diff --git a/src/url.lua b/src/url.lua
index 0d88adb..e1fa2bc 100644
--- a/src/url.lua
+++ b/src/url.lua
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ end
 local function remove_dot_components(path)
     repeat
         local was = path
-        path = path:gsub('/%./', '/')
+        path = path:gsub('/%./', '/', 1)
     until path == was
     repeat
         local was = path
-        path = path:gsub('[^/]+/%.%./([^/]+)', '%1')
+        path = path:gsub('[^/]+/%.%./([^/]+)', '%1', 1)
     until path == was
     path = path:gsub('[^/]+/%.%./*$', '')
     path = path:gsub('/%.%.$', '/')
diff --git a/test/urltest.lua b/test/urltest.lua
index 8664fa6..04b3c7f 100644
--- a/test/urltest.lua
+++ b/test/urltest.lua
@@ -654,6 +654,7 @@ check_absolute_url("http://a/b/c/d;p?q#f", "../g", "http://a/b/g")
 check_absolute_url("http://a/b/c/d;p?q#f", "../..", "http://a/")
 check_absolute_url("http://a/b/c/d;p?q#f", "../../", "http://a/")
 check_absolute_url("http://a/b/c/d;p?q#f", "../../g", "http://a/g")
+check_absolute_url("http://a/b/c/d;p?q#f", "../../../g", "http://a/g")
 check_absolute_url("http://a/b/c/d;p?q#f", "", "http://a/b/c/d;p?q#f")
 check_absolute_url("http://a/b/c/d;p?q#f", "/./g", "http://a/g")
 check_absolute_url("http://a/b/c/d;p?q#f", "/../g", "http://a/g")
@@ -686,6 +687,10 @@ check_absolute_url("http://velox.telemar.com.br", "/dashboard/index.html",
    "http://velox.telemar.com.br/dashboard/index.html")
 check_absolute_url("http://example.com/", "../.badhost.com/", "http://example.com/.badhost.com/")
 check_absolute_url("http://example.com/", "...badhost.com/", "http://example.com/...badhost.com/")
+check_absolute_url("http://example.com/a/b/c/d/", "../q", "http://example.com/a/b/c/q")
+check_absolute_url("http://example.com/a/b/c/d/", "../../q", "http://example.com/a/b/q")
+check_absolute_url("http://example.com/a/b/c/d/", "../../../q", "http://example.com/a/q")
+check_absolute_url("http://example.com/a/b/c/d/", "../../../../q", "http://example.com/q")
 
 print("testing path parsing and composition")
 check_parse_path("/eu/tu/ele", { "eu", "tu", "ele"; is_absolute = 1 })