diff --git a/selfdrive/modeld/SConscript b/selfdrive/modeld/SConscript
index 7be4446e67..a3a1b94e01 100644
--- a/selfdrive/modeld/SConscript
+++ b/selfdrive/modeld/SConscript
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ else:
     del libs[libs.index('SNPE')]
     del common_src[common_src.index('runners/snpemodel.cc')]
 
+onnxrunner_path = File("runners/onnx_runner.py").abspath
+transform_path = File("transforms/transform.cl").abspath
+loadyuv_path = File("transforms/loadyuv.cl").abspath
+lenv['CXXFLAGS'].append(f'-DTRANSFORM_PATH=\\"{transform_path}\\"')
+lenv['CXXFLAGS'].append(f'-DLOADYUV_PATH=\\"{loadyuv_path}\\"')
+lenv['CXXFLAGS'].append(f'-DONNXRUNNER_PATH=\\"{onnxrunner_path}\\"')
+
 common_model = lenv.Object(common_src)
 
 lenv.Program('_dmonitoringmodeld', [
diff --git a/selfdrive/modeld/runners/onnxmodel.cc b/selfdrive/modeld/runners/onnxmodel.cc
index 9e8d306b76..ebe6ad847c 100644
--- a/selfdrive/modeld/runners/onnxmodel.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/modeld/runners/onnxmodel.cc
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ ONNXModel::ONNXModel(const std::string path, float *_output, size_t _output_size
   err = pipe(pipeout);
   assert(err == 0);
 
-  std::string exe_dir = util::dir_name(util::readlink("/proc/self/exe"));
-  std::string onnx_runner = exe_dir + "/runners/onnx_runner.py";
+  std::string onnx_runner = ONNXRUNNER_PATH;
   std::string tf8_arg = use_tf8 ? "--use_tf8" : "";
 
   proc_pid = fork();
diff --git a/selfdrive/modeld/transforms/loadyuv.cc b/selfdrive/modeld/transforms/loadyuv.cc
index 39f404a897..c7ce7b0830 100644
--- a/selfdrive/modeld/transforms/loadyuv.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/modeld/transforms/loadyuv.cc
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ void loadyuv_init(LoadYUVState* s, cl_context ctx, cl_device_id device_id, int w
            "-cl-fast-relaxed-math -cl-denorms-are-zero "
            "-DTRANSFORMED_WIDTH=%d -DTRANSFORMED_HEIGHT=%d",
            width, height);
-  cl_program prg = cl_program_from_file(ctx, device_id, "transforms/loadyuv.cl", args);
+  cl_program prg = cl_program_from_file(ctx, device_id, LOADYUV_PATH, args);
 
   s->loadys_krnl = CL_CHECK_ERR(clCreateKernel(prg, "loadys", &err));
   s->loaduv_krnl = CL_CHECK_ERR(clCreateKernel(prg, "loaduv", &err));
diff --git a/selfdrive/modeld/transforms/transform.cc b/selfdrive/modeld/transforms/transform.cc
index f341314144..305643cf42 100644
--- a/selfdrive/modeld/transforms/transform.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/modeld/transforms/transform.cc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 void transform_init(Transform* s, cl_context ctx, cl_device_id device_id) {
   memset(s, 0, sizeof(*s));
 
-  cl_program prg = cl_program_from_file(ctx, device_id, "transforms/transform.cl", "");
+  cl_program prg = cl_program_from_file(ctx, device_id, TRANSFORM_PATH, "");
   s->krnl = CL_CHECK_ERR(clCreateKernel(prg, "warpPerspective", &err));
   // done with this
   CL_CHECK(clReleaseProgram(prg));