diff --git a/lib/npa.js b/lib/npa.js
index 61fee07..cd1932b 100644
--- a/lib/npa.js
+++ b/lib/npa.js
@@ -241,8 +241,10 @@ function fromFile (res, where) {
       rawNoPrefix = rawSpec.replace(/^file:/, '')
     }
     // turn file:/../foo into file:../foo
-    if (/^\/\.\.?(\/|$)/.test(rawNoPrefix)) {
-      const rawSpec = res.rawSpec.replace(/^file:\//, 'file:')
+    // for 1, 2 or 3 leading slashes since we attempted
+    // in the previous step to make it a file protocol url with a leading slash
+    if (/^\/{1,3}\.\.?(\/|$)/.test(rawNoPrefix)) {
+      const rawSpec = res.rawSpec.replace(/^file:\/{1,3}/, 'file:')
       resolvedUrl = new url.URL(rawSpec, `file://${path.resolve(where)}/`)
       specUrl = new url.URL(rawSpec)
       rawNoPrefix = rawSpec.replace(/^file:/, '')
diff --git a/test/basic.js b/test/basic.js
index 404c2e8..b543c5e 100644
--- a/test/basic.js
+++ b/test/basic.js
@@ -461,6 +461,33 @@ t.test('basic', function (t) {
       raw: 'file:/.path/to/foo',
     },
 
+    'file:./path/to/foo': {
+      name: null,
+      escapedName: null,
+      type: 'directory',
+      saveSpec: 'file:path/to/foo',
+      fetchSpec: '/test/a/b/path/to/foo',
+      raw: 'file:./path/to/foo',
+    },
+
+    'file:/./path/to/foo': {
+      name: null,
+      escapedName: null,
+      type: 'directory',
+      saveSpec: 'file:path/to/foo',
+      fetchSpec: '/test/a/b/path/to/foo',
+      raw: 'file:/./path/to/foo',
+    },
+
+    'file://./path/to/foo': {
+      name: null,
+      escapedName: null,
+      type: 'directory',
+      saveSpec: 'file:path/to/foo',
+      fetchSpec: '/test/a/b/path/to/foo',
+      raw: 'file://./path/to/foo',
+    },
+
     'file:../path/to/foo': {
       name: null,
       escapedName: null,
@@ -479,6 +506,15 @@ t.test('basic', function (t) {
       raw: 'file:/../path/to/foo',
     },
 
+    'file://../path/to/foo': {
+      name: null,
+      escapedName: null,
+      type: 'directory',
+      saveSpec: 'file:../path/to/foo',
+      fetchSpec: '/test/a/path/to/foo',
+      raw: 'file://../path/to/foo',
+    },
+
     'file:///path/to/foo': {
       name: null,
       escapedName: null,
@@ -517,6 +553,7 @@ t.test('basic', function (t) {
       escapedName: null,
       type: 'directory',
       saveSpec: 'file:',
+      fetchSpec: '/test/a/b',
       raw: 'file://.',
     },