diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/ExecutableFinder.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/ExecutableFinder.php
index 44f1605fa9..6ae74dca17 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/ExecutableFinder.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/ExecutableFinder.php
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ class ExecutableFinder
                 if (is_dir($path)) {
                     $dirs[] = $path;
                 } else {
-                    $file = str_replace(dirname($path), '', $path);
-                    if ($file == $name && is_executable($path)) {
+                    if (basename($path) == $name && is_executable($path)) {
                         return $path;
                     }
                 }