diff --git a/bin/run-example b/bin/run-example
index 7caab31daef39..e7a5fe3914fbd 100755
--- a/bin/run-example
+++ b/bin/run-example
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ if [[ ! $EXAMPLE_CLASS == org.apache.spark.examples* ]]; then
   EXAMPLE_CLASS="org.apache.spark.examples.$EXAMPLE_CLASS"
 fi
 
-./bin/spark-submit \
+"$FWDIR"/bin/spark-submit \
   --master $EXAMPLE_MASTER \
   --class $EXAMPLE_CLASS \
   "$SPARK_EXAMPLES_JAR" \