diff --git a/src/os_unix.c b/src/os_unix.c
index 474d288..76e7a8a 100644
--- a/src/os_unix.c
+++ b/src/os_unix.c
@@ -2699,6 +2699,9 @@
     if ((force || !mch_isFullName(fname))
 	    && ((p = vim_strrchr(fname, '/')) == NULL || p != fname))
     {
+	if (p == NULL && STRCMP(fname, "..") == 0)
+	    // Handle ".." without path separators.
+	    p = fname + 2;
 	/*
 	 * If the file name has a path, change to that directory for a moment,
 	 * and then get the directory (and get back to where we were).
@@ -2707,7 +2710,7 @@
 	if (p != NULL)
 	{
 	    if (STRCMP(p, "/..") == 0)
-		// for "/path/dir/.." include the "/.."
+		// For "/path/dir/.." include the "/..".
 		p += 3;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_FCHDIR
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_findfile.vim b/src/testdir/test_findfile.vim
index 9247a81..a5e18b9 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_findfile.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_findfile.vim
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@
   let l = findfile('bar', ';../', -1)
   call assert_equal(1, len(l))
   call assert_match('.*/Xfinddir1/Xdir2/Xdir3/bar', l[0])
+  let l = findfile('bar', ';..', -1)
+  call assert_equal(1, len(l))
+  call assert_match('.*/Xfinddir1/Xdir2/Xdir3/bar', l[0])
 
   let l = findfile('bar', ';' . save_dir . '/Xfinddir1/Xdir2/', -1)
   call assert_equal(1, len(l))
@@ -117,6 +120,9 @@
   let l = findfile('bar', ';../../', -1)
   call assert_equal(1, len(l))
   call assert_match('.*/Xfinddir1/Xdir2/Xdir3/bar', l[0])
+  let l = findfile('bar', ';../..', -1)
+  call assert_equal(1, len(l))
+  call assert_match('.*/Xfinddir1/Xdir2/Xdir3/bar', l[0])
 
   let l = findfile('bar', ';' . save_dir . '/Xfinddir1/', -1)
   call assert_equal(2, len(l))
@@ -130,6 +136,10 @@
   call assert_equal(2, len(l))
   call assert_match('.*/Xfinddir1/Xdir2/Xdir3/bar', l[0])
   call assert_match('.*/Xfinddir1/bar',             l[1])
+  let l = findfile('bar', ';../../..', -1)
+  call assert_equal(2, len(l))
+  call assert_match('.*/Xfinddir1/Xdir2/Xdir3/bar', l[0])
+  call assert_match('.*/Xfinddir1/bar',             l[1])
 
   " Test combined downwards and upwards search from Xdir2/.
   cd ../..
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_fnamemodify.vim b/src/testdir/test_fnamemodify.vim
index c19f464..4e61343 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_fnamemodify.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_fnamemodify.vim
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
   call assert_equal($HOME .. "/foo" , fnamemodify('~/foo', ':p'))
   call assert_equal(fnamemodify('.', ':p:h:h:h') .. '/', fnamemodify($HOME .. '/../', ':p'))
   call assert_equal(fnamemodify('.', ':p:h:h:h') .. '/', fnamemodify($HOME .. '/..', ':p'))
+  call assert_equal(fnamemodify('.', ':p:h:h') .. '/', fnamemodify('../', ':p'))
+  call assert_equal(fnamemodify('.', ':p:h:h') .. '/', fnamemodify('..', ':p'))
   call assert_equal('test.out', fnamemodify('test.out', ':.'))
   call assert_equal('a', fnamemodify('../testdir/a', ':.'))
   call assert_equal('~/testdir/test.out', fnamemodify('test.out', ':~'))
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_taglist.vim b/src/testdir/test_taglist.vim
index 8e07972..236f5ac 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_taglist.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_taglist.vim
@@ -135,15 +135,15 @@
   call writefile([], 'Xtagsdir1/Xtags', 'D')
 
   cd Xtagsdir1/
-  let &tags = './Xtags;' .. fnamemodify('./..', ':p')
+  let &tags = './Xtags;' .. fnamemodify('..', ':p')
   call assert_equal(1, len(tagfiles()))
 
   cd Xtagsdir2/
-  let &tags = './Xtags;' .. fnamemodify('./..', ':p')
+  let &tags = './Xtags;' .. fnamemodify('..', ':p')
   call assert_equal(1, len(tagfiles()))
 
   cd Xtagsdir3/
-  let &tags = './Xtags;' .. fnamemodify('./..', ':p')
+  let &tags = './Xtags;' .. fnamemodify('..', ':p')
   call assert_equal(0, len(tagfiles()))
 
   let &tags = './Xtags;../'
@@ -155,6 +155,15 @@
   cd ..
   call assert_equal(1, len(tagfiles()))
 
+  let &tags = './Xtags;..'
+  call assert_equal(1, len(tagfiles()))
+
+  cd Xtagsdir2/
+  call assert_equal(1, len(tagfiles()))
+
+  cd Xtagsdir3/
+  call assert_equal(0, len(tagfiles()))
+
   set tags&
   call chdir(save_cwd)
 endfunc
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 3b4cca6..4c6ed99 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -705,6 +705,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    569,
+/**/
     568,
 /**/
     567,