diff --git a/src/Composer/Util/Filesystem.php b/src/Composer/Util/Filesystem.php
index 693bbc5ad..413dac882 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Util/Filesystem.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Util/Filesystem.php
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class Filesystem
             return './'.basename($to);
         }
 
-        $commonPath = $to;
+        $commonPath = $to.'/';
         while (strpos($from, $commonPath) !== 0 && '/' !== $commonPath && !preg_match('{^[a-z]:/?$}i', $commonPath) && '.' !== $commonPath) {
             $commonPath = strtr(dirname($commonPath), '\\', '/');
         }
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ class Filesystem
             return $directories ? '__DIR__' : '__FILE__';
         }
 
-        $commonPath = $to;
+        $commonPath = $to.'/';
         while (strpos($from, $commonPath) !== 0 && '/' !== $commonPath && !preg_match('{^[a-z]:/?$}i', $commonPath) && '.' !== $commonPath) {
             $commonPath = strtr(dirname($commonPath), '\\', '/');
         }
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Util/FilesystemTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Util/FilesystemTest.php
index e04167023..88fad9289 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Util/FilesystemTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Util/FilesystemTest.php
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ class FilesystemTest extends TestCase
             array('/tmp/test/.././vendor', '/tmp/test', true, "dirname(__DIR__).'/test'"),
             array('C:/Temp', 'c:\Temp\..\..\test', true, "dirname(__DIR__).'/test'"),
             array('C:/Temp/../..', 'd:\Temp\..\..\test', true, "'d:/test'"),
+            array('/foo/bar', '/foo/bar_vendor', true, "dirname(__DIR__).'/bar_vendor'"),
+            array('/foo/bar_vendor', '/foo/bar', true, "dirname(__DIR__).'/bar'"),
         );
     }
 
@@ -103,6 +105,8 @@ class FilesystemTest extends TestCase
             array('C:/Temp', 'c:\Temp\..\..\test', "../test", true),
             array('C:/Temp/../..', 'c:\Temp\..\..\test', "./test", true),
             array('/tmp', '/tmp/../../test', '/test', true),
+            array('/foo/bar', '/foo/bar_vendor', '../bar_vendor', true),
+            array('/foo/bar_vendor', '/foo/bar', '../bar', true),
         );
     }