diff --git a/bin/console b/bin/console
index 118ccf52..854f3397 100755
--- a/bin/console
+++ b/bin/console
@@ -15,7 +15,17 @@
 
 ob_get_clean();
 
-include __DIR__ . "/../vendor/autoload.php";
+if (file_exists($a = getcwd() . '/vendor/autoload.php')) {
+    include $a;
+} elseif (file_exists($a = __DIR__ . '/../../../../vendor/autoload.php')) {
+    include $a;
+} elseif (file_exists($a = __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php')) {
+    include $a;
+} else {
+    fwrite(STDERR, 'Cannot locate autoloader; please run "composer install"' . PHP_EOL);
+    exit(1);
+}
+
 \Pimcore\Bootstrap::setProjectRoot();
 
 define('PIMCORE_CONSOLE', true);
@@ -23,4 +33,4 @@ define('PIMCORE_CONSOLE', true);
 /** @var \Pimcore\Kernel $kernel */
 $kernel = \Pimcore\Bootstrap::startupCli();
 $application = new \Pimcore\Console\Application($kernel);
-$application->run();
\ No newline at end of file
+$application->run();