diff --git a/src/Path.hs b/src/Path.hs
index 21c8829..ed19c23 100644
--- a/src/Path.hs
+++ b/src/Path.hs
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ parseRelDir filepath =
      not ("~/" `isPrefixOf` filepath) &&
      not (hasParentDir filepath) &&
      not (null (normalizeDir filepath)) &&
-     not (all (== '.') filepath) &&
+     filepath /= "." && filepath /= ".." &&
      FilePath.isValid filepath
      then return (Path (normalizeDir filepath))
      else throwM (InvalidRelDir filepath)
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ parseAbsFile filepath =
      not ("~/" `isPrefixOf` filepath) &&
      not (hasParentDir filepath) &&
      not (null (normalizeFile filepath)) &&
-     not (all (== '.') filepath) &&
+     filepath /= "." && filepath /= ".." &&
      FilePath.isValid filepath
      then return (Path (normalizeFile filepath))
      else throwM (InvalidAbsFile filepath)
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ parseRelFile filepath =
      not ("~/" `isPrefixOf` filepath) &&
      not (hasParentDir filepath) &&
      not (null (normalizeFile filepath)) &&
-     not (all (== '.') filepath) &&
+     filepath /= "." && filepath /= ".." &&
      FilePath.isValid filepath
      then return (Path (normalizeFile filepath))
      else throwM (InvalidRelFile filepath)
diff --git a/test/Main.hs b/test/Main.hs
index b78f56b..305e1db 100644
--- a/test/Main.hs
+++ b/test/Main.hs
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ parseRelDirSpec =
      failing "///foo//bar//mu/"
      failing "///foo//bar////mu"
      failing "///foo//bar/.//mu"
+     succeeding "..." (Path "...")
      succeeding "foo.bak" (Path "foo.bak/")
      succeeding "./foo" (Path "foo/")
      succeeding "././foo" (Path "foo/")
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ parseAbsFileSpec =
      failing "/"
      failing "//"
      failing "///foo//bar//mu/"
+     succeeding "..." (Path "...")
      succeeding "/foo.txt" (Path "/foo.txt")
      succeeding "///foo//bar////mu.txt" (Path "/foo/bar/mu.txt")
      succeeding "///foo//bar/.//mu.txt" (Path "/foo/bar/mu.txt")
@@ -195,6 +197,7 @@ parseRelFileSpec =
      failing "///foo//bar//mu/"
      failing "///foo//bar////mu"
      failing "///foo//bar/.//mu"
+     succeeding "..." (Path "...")
      succeeding "foo.txt" (Path "foo.txt")
      succeeding "./foo.txt" (Path "foo.txt")
      succeeding "././foo.txt" (Path "foo.txt")