diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6f0686c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "name": "less",
+  "version": "1.4.2",
+  "main": ["./lib/less/index"]
+}
diff --git a/lib/less/env.js b/lib/less/env.js
index dd4d5a5f..595a54f9 100644
--- a/lib/less/env.js
+++ b/lib/less/env.js
@@ -87,6 +87,33 @@
         return !/^(?:[a-z-]+:|\/)/.test(path);
     };
 
+    tree.evalEnv.prototype.normalizePath = function( path ) {
+        var
+          segments = path.split("/").reverse(),
+          segment;
+
+        path = [];
+        while (segments.length !== 0 ) {
+            segment = segments.pop();
+            switch( segment ) {
+                case ".":
+                    break;
+                case "..":
+                    if ((path.length === 0) || (path[path.length - 1] === "..")) {
+                        path.push( segment );
+                    } else {
+                        path.pop();
+                    }
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    path.push( segment );
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return path.join("/");
+    };
+
     //todo - do the same for the toCSS env
     //tree.toCSSEnv = function (options) {
     //};
diff --git a/lib/less/tree/import.js b/lib/less/tree/import.js
index e4cfd9e2..a2ab3d76 100644
--- a/lib/less/tree/import.js
+++ b/lib/less/tree/import.js
@@ -73,13 +73,18 @@ tree.Import.prototype = {
     evalPath: function (env) {
         var path = this.path.eval(env);
         var rootpath = this.currentFileInfo && this.currentFileInfo.rootpath;
-        if (rootpath && !(path instanceof tree.URL)) {
-            var pathValue = path.value;
-            // Add the base path if the import is relative
-            if (pathValue && env.isPathRelative(pathValue)) {
-                path.value =  rootpath + pathValue;
+
+        if (!(path instanceof tree.URL)) {
+            if (rootpath) {
+                var pathValue = path.value;
+                // Add the base path if the import is relative
+                if (pathValue && env.isPathRelative(pathValue)) {
+                    path.value = rootpath + pathValue;
+                }
             }
+            path.value = env.normalizePath(path.value);
         }
+
         return path;
     },
     eval: function (env) {
diff --git a/lib/less/tree/url.js b/lib/less/tree/url.js
index 7ba562fa..79c2879c 100644
--- a/lib/less/tree/url.js
+++ b/lib/less/tree/url.js
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ tree.URL.prototype = {
             val.value = rootpath + val.value;
         }
 
+        val.value = ctx.normalizePath(val.value);
+
         return new(tree.URL)(val, null);
     }
 };
diff --git a/test/css/static-urls/urls.css b/test/css/static-urls/urls.css
index 565ccb44..95f04fbb 100644
--- a/test/css/static-urls/urls.css
+++ b/test/css/static-urls/urls.css
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@import "folder (1)/../css/background.css";
+@import "css/background.css";
 @import "folder (1)/import-test-d.css";
 @font-face {
   src: url("/fonts/garamond-pro.ttf");
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
 #logo {
   width: 100px;
   height: 100px;
-  background: url('folder (1)/../assets/logo.png');
+  background: url('assets/logo.png');
 }
 @font-face {
   font-family: xecret;
-  src: url('folder (1)/../assets/xecret.ttf');
+  src: url('assets/xecret.ttf');
 }
 #secret {
   font-family: xecret, sans-serif;
diff --git a/test/css/urls.css b/test/css/urls.css
index ef812605..a0618689 100644
--- a/test/css/urls.css
+++ b/test/css/urls.css
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@import "import/../css/background.css";
+@import "css/background.css";
 @import "import/import-test-d.css";
 @import "file.css";
 @font-face {
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@
 #logo {
   width: 100px;
   height: 100px;
-  background: url('import/imports/../assets/logo.png');
+  background: url('import/assets/logo.png');
 }
 @font-face {
   font-family: xecret;
-  src: url('import/imports/../assets/xecret.ttf');
+  src: url('import/assets/xecret.ttf');
 }
 #secret {
   font-family: xecret, sans-serif;