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..8de6dabdc4 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
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -100,7 +100,13 @@ 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);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -118,7 +124,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractVersionStrategy implements VersionStrategy {
 			Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(requestPath);
 			if (matcher.find()) {
 				String match = matcher.group(1);
-				return match.contains("-") ? match.substring(match.lastIndexOf("-") + 1) : match;
+				return (match.contains("-") ? match.substring(match.lastIndexOf("-") + 1) : match);
 			}
 			else {
 				return null;
@@ -134,7 +140,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractVersionStrategy implements VersionStrategy {
 		public String addVersion(String requestPath, String version) {
 			String baseFilename = StringUtils.stripFilenameExtension(requestPath);
 			String extension = StringUtils.getFilenameExtension(requestPath);
-			return baseFilename + "-" + version + "." + extension;
+			return (baseFilename + "-" + version + "." + extension);
 		}
 	}
 
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..dcccaf2b92 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
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
  *
- *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  *
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+
 package org.springframework.web.servlet.resource;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -21,7 +22,8 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 /**
- * Unit tests for {@link org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.FixedVersionStrategy}
+ * Unit tests for {@link org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.FixedVersionStrategy}.
+ *
  * @author Brian Clozel
  */
 public class FixedVersionStrategyTests {
@@ -57,7 +59,13 @@ 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));
+	}
+
+	@Test  // SPR-13727
+	public void addVersionRelativePath() throws Exception {
+		String relativePath = "../" + this.path;
+		assertEquals(relativePath, this.strategy.addVersion(relativePath, this.version));
 	}
 
 }