diff --git a/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py b/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
index 61e1541..42364eb 100644
--- a/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
+++ b/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
@@ -774,8 +774,11 @@ class InteractiveShell(SingletonConfigurable):
         # So we just check every item in the symlink tree (generally <= 3)
         paths = [p]
         while p.is_symlink():
-            p = Path(os.readlink(p))
-            paths.append(p.resolve())
+            new_path = p.readlink()
+            if not new_path.is_absolute():
+                new_path = p.parent / new_path
+            p = new_path
+            paths.append(p)
 
         # In Cygwin paths like "c:\..." and '\cygdrive\c\...' are possible
         if p_venv.parts[1] == "cygdrive":