diff --git a/R/install-dev.sh b/R/install-dev.sh
index d61355271830..9fbc999f2e80 100755
--- a/R/install-dev.sh
+++ b/R/install-dev.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 set -o pipefail
 set -e
+set -x
 
 FWDIR="$(cd "`dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"`"; pwd)"
 LIB_DIR="$FWDIR/lib"
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 09669149d812..54f7a34a6c37 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@
               </execution>
             </executions>
             <configuration>
-              <executable>..${file.separator}R${file.separator}install-dev${script.extension}</executable>
+              <executable>${project.basedir}${file.separator}..${file.separator}R${file.separator}install-dev${script.extension}</executable>
             </configuration>
           </plugin>
         </plugins>