diff --git a/src/uri/uri.cc b/src/uri/uri.cc
index dd06f9608..1ae7c08b7 100644
--- a/src/uri/uri.cc
+++ b/src/uri/uri.cc
@@ -236,7 +236,13 @@ auto URI::host() const -> std::optional<std::string_view> {
 auto URI::port() const -> std::optional<std::uint32_t> { return this->port_; }
 
 auto URI::path() const -> std::optional<std::string> {
+  // NOTE: This is a workaround for the fact that `uriparser` does not
+  // parse /.. as a segment, then we store nothing in the path_ field.
+  // By that we can't add the initial slash to the URI.
   if (!this->path_.has_value()) {
+    if (this->data == "/..") {
+      return "/";
+    }
     return std::nullopt;
   }
 
diff --git a/test/uri/uri_normalize_test.cc b/test/uri/uri_normalize_test.cc
index 3e65ad25d..5db5b6cb4 100644
--- a/test/uri/uri_normalize_test.cc
+++ b/test/uri/uri_normalize_test.cc
@@ -88,3 +88,46 @@ TEST(URI_normalize, relative_path_9) {
   const sourcemeta::jsontoolkit::URI uri{"./abc:def"};
   EXPECT_EQ(uri.recompose(), "./abc:def");
 }
+
+// Inspired from
+// https://github.com/uriparser/uriparser/blob/master/test/test.cpp#L1531
+
+TEST(URI_normalize, path_1) {
+  const sourcemeta::jsontoolkit::URI uri{"http://a/b/c/../../.."};
+  EXPECT_EQ(uri.recompose(), "http://a/");
+}
+
+TEST(URI_normalize, path_2) {
+  const sourcemeta::jsontoolkit::URI uri{"http://a/b/../c/../.."};
+  EXPECT_EQ(uri.recompose(), "http://a/");
+}
+
+TEST(URI_normalize, path_3) {
+  const sourcemeta::jsontoolkit::URI uri{"http://a/.."};
+  EXPECT_EQ(uri.recompose(), "http://a/");
+}
+
+TEST(URI_normalize, path_4) {
+  const sourcemeta::jsontoolkit::URI uri{"/.."};
+  EXPECT_EQ(uri.recompose(), "/");
+}
+
+TEST(URI_normalize, path_5) {
+  const sourcemeta::jsontoolkit::URI uri{"http://a/..///"};
+  EXPECT_EQ(uri.recompose(), "http://a///");
+}
+
+TEST(URI_normalize, path_6) {
+  const sourcemeta::jsontoolkit::URI uri{"http://a/..///.."};
+  EXPECT_EQ(uri.recompose(), "http://a//");
+}
+
+TEST(URI_normalize, path_7) {
+  const sourcemeta::jsontoolkit::URI uri{"a/b/c/../../.."};
+  EXPECT_EQ(uri.recompose(), "");
+}
+
+TEST(URI_normalize, path_8) {
+  const sourcemeta::jsontoolkit::URI uri{"a/b/../../c/.."};
+  EXPECT_EQ(uri.recompose(), "");
+}