diff --git a/internal/node/launcher.sh b/internal/node/launcher.sh
index ba149e03d4..89149785a2 100644
--- a/internal/node/launcher.sh
+++ b/internal/node/launcher.sh
@@ -191,10 +191,7 @@ for ARG in "${ALL_ARGS[@]:-}"; do
   case "$ARG" in
     --bazel_node_modules_manifest=*) MODULES_MANIFEST="${ARG#--bazel_node_modules_manifest=}" ;;
     --nobazel_patch_module_resolver)
-      declare MAIN="TEMPLATED_entry_point_execroot_path"
-      if [[ ! -f "$MAIN" ]]; then
-        MAIN=$(rlocation "TEMPLATED_entry_point_manifest_path")
-      fi
+      MAIN=TEMPLATED_script_path
       LAUNCHER_NODE_OPTIONS=( "--require" "$node_patches_script" )
 
       # In this case we should always run the linker
diff --git a/internal/node/node.bzl b/internal/node/node.bzl
index 858bfa738d..f9f78338c5 100644
--- a/internal/node/node.bzl
+++ b/internal/node/node.bzl
@@ -135,12 +135,13 @@ def _to_manifest_path(ctx, file):
 
 def _to_execroot_path(ctx, file):
     parts = file.path.split("/")
-
     if parts[0] == "external":
         if parts[2] == "node_modules":
             # external/npm/node_modules -> node_modules/foo
             # the linker will make sure we can resolve node_modules from npm
             return "/".join(parts[2:])
+        else:
+            return "/".join([".."] + parts[1:])
     return file.path
 
 def _nodejs_binary_impl(ctx):
@@ -246,8 +247,6 @@ fi
         #       Need a smarter split operation than `expanded_arg.split(" ")` as it will split
         #       up args with intentional spaces and it will fail for expanded files with spaces.
         "TEMPLATED_args": " ".join(expanded_args),
-        "TEMPLATED_entry_point_execroot_path": _to_execroot_path(ctx, ctx.file.entry_point),
-        "TEMPLATED_entry_point_manifest_path": _to_manifest_path(ctx, ctx.file.entry_point),
         "TEMPLATED_env_vars": env_vars,
         "TEMPLATED_expected_exit_code": str(expected_exit_code),
         "TEMPLATED_link_modules_script": _to_manifest_path(ctx, ctx.file._link_modules_script),
@@ -259,6 +258,12 @@ fi
         "TEMPLATED_runfiles_helper_script": _to_manifest_path(ctx, ctx.file._runfiles_helper_script),
         "TEMPLATED_vendored_node": "" if is_builtin else strip_external(ctx.file._node.path),
     }
+
+    if ctx.file.entry_point.is_source:
+        substitutions["TEMPLATED_script_path"] = "\"%s\"" % _to_execroot_path(ctx, ctx.file.entry_point)
+    else:
+        substitutions["TEMPLATED_script_path"] = "$(rlocation \"%s\")" % _to_manifest_path(ctx, ctx.file.entry_point)
+
     ctx.actions.expand_template(
         template = ctx.file._launcher_template,
         output = ctx.outputs.launcher_sh,