diff --git a/sermant-agentcore/sermant-agentcore-core/src/main/java/io/sermant/core/AgentCoreEntrance.java b/sermant-agentcore/sermant-agentcore-core/src/main/java/io/sermant/core/AgentCoreEntrance.java
index c048519ff7..e7d93de004 100644
--- a/sermant-agentcore/sermant-agentcore-core/src/main/java/io/sermant/core/AgentCoreEntrance.java
+++ b/sermant-agentcore/sermant-agentcore-core/src/main/java/io/sermant/core/AgentCoreEntrance.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import io.sermant.core.classloader.ClassLoaderManager;
 import io.sermant.core.common.AgentType;
 import io.sermant.core.common.BootArgsIndexer;
+import io.sermant.core.common.CommonConstant;
 import io.sermant.core.common.LoggerFactory;
 import io.sermant.core.config.ConfigManager;
 import io.sermant.core.event.EventManager;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
 import io.sermant.core.plugin.agent.info.EnhancementManager;
 import io.sermant.core.plugin.agent.template.DefaultAdviser;
 import io.sermant.core.service.ServiceManager;
+import io.sermant.core.utils.FileUtils;
 import io.sermant.god.common.SermantManager;
 
 import java.lang.instrument.Instrumentation;
@@ -90,6 +92,8 @@ public static void install(String artifact, Map<String, Object> argsMap, Instrum
         LoggerFactory.initDefaultLogger(artifact);
         adviserCache = new DefaultAdviser();
 
+        FileUtils.setAgentPath((String) argsMap.get(CommonConstant.AGENT_PATH_KEY));
+
         // Initialize the classloader of framework
         ClassLoaderManager.init(argsMap);
 
diff --git a/sermant-agentcore/sermant-agentcore-core/src/main/java/io/sermant/core/common/CommonConstant.java b/sermant-agentcore/sermant-agentcore-core/src/main/java/io/sermant/core/common/CommonConstant.java
index e2aa2b06d0..7533d49b22 100644
--- a/sermant-agentcore/sermant-agentcore-core/src/main/java/io/sermant/core/common/CommonConstant.java
+++ b/sermant-agentcore/sermant-agentcore-core/src/main/java/io/sermant/core/common/CommonConstant.java
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ public class CommonConstant {
      */
     public static final String ARTIFACT_NAME_KEY = "artifact";
 
+    /**
+     * The key of agent path
+     */
+    public static final String AGENT_PATH_KEY = "agentPath";
+
     private CommonConstant() {
     }
 }
diff --git a/sermant-agentcore/sermant-agentcore-core/src/main/java/io/sermant/core/utils/FileUtils.java b/sermant-agentcore/sermant-agentcore-core/src/main/java/io/sermant/core/utils/FileUtils.java
index 9174a020ad..c5f6ba8bf5 100644
--- a/sermant-agentcore/sermant-agentcore-core/src/main/java/io/sermant/core/utils/FileUtils.java
+++ b/sermant-agentcore/sermant-agentcore-core/src/main/java/io/sermant/core/utils/FileUtils.java
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ public class FileUtils {
 
     private static final String[] INVALID_SYMBOL = {"../", "..\\"};
 
-    private static final String AGENT_PATH = new File(new File(FileUtils.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource()
-            .getLocation().getPath()).getParent()).getParent();
+    private static String agentPath;
 
     /**
      * file name of unmatched class name
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ private FileUtils() {
      * @return path
      */
     public static String getAgentPath() {
-        return AGENT_PATH;
+        return agentPath;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ public static String getAgentPath() {
      * @return fixed path
      */
     public static String validatePath(String path) {
-        if (!path.startsWith(AGENT_PATH)) {
+        if (!path.startsWith(agentPath)) {
             return "";
         }
 
@@ -288,7 +287,7 @@ private static String buildUnmatchedFileString() {
         AgentConfig config = ConfigManager.getConfig(AgentConfig.class);
         String preFilterPath = config.getPreFilterPath();
         if (StringUtils.isEmpty(preFilterPath)) {
-            preFilterPath = AGENT_PATH;
+            preFilterPath = agentPath;
         }
         String preFilterFile = config.getPreFilterFile();
         if (StringUtils.isEmpty(preFilterFile)) {
@@ -296,4 +295,8 @@ private static String buildUnmatchedFileString() {
         }
         return preFilterPath + File.separatorChar + preFilterFile;
     }
+
+    public static void setAgentPath(String path) {
+        agentPath = path;
+    }
 }