diff --git a/test/cmdlineargs.jl b/test/cmdlineargs.jl
index c1681532d26ea1..476ee58c02a799 100644
--- a/test/cmdlineargs.jl
+++ b/test/cmdlineargs.jl
@@ -473,10 +473,47 @@ let exename = `$(Base.julia_cmd()) --startup-file=no --color=no`
         @test occursin(expected, got) || (expected, got)
         @test_broken occursin(expected_good, got)
 
+        # Ask for coverage in current directory
+        tdir = dirname(realpath(inputfile))
+        cd(tdir) do
+            # there may be atrailing separator here so use rstrip
+            @test readchomp(`$exename -E "(Base.JLOptions().code_coverage, rstrip(unsafe_string(Base.JLOptions().tracked_path), '/'))" -L $inputfile
+                --code-coverage=$covfile --code-coverage=@`) == "(3, $(repr(tdir)))"
+        end
+        @test isfile(covfile)
+        got = read(covfile, String)
+        rm(covfile)
+        @test occursin(expected, got) || (expected, got)
+        @test_broken occursin(expected_good, got)
+
+        # Ask for coverage in relative directory
+        tdir = dirname(realpath(inputfile))
+        cd(dirname(tdir)) do
+            @test readchomp(`$exename -E "(Base.JLOptions().code_coverage, unsafe_string(Base.JLOptions().tracked_path))" -L $inputfile
+                --code-coverage=$covfile --code-coverage=@testhelpers`) == "(3, $(repr(tdir)))"
+        end
+        @test isfile(covfile)
+        got = read(covfile, String)
+        rm(covfile)
+        @test occursin(expected, got) || (expected, got)
+        @test_broken occursin(expected_good, got)
+
+        # Ask for coverage in relative directory with dot-dot notation
+        tdir = dirname(realpath(inputfile))
+        cd(tdir) do
+            @test readchomp(`$exename -E "(Base.JLOptions().code_coverage, unsafe_string(Base.JLOptions().tracked_path))" -L $inputfile
+                --code-coverage=$covfile --code-coverage=@../testhelpers`) == "(3, $(repr(tdir)))"
+        end
+        @test isfile(covfile)
+        got = read(covfile, String)
+        rm(covfile)
+        @test occursin(expected, got) || (expected, got)
+        @test_broken occursin(expected_good, got)
+
         # Ask for coverage in a different directory
         tdir = mktempdir() # a dir that contains no code
         @test readchomp(`$exename -E "(Base.JLOptions().code_coverage, unsafe_string(Base.JLOptions().tracked_path))" -L $inputfile
-            --code-coverage=$covfile --code-coverage=@$tdir`) == "(3, $(repr(tdir)))"
+            --code-coverage=$covfile --code-coverage=@$tdir`) == "(3, $(repr(realpath(tdir))))"
         @test isfile(covfile)
         got = read(covfile, String)
         @test isempty(got)