diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bootstrap/LoadConfiguration.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bootstrap/LoadConfiguration.php
index eb4d07691470..0d08c6daf551 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bootstrap/LoadConfiguration.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bootstrap/LoadConfiguration.php
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ protected function getConfigurationFiles(Application $app)
      */
     protected function getConfigurationNesting(SplFileInfo $file, $configPath)
     {
-        $directory = dirname($file->getRealPath());
+        $directory = $file->getPath();
 
         if ($tree = trim(str_replace($configPath, '', $directory), DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR)) {
             $tree = str_replace(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, '.', $tree).'.';