diff --git a/crates/docpath/src/lib.rs b/crates/docpath/src/lib.rs
index 7f6ca571..7509bf41 100644
--- a/crates/docpath/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/docpath/src/lib.rs
@@ -75,8 +75,9 @@
 //! assert_eq!(resolve_absolute("img/logo.png", None), Err(Refused::Invalid));
 //! ```
 
+use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::fmt;
-use std::path::{MAIN_SEPARATOR, Path, PathBuf};
+use std::path::{Component, MAIN_SEPARATOR, Path, PathBuf};
 
 /// What a stored path refers to.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
@@ -619,18 +620,32 @@ fn resolve_native(raw: &str, doc: &Path, comps: &[String]) -> Result<PathBuf, Re
     if parts(&native) == parts(&expected) { Ok(native) } else { Err(Refused::Invalid) }
 }
 
+/// Join a relative link's components to a non-Unicode document's folder with the platform's own
+/// path rules, folding `.` and `..` as [`normalize`] does: a folder with a root (`/`, `C:\`, a
+/// share) may not be climbed above, and a relative one keeps leading `..`.
 fn join_native(doc: &Path, comps: &[String]) -> Result<PathBuf, Refused> {
-    let mut p = doc.parent().map(Path::to_path_buf).unwrap_or_default();
-    for c in comps {
-        match c.as_str() {
-            "." => {}
-            ".." => {
-                if !p.pop() {
-                    return Err(Refused::Invalid);
+    let folder = doc.parent().unwrap_or_else(|| Path::new(""));
+    let link = comps.iter().map(|c| match c.as_str() {
+        "." => Component::CurDir,
+        ".." => Component::ParentDir,
+        name => Component::Normal(OsStr::new(name)),
+    });
+    let mut root = PathBuf::new();
+    let mut names: Vec<&OsStr> = Vec::new();
+    for c in folder.components().chain(link) {
+        match c {
+            Component::Prefix(_) | Component::RootDir => root.push(c),
+            Component::CurDir => {}
+            Component::ParentDir => match names.last() {
+                Some(last) if *last != OsStr::new("..") => {
+                    names.pop();
                 }
-            }
-            _ => p.push(c),
+                _ if root.has_root() => return Err(Refused::Invalid),
+                _ => names.push(c.as_os_str()),
+            },
+            Component::Normal(name) => names.push(name),
         }
     }
-    Ok(p)
+    root.extend(names);
+    Ok(root)
 }
diff --git a/crates/docpath/tests/docpath.rs b/crates/docpath/tests/docpath.rs
index 6a2bf703..e7350cc2 100644
--- a/crates/docpath/tests/docpath.rs
+++ b/crates/docpath/tests/docpath.rs
@@ -425,6 +425,15 @@ fn a_non_unicode_document_path_keeps_the_namespace_rules() {
     assert_eq!(resolve("x.png", Some(folder)).unwrap(), Path::new(OsStr::from_bytes(b"/home/u/a\\b/x.png")));
     let name = Path::new(OsStr::from_bytes(b"/home/u/a\xff\\b.doc"));
     assert_eq!(resolve("x.png", Some(name)), Err(Refused::Invalid));
+    // `.` and `..` in the document's folder are folded as for a Unicode document path.
+    let dotted = Path::new(OsStr::from_bytes(b"/home/./x/../u/\xff/a.doc"));
+    assert_eq!(resolve("../y/x.png", Some(dotted)).unwrap(), Path::new("/home/u/y/x.png"));
+    assert_eq!(resolve("../../../../x.png", Some(dotted)), Err(Refused::Invalid));
+    let relative = Path::new(OsStr::from_bytes(b"\xff/a.doc"));
+    assert_eq!(resolve("../../x.png", Some(relative)).unwrap(), Path::new("../x.png"));
+    // A `..` that climbs out of a name holding a `\` on Unix does not leave the share unnoticed.
+    let climb = Path::new(OsStr::from_bytes(b"//server/share/a\\b/../../\xff/a.doc"));
+    assert_eq!(resolve("x.png", Some(climb)), Err(Refused::Invalid));
 }
 
 #[cfg(windows)]
@@ -443,6 +452,10 @@ fn a_non_unicode_document_path_keeps_the_namespace_rules() {
     let share = native(r"\\server\share\docs\a.doc");
     assert_eq!(resolve("x.png", Some(share.as_path())).unwrap(), native(r"\\server\share\docs\x.png"));
     assert_eq!(resolve(r"..\..\x.png", Some(share.as_path())), Err(Refused::Invalid));
+    let dotted = native(r"C:\a\..\.\docs\a.doc");
+    assert_eq!(resolve("x.png", Some(dotted.as_path())).unwrap(), native(r"C:\docs\x.png"));
+    assert_eq!(resolve(r"..\y\x.png", Some(dotted.as_path())).unwrap(), Path::new(r"C:\y\x.png"));
+    assert_eq!(resolve(r"..\..\x.png", Some(dotted.as_path())), Err(Refused::Invalid));
     for doc in [r"\\.\COM1\docs\a.doc", r"\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\docs\a.doc", r"\??\C:\docs\a.doc"] {
         assert_eq!(resolve("x.png", Some(native(doc).as_path())), Err(Refused::Device), "{doc}");
     }