diff --git a/autoenv.zsh b/autoenv.zsh
index db059f2..c7a2999 100644
--- a/autoenv.zsh
+++ b/autoenv.zsh
@@ -330,19 +330,24 @@ _autoenv_get_file_upwards() {
   # performance reasons, which is only available in zsh-5.0.5-146-g9381bb6.
   local last
   local parent_dir="$look_from/.."
+  local abs_parent_dir
   while true; do
-    parent_dir=${parent_dir:A}
-    if [[ $parent_dir == $last ]]; then
+    abs_parent_dir=${parent_dir:A}
+    if [[ $abs_parent_dir == $last ]]; then
       break
     fi
     local parent_file="${parent_dir}/${look_for}"
 
     if [[ -f $parent_file ]]; then
-      echo $parent_file
+      if [[ ${parent_file[1,2]} == './' ]]; then
+        echo ${parent_file#./}
+      else
+        echo ${parent_file:A}
+      fi
       break
     fi
 
-    if [[ $parent_dir == $look_until ]]; then
+    if [[ $abs_parent_dir == $look_until ]]; then
       break
     fi
     last=$parent_dir
diff --git a/tests/_autoenv_utils.t b/tests/_autoenv_utils.t
index f4f2e2c..a23f189 100644
--- a/tests/_autoenv_utils.t
+++ b/tests/_autoenv_utils.t
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Should not get the file from the current dir.
 
   $ cd sub/sub2
   $ _autoenv_get_file_upwards . file
+  ../file
+  $ _autoenv_get_file_upwards $PWD file
   */_autoenv_utils.t/sub/file (glob)