diff --git a/utils/self-extracting-executable/decompressor.cpp b/utils/self-extracting-executable/decompressor.cpp
index 1a5cd35a369..ab8ea107907 100644
--- a/utils/self-extracting-executable/decompressor.cpp
+++ b/utils/self-extracting-executable/decompressor.cpp
@@ -345,10 +345,10 @@ int decompressFiles(int input_fd, char * path, char * name, bool & have_compress
     int read_exe_path(char *exe, size_t buf_sz)
     {
         uint32_t size = static_cast<uint32_t>(buf_sz);
-        char apple[size];
-        if (_NSGetExecutablePath(apple, &size) != 0)
+        std::vector<char> apple(size);
+        if (_NSGetExecutablePath(apple.data(), &size) != 0)
             return 1;
-        if (realpath(apple, exe) == nullptr)
+        if (realpath(apple.data(), exe) == nullptr)
             return 1;
         return 0;
     }