diff --git a/scripts/test_syntax.sh b/scripts/test_syntax.sh
index 607e3e1da6..f64feb4e1d 100755
--- a/scripts/test_syntax.sh
+++ b/scripts/test_syntax.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 #    Therefore we need to use find + temp files for the file lists.
 
 scriptDir=`dirname $0`
-DUNE_BIN_DIR=`realpath $scriptDir/../_build/install/default/bin`
+# macOS 12 does not have the realpath utility,
+# so let's use this workaround instead.
+DUNE_BIN_DIR=`cd "$scriptDir/../_build/install/default/bin"; pwd -P`
 
 $DUNE_BIN_DIR/syntax_tests