1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/bin/syncqt b/bin/syncqt
index 72b9be063e..6af59c43cf 100755
--- a/bin/syncqt
+++ b/bin/syncqt
@@ -325,6 +325,8 @@ sub fixPaths {
     return basename($file) if($file_dir eq $dir);
 
     #guts
+    while ($file_dir =~ s,/[^/]+/\.\./,/,) {}
+    while ($dir =~ s,/[^/]+/\.\./,/,) {}
     my $match_dir = 0;
     for(my $i = 1; $i < length($file_dir); $i++) {
         my $slash = index($file_dir, "/", $i);