/null | wc -l ` -gt 0 ] && { \
-			mkdir -p $$toplevel/$(NIMBLE_DIR)/pkgs/$${sm_path#*/}-#head;\
-			echo -e "$$($(PWD))\n$$($(PWD))" > $$toplevel/$(NIMBLE_DIR)/pkgs/$${sm_path#*/}-#head/$${sm_path#*/}.nimble-link;\
-		} || true'
+	NIMBLE_DIR="$(NIMBLE_DIR)" PWD_CMD="$(PWD)" \
+		git submodule foreach --quiet 'bash $(CURDIR)/scripts/create_nimble_link.sh'
 
 # symlink
 nimbus.nims:
diff --git a/docker/beacon_node/Dockerfile b/docker/beacon_node/Dockerfile
index 124f0deb7..a9132722b 100644
--- a/docker/beacon_node/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/beacon_node/Dockerfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ RUN export GOROOT=/usr/local/go \
  && git reset --hard ${GIT_REVISION} \
  && make update deps vendor/go/bin/p2pd nat-libs \
  && cp vendor/go/bin/p2pd /usr/bin/p2pd \
- && ls vendor/.nimble/pkgs
+ && cat vendor/.nimble/pkgs/*/*
 
 ARG NETWORK
 ARG NETWORK_TYPE
diff --git a/scripts/create_nimble_link.sh b/scripts/create_nimble_link.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96360ea18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/create_nimble_link.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+set -u
+
+if [ `ls -1 *.nimble 2>/dev/null | wc -l ` -gt 0 ]; then
+  mkdir -p "$toplevel/${NIMBLE_DIR}/pkgs/${sm_path#*/}-#head"
+	PKG_DIR="$(${PWD_CMD})"
+	if [ -d src ]; then
+    PKG_DIR="${PKG_DIR}/src"
+  fi
+	echo -e "${PKG_DIR}\n${PKG_DIR}" > "$toplevel/${NIMBLE_DIR}/pkgs/${sm_path#*/}-#head/${sm_path#*/}.nimble-link"
+fi
+