Index: include/llvm/Support/Path.h
===================================================================
--- include/llvm/Support/Path.h
+++ include/llvm/Support/Path.h
@@ -445,7 +445,8 @@
 /// @brief In-place remove any './' and optionally '../' components from a path.
 ///
 /// @param path processed path
-/// @param remove_dot_dot specify if '../' should be removed
+/// @param remove_dot_dot specify if '../' (except for leading "../") should be
+/// removed
 /// @result True if path was changed
 bool remove_dots(SmallVectorImpl<char> &path, bool remove_dot_dot = false);
 
Index: lib/Support/Path.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Support/Path.cpp
+++ lib/Support/Path.cpp
@@ -707,12 +707,10 @@
   for (StringRef C : llvm::make_range(path::begin(rel), path::end(rel))) {
     if (C == ".")
       continue;
-    if (remove_dot_dot) {
-      if (C == "..") {
-        if (!components.empty())
-          components.pop_back();
-        continue;
-      }
+    // Leading ".." will remain in the path.
+    if (remove_dot_dot && C == ".." && !components.empty()) {
+      components.pop_back();
+      continue;
     }
     components.push_back(C);
   }
Index: unittests/Support/Path.cpp
===================================================================
--- unittests/Support/Path.cpp
+++ unittests/Support/Path.cpp
@@ -965,6 +965,7 @@
   EXPECT_EQ("a\\..\\b\\c", remove_dots(".\\a\\..\\b\\c", false));
   EXPECT_EQ("b\\c", remove_dots(".\\a\\..\\b\\c", true));
   EXPECT_EQ("c", remove_dots(".\\.\\c", true));
+  EXPECT_EQ("..\\a\\c", remove_dots("..\\a\\b\\..\\c", true));
 
   SmallString<64> Path1(".\\.\\c");
   EXPECT_TRUE(path::remove_dots(Path1, true));
@@ -976,6 +977,7 @@
   EXPECT_EQ("a/../b/c", remove_dots("./a/../b/c", false));
   EXPECT_EQ("b/c", remove_dots("./a/../b/c", true));
   EXPECT_EQ("c", remove_dots("././c", true));
+  EXPECT_EQ("../a/c", remove_dots("../a/b/../c", true));
 
   SmallString<64> Path1("././c");
   EXPECT_TRUE(path::remove_dots(Path1, true));