diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 9e3345e0..e5d3708b 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ const PROTOCOL_REGEX = /^[\s\w\0+.-]{2,}:([/\\]{2})?/;
 const PROTOCOL_RELATIVE_REGEX = /^([/\\]\s*){2,}[^/\\]/;
 const PROTOCOL_SCRIPT_RE = /^[\s\0]*(blob|data|javascript|vbscript):$/i;
 const TRAILING_SLASH_RE = /\/$|\/\?|\/#/;
-const JOIN_LEADING_SLASH_RE = /^\.?\//;
-const JOIN_LAST_SEGMENT_RE = /(?:^|\/)[^/]*\/?$/;
 
 /**
  * Check if a path starts with `./` or `../`.
@@ -319,27 +317,51 @@ export function isNonEmptyURL(url: string) {
  *
  * @group utils
  */
-export function joinURL(base: string, ...input: string[]): string {
-  let url = base || "";
-
-  for (const segment of input.filter((url) => isNonEmptyURL(url))) {
-    if (url) {
-      const hasAbsoluteBase = url.startsWith("/");
-      let _segment = segment;
-      _segment = _segment.replace(JOIN_LEADING_SLASH_RE, "");
-      while (url.length > 0 && _segment.startsWith("../")) {
-        url = url.replace(JOIN_LAST_SEGMENT_RE, "");
-        _segment = _segment.slice(3).replace(JOIN_LEADING_SLASH_RE, "");
+export function joinURL(..._input: string[]): string {
+  const input = _input.filter(Boolean);
+
+  const segments: string[] = [];
+
+  let segmentsDepth = 0;
+
+  for (const i of input) {
+    if (!i || i === "/") {
+      continue;
+    }
+    for (const s of i.split("/")) {
+      if (!s || s === ".") {
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (s === "..") {
+        segments.pop();
+        segmentsDepth--;
+        continue;
       }
-      url =
-        !url && (!hasAbsoluteBase || _segment.startsWith("../"))
-          ? _segment
-          : withTrailingSlash(url) + _segment;
-    } else {
-      url = segment;
+      segments.push(s);
+      segmentsDepth++;
     }
   }
 
+  let url = segments.join("/");
+
+  if (segmentsDepth >= 0) {
+    // Preserve leading slash
+    if (input[0]?.startsWith("/") && !url.startsWith("/")) {
+      url = "/" + url;
+    } else if (input[0]?.startsWith("./") && !url.startsWith("./")) {
+      url = "./" + url;
+    }
+  } else {
+    // Add relative prefix
+    url = "../".repeat(-1 * segmentsDepth) + url;
+  }
+
+  // Preserve trailing slash
+  // eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/prefer-at
+  if (input[input.length - 1]?.endsWith("/") && !url.endsWith("/")) {
+    url += "/";
+  }
+
   return url;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/base.test.ts b/test/base.test.ts
index 1c5e838e..0cd85daf 100644
--- a/test/base.test.ts
+++ b/test/base.test.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import { withBase, withoutBase } from "../src";
 describe("withBase", () => {
   const tests = [
     { base: "/", input: "/", out: "/" },
-    { base: "/foo", input: "/", out: "/foo" },
-    { base: "/foo/", input: "/", out: "/foo" },
+    { base: "/foo", input: "", out: "/foo" },
+    { base: "/foo/", input: "/", out: "/foo/" },
     { base: "/foo", input: "/bar", out: "/foo/bar" },
     { base: "/base/", input: "/base", out: "/base" },
     { base: "/base", input: "/base/", out: "/base/" },
diff --git a/test/join.test.ts b/test/join.test.ts
index 0135200a..9bf5459a 100644
--- a/test/join.test.ts
+++ b/test/join.test.ts
@@ -5,38 +5,37 @@ describe("joinURL", () => {
   const tests = [
     { input: [], out: "" },
     { input: ["/"], out: "/" },
-    // eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/no-null
-    { input: [null, "./"], out: "./" },
+    { input: [undefined, "./"], out: "./" },
     { input: ["./", "a"], out: "./a" },
     { input: ["./a", "./b"], out: "./a/b" },
     { input: ["/a"], out: "/a" },
     { input: ["a", "b"], out: "a/b" },
     { input: ["/", "/b"], out: "/b" },
-    { input: ["/a", "../b"], out: "/b" },
-    { input: ["../a", "../b"], out: "../b" },
-    { input: ["../a", "./../b"], out: "../b" },
-    { input: ["../a", "./../../b"], out: "b" },
-    { input: ["../a", "../../../b"], out: "../b" },
-    { input: ["../a", "../../../../b"], out: "../../b" },
-    { input: ["../a/", "../b"], out: "../b" },
-    { input: ["/a/b/c", "../../d"], out: "/a/d" },
-    { input: ["/c", "../../d"], out: "../d" },
-    { input: ["/c", ".././../d"], out: "../d" },
     { input: ["a", "b/", "c"], out: "a/b/c" },
     { input: ["a", "b/", "/c"], out: "a/b/c" },
     { input: ["/", "./"], out: "/" },
     { input: ["/", "./foo"], out: "/foo" },
     { input: ["/", "./foo/"], out: "/foo/" },
     { input: ["/", "./foo", "bar"], out: "/foo/bar" },
+
+    // Relative with ../
+    { input: ["/a", "../b"], out: "/b" },
+    { input: ["/a/b/c", "../../d"], out: "/a/d" },
+    { input: ["/a", "../../d"], out: "/d" },
+    { input: ["/a", ".././../d"], out: "/d" },
+    { input: ["/a", "../../../d"], out: "../d" },
+    { input: ["/a/b", "../../../d"], out: "/d" },
+    { input: ["../a", "../b"], out: "b" },
+    { input: ["../a", "./../b"], out: "b" },
+    { input: ["../a", "./../../b"], out: "../b" },
+    { input: ["../a", "../../../b"], out: "../../b" },
+    { input: ["../a", "../../../../b"], out: "../../../b" },
+    { input: ["../a/", "../b"], out: "b" },
   ];
 
   for (const t of tests) {
-    test(JSON.stringify(t.input), () => {
-      expect(joinURL(...t.input)).toBe(t.out);
+    test(`joinURL(${t.input.map((i) => JSON.stringify(i)).join(", ")}) === ${JSON.stringify(t.out)}`, () => {
+      expect(joinURL(...(t.input as string[]))).toBe(t.out);
     });
   }
-
-  test("no arguments", () => {
-    expect(joinURL()).toBe("");
-  });
 });