Index: cli/standalone/binary.rs
--- cli/standalone/binary.rs.orig
+++ cli/standalone/binary.rs
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ pub struct Metadata {
 }
 
 pub fn load_npm_vfs(root_dir_path: PathBuf) -> Result<FileBackedVfs, AnyError> {
-  let file_path = current_exe().unwrap();
+  let file_path =
+    current_exe().unwrap_or(PathBuf::from("${LOCALBASE}/bin/deno"));
   let mut file = std::fs::File::open(file_path)?;
   file.seek(SeekFrom::End(-(TRAILER_SIZE as i64)))?;
   let mut trailer = [0; TRAILER_SIZE];
@@ -414,7 +415,7 @@ impl<'a> DenoCompileBinaryWriter<'a> {
     compile_flags: &CompileFlags,
   ) -> Result<Vec<u8>, AnyError> {
     if compile_flags.target.is_none() {
-      let path = std::env::current_exe()?;
+      let path = PathBuf::from("${LOCALBASE}/bin/deno");
       return Ok(std::fs::read(path)?);
     }