diff --git a/bin/gapwise.mjs b/bin/gapwise.mjs
index fe94eac..6d5204d 100755
--- a/bin/gapwise.mjs
+++ b/bin/gapwise.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, realpathSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { dirname, join, resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
@@ -159,6 +159,6 @@ export function main(argv = process.argv.slice(2)) {
   throw new Error('Usage: gapwise university create|validate|dev|test <id> [--dry-run] [--workspace PATH]\n       gapwise data validate|osm <id>');
 }
 
-if (process.argv[1] && resolve(process.argv[1]) === fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)) {
+if (process.argv[1] && realpathSync(resolve(process.argv[1])) === fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)) {
   try { main(); } catch (error) { console.error(error instanceof Error ? error.message : error); process.exitCode = 1; }
 }
diff --git a/tests/cli.test.mjs b/tests/cli.test.mjs
index ee28f31..d60ba9d 100644
--- a/tests/cli.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/cli.test.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import test from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
-import { existsSync, mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, readdirSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, readdirSync, rmSync, symlinkSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
 import { dirname, join, resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
@@ -36,6 +36,18 @@ test('dry run shows integration and data files without changing the workspace',
   } finally { rmSync(workspace, { recursive: true, force: true }); }
 });
 
+test('installed bin symlink executes the CLI', () => {
+  const workspace = fixture();
+  try {
+    const installedBin = join(workspace, 'gapwise-bin');
+    symlinkSync(resolve(import.meta.dirname, '../bin/gapwise.mjs'), installedBin);
+    const result = spawnSync(installedBin, ['university', 'create', 'example-university', '--dry-run', '--workspace', workspace],
+      { encoding: 'utf8' });
+    assert.equal(result.status, 0, result.stderr);
+    assert.match(result.stdout, /Dry run for example-university/);
+  } finally { rmSync(workspace, { recursive: true, force: true }); }
+});
+
 test('scaffold creates adapter, manifest, test, and empty campus snapshots', () => {
   const workspace = fixture();
   try {