diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index 90b4c8ea..2d87f4c2 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ package utils
 import (
 	"database/sql/driver"
 	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
-	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -16,7 +16,18 @@ var gormSourceDir string
 func init() {
 	_, file, _, _ := runtime.Caller(0)
 	// compatible solution to get gorm source directory with various operating systems
-	gormSourceDir = regexp.MustCompile(`gorm.utils.utils\.go`).ReplaceAllString(file, "")
+	gormSourceDir = sourceDir(file)
+}
+
+func sourceDir(file string) string {
+	dir := filepath.Dir(file)
+	dir = filepath.Dir(dir)
+
+	s := filepath.Dir(dir)
+	if filepath.Base(s) != "gorm.io" {
+		s = dir
+	}
+	return s + string(filepath.Separator)
 }
 
 // FileWithLineNum return the file name and line number of the current file
diff --git a/utils/utils_unix_test.go b/utils/utils_unix_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da97aa2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/utils_unix_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package utils
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestSourceDir(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		file string
+		want string
+	}{
+		{
+			file: "/Users/name/go/pkg/mod/gorm.io/gorm@v1.2.3/utils/utils.go",
+			want: "/Users/name/go/pkg/mod/gorm.io/",
+		},
+		{
+			file: "/go/work/proj/gorm/utils/utils.go",
+			want: "/go/work/proj/gorm/",
+		},
+		{
+			file: "/go/work/proj/gorm_alias/utils/utils.go",
+			want: "/go/work/proj/gorm_alias/",
+		},
+		{
+			file: "/go/work/proj/my.gorm.io/gorm@v1.2.3/utils/utils.go",
+			want: "/go/work/proj/my.gorm.io/gorm@v1.2.3/",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		s := sourceDir(c.file)
+		if s != c.want {
+			t.Fatalf("%s: expected %s, got %s", c.file, c.want, s)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/utils/utils_windows_test.go b/utils/utils_windows_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d1734e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/utils_windows_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package utils
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestSourceDir(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		file string
+		want string
+	}{
+		{
+			file: `C:\Users\name\go\pkg\mod\gorm.io\gorm@v1.20.8\utils\utils.go`,
+			want: `C:\Users\name\go\pkg\mod\gorm.io`,
+		},
+		{
+			file: `C:\go\work\proj\gorm\utils\utils.go`,
+			want: `C:\go\work\proj\gorm`,
+		},
+		{
+			file: `C:\go\work\proj\gorm_alias\utils\utils.go`,
+			want: `C:\go\work\proj\gorm_alias`,
+		},
+		{
+			file: `C:\go\work\proj\my.gorm.io\gorm\utils\utils.go`,
+			want: `C:\go\work\proj\my.gorm.io\gorm`,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		s := sourceDir(c.file)
+		if s != c.want {
+			t.Fatalf("%s: expected %s, got %s", c.file, c.want, s)
+		}
+	}
+}