diff --git a/src/poly/string.cc b/src/poly/string.cc
index e3100f872..322f12dfb 100644
--- a/src/poly/string.cc
+++ b/src/poly/string.cc
@@ -104,4 +104,26 @@ std::wstring fix_path_separators(const std::wstring& source, wchar_t new_sep) {
   return dest;
 }
 
+std::string fix_path_separators(const std::string& source, char new_sep) {
+  // Swap all separators to new_sep.
+  char old_sep = new_sep == '\\' ? '/' : '\\';
+  std::string::size_type pos = 0;
+  std::string dest = source;
+  while ((pos = source.find_first_of(old_sep, pos)) != std::string::npos) {
+    dest[pos] = new_sep;
+    ++pos;
+  }
+  // Replace redundant separators.
+  pos = 0;
+  while ((pos = dest.find_first_of(new_sep, pos)) != std::string::npos) {
+    if (pos < dest.size() - 1) {
+      if (dest[pos + 1] == new_sep) {
+        dest.erase(pos + 1, 1);
+      }
+    }
+    ++pos;
+  }
+  return dest;
+}
+
 }  // namespace poly
diff --git a/src/poly/string.h b/src/poly/string.h
index 8db5f9297..789710bd0 100644
--- a/src/poly/string.h
+++ b/src/poly/string.h
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ std::wstring join_paths(const std::wstring& left, const std::wstring& right,
 // separators.
 std::wstring fix_path_separators(const std::wstring& source,
                                  wchar_t new_sep = poly::path_separator);
+std::string fix_path_separators(const std::string& source,
+                                char new_sep = poly::path_separator);
 
 }  // namespace poly
 
diff --git a/src/xenia/kernel/fs/filesystem.cc b/src/xenia/kernel/fs/filesystem.cc
index fa97b9478..622c05a89 100644
--- a/src/xenia/kernel/fs/filesystem.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/kernel/fs/filesystem.cc
@@ -146,18 +146,78 @@ int FileSystem::DeleteSymbolicLink(const std::string& path) {
   return 0;
 }
 
-std::unique_ptr<Entry> FileSystem::ResolvePath(const std::string& path) {
-  // Strip off prefix and pass to device.
-  // e.g., d:\some\PATH.foo -> some\PATH.foo
-  // Support both symlinks and device specifiers, like:
-  // \\Device\Foo\some\PATH.foo, d:\some\PATH.foo, etc.
+std::string FileSystem::CanonicalizePath(const std::string& original_path) const {
+  char path_seperator('\\');
+  std::string path(poly::fix_path_separators(original_path, path_seperator));
 
-  // TODO(benvanik): normalize path/etc
-  // e.g., remove ..'s and such
+  std::vector<std::string::size_type> hints;
+
+  std::string::size_type pos(std::string::npos);
+  while ((pos = path.find_first_of(path_seperator, pos + 1)) != -1) {
+    hints.push_back(pos);
+  }
+
+  if (!hints.empty()) {
+    {
+      const std::string::size_type len(path.size());
+      // Treat last char as a hint for our range indexing
+      if (hints[hints.size() - 1] != len - 1) {
+        hints.push_back(len);
+      }
+    }
+
+    auto it1 = hints.rbegin();
+    auto it2 = it1;
+    ++it1;
+    while (it1 != hints.rend()) {
+      auto diff(*it2 - *it1);
+      switch (diff) {
+      case 2:
+        // Reference to current dir
+        if (path[*it1 + 1] == '.') {
+          path.erase(*it1, 2);
+        }
+        ++it1; ++it2;
+        break;
+      case 3:
+        // Reference to parent dir
+        if (path[*it1 + 1] == '.' && path[*it1 + 2] == '.') {
+          auto it3 = it1 + 1;
+
+          if (it3 != hints.rend()) {
+            diff = (*it1 - *it3);
+            path.erase(*it3, diff + 3);
+            ++it2;
+          } else {
+            path.erase(*it1);
+          }
+
+          it1 = it3;
+        } else {
+          ++it1; ++it2;
+        }
+        break;
+      default:
+        ++it1; ++it2;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Sanity checks
+  if ((path.size() == 1 && path[0] == '.')
+    || (path.size() == 2 && path[0] == '.' && path[1] == '.')) {
+    return "";
+  }
+
+  return path;
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<Entry> FileSystem::ResolvePath(const std::string& path) {
+  // Resolve relative paths
+  std::string normalized_path(CanonicalizePath(path));
 
   // If no path (starts with a slash) do it module-relative.
   // Which for now, we just make game:.
-  std::string normalized_path = path;
   if (path[0] == '\\') {
     normalized_path = "game:" + normalized_path;
   }
diff --git a/src/xenia/kernel/fs/filesystem.h b/src/xenia/kernel/fs/filesystem.h
index 690ea4284..6716c3273 100644
--- a/src/xenia/kernel/fs/filesystem.h
+++ b/src/xenia/kernel/fs/filesystem.h
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ class FileSystem {
  private:
   std::vector<Device*> devices_;
   std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> symlinks_;
+
+  std::string CanonicalizePath(const std::string& original_path) const;
 };
 
 }  // namespace fs