diff --git a/change_log.txt b/change_log.txt
index 2c478764..05ddedce 100644
--- a/change_log.txt
+++ b/change_log.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   - optimization  of directory handling / build realpath
   - optimization  of filter execution
   - move  registerObject / registerClass into extension
+  - update  realpath handling
 
  19.06.2015
   - improvement allow closures as callback at $smarty->registerFilter() https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/59
diff --git a/libs/Smarty.class.php b/libs/Smarty.class.php
index dd6c5ac8..437b4704 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty.class.php
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class Smarty extends Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase
     /**
      * smarty version
      */
-    const SMARTY_VERSION = '3.1.28-dev/5';
+    const SMARTY_VERSION = '3.1.28-dev/6';
 
     /**
      * define variable scopes
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_cacheresource_file.php b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_cacheresource_file.php
index de794517..0792fbe3 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_cacheresource_file.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_cacheresource_file.php
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_CacheResource_File extends Smarty_CacheResource
         $_compile_id = isset($compile_id) ? preg_replace('![^\w\|]+!', '_', $compile_id) : null;
         $_dir_sep = $smarty->use_sub_dirs ? '/' : '^';
         $_compile_id_offset = $smarty->use_sub_dirs ? 3 : 0;
-        $_dir = realpath($smarty->getCacheDir()) . '/';
+        $_dir = $smarty->getCacheDir();
         if ($_dir == '/') { //We should never want to delete this!
             return 0;
         }
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_block.php b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_block.php
index 93c90a91..cf963832 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_block.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_block.php
@@ -382,13 +382,13 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Compile_Private_Child_Block extends Smarty_Internal_Compil
 
         // update template with original template resource of {block}
         if (trim($_attr['type'], "'") == 'file') {
-            $compiler->template->template_resource = 'file:' . realpath(trim($_attr['file'], "'"));
+            $compiler->template->template_resource = 'file:' . $compiler->template->smarty->_realpath(trim($_attr['file'], "'"));
         } else {
             $compiler->template->template_resource = trim($_attr['resource'], "'");
         }
         // source object
         unset ($compiler->template->source);
-        $exists = $compiler->template->source->exists;
+        $compiler->template->loadSource();
 
         // must merge includes
         if ($_attr['nocache'] == true) {
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_resource_extends.php b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_resource_extends.php
index 16974ef2..c6bdc202 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_resource_extends.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_resource_extends.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Resource_Extends extends Smarty_Resource
                 throw new SmartyException("Resource type {$s->type} cannot be used with the extends resource type");
             }
             $sources[$s->uid] = $s;
-            $uid .= realpath($s->filepath);
+            $uid .= $source->smarty->_realpath($s->filepath);
             if ($_template && $_template->smarty->compile_check) {
                 $exists = $exists && $s->exists;
             }