diff --git a/bin/xbps-create/main.c b/bin/xbps-create/main.c
index f09a114f..e089700d 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-create/main.c
+++ b/bin/xbps-create/main.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ ftw_cb(const char *fpath, const struct stat *sb, int type, struct FTW *ftwbuf _u
 		 * Check if symlink is absolute or relative; on the former
 		 * make it absolute for the target object.
 		 */
-		if (strncmp(buf, "../", 3) == 0) {
+		if (strstr(buf, "./")) {
 			p = realpath(fpath, NULL);
 			if (p == NULL) {
 				/*
diff --git a/tests/xbps/xbps-create/basic_test.sh b/tests/xbps/xbps-create/basic_test.sh
index d7124030..34600889 100644
--- a/tests/xbps/xbps-create/basic_test.sh
+++ b/tests/xbps/xbps-create/basic_test.sh
@@ -58,7 +58,36 @@ symlink_relative_target_body() {
 	atf_check_equal $rv 0
 }
 
+atf_test_case symlink_relative_target_cwd
+
+symlink_relative_target_cwd_head() {
+	atf_set "descr" "xbps-create(8): relative symlinks to cwd in destdir must be absolute"
+}
+
+symlink_relative_target_cwd_body() {
+	mkdir -p repo pkg_A/usr/include/gsm
+	touch -f pkg_A/usr/include/gsm/gsm.h
+	cd pkg_A/usr/include
+	ln -s ./gsm/gsm.h gsm.h
+	cd ../../../repo
+	xbps-create -A noarch -n foo-1.0_1 -s "foo pkg" ../pkg_A
+	atf_check_equal $? 0
+	cd ..
+	xbps-rindex -d -a repo/*.xbps
+	atf_check_equal $? 0
+	result="$(xbps-query -r root --repository=repo -f foo|tr -d '\n')"
+	expected="/usr/include/gsm/gsm.h/usr/include/gsm.h -> /usr/include/gsm/gsm.h"
+	rv=0
+	if [ "$result" != "$expected" ]; then
+		echo "result: $result"
+		echo "expected: $expected"
+		rv=1
+	fi
+	atf_check_equal $rv 0
+}
+
 atf_init_test_cases() {
 	atf_add_test_case hardlinks_size
 	atf_add_test_case symlink_relative_target
+	atf_add_test_case symlink_relative_target_cwd
 }