diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/AbstractVersionStrategy.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/AbstractVersionStrategy.java
index ebd4e73c57..5d639444f7 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/AbstractVersionStrategy.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/AbstractVersionStrategy.java
@@ -100,7 +100,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractVersionStrategy implements VersionStrategy {
 
 		@Override
 		public String addVersion(String path, String version) {
-			return (this.prefix.endsWith("/") || path.startsWith("/") ? this.prefix + path : this.prefix + "/" + path);
+			if(path.startsWith(".")) {
+				return path;
+			}
+			else {
+				return (this.prefix.endsWith("/") || path.startsWith("/") ? this.prefix + path : this.prefix + "/" + path);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/FixedVersionStrategyTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/FixedVersionStrategyTests.java
index 8eeb0ab0ee..b0488ee861 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/FixedVersionStrategyTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/FixedVersionStrategyTests.java
@@ -57,7 +57,14 @@ public class FixedVersionStrategyTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void addVersion() throws Exception {
-		assertEquals(this.version + "/" + this.path, this.strategy.addVersion(this.path, this.version));
+		assertEquals(this.version + "/" + this.path, this.strategy.addVersion("/" + this.path, this.version));
+	}
+
+	// SPR-13727
+	@Test
+	public void addVersionRelativePath() throws Exception {
+		String relativePath = "../" + this.path;
+		assertEquals(relativePath, this.strategy.addVersion(relativePath, this.version));
 	}
 
 }