diff --git a/web_infrastructure/supervisorctl b/web_infrastructure/supervisorctl
index bcdd300261d..a907c66a412 100644
--- a/web_infrastructure/supervisorctl
+++ b/web_infrastructure/supervisorctl
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def main():
         supervisorctl_args = [ module.get_bin_path('supervisorctl', True) ]
 
     if config:
-        supervisorctl_args.extend(['-c', config])
+        supervisorctl_args.extend(['-c', os.path.expanduser(config)])
     if server_url:
         supervisorctl_args.extend(['-s', server_url])
     if username: