diff --git a/okio-testing-support/src/commonMain/kotlin/okio/AbstractFileSystemTest.kt b/okio-testing-support/src/commonMain/kotlin/okio/AbstractFileSystemTest.kt
index 0ec8bae427..3138ded940 100644
--- a/okio-testing-support/src/commonMain/kotlin/okio/AbstractFileSystemTest.kt
+++ b/okio-testing-support/src/commonMain/kotlin/okio/AbstractFileSystemTest.kt
@@ -90,12 +90,19 @@ abstract class AbstractFileSystemTest(
   }
 
   @Test
-  fun canonicalizeNoSuchFile() {
+  fun canonicalizeAbsolutePathNoSuchFile() {
     assertFailsWith<FileNotFoundException> {
       fileSystem.canonicalize(base / "no-such-file")
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun canonicalizeRelativePathNoSuchFile() {
+    assertFailsWith<FileNotFoundException> {
+      fileSystem.canonicalize("no-such-file".toPath())
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun canonicalizeFollowsSymlinkDirectories() {
     if (!supportsSymlink()) return
@@ -2274,6 +2281,20 @@ abstract class AbstractFileSystemTest(
     assertEquals(listOf(baseBA, baseBB), fileSystem.list(baseB))
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun listDotDirectory() {
+    if (!supportsSymlink()) return
+
+    println(fileSystem.metadata(".".toPath()))
+
+    val paths = fileSystem.list(".".toPath()).map(Path::toString)
+    assertTrue(paths.joinToString()) {
+      paths.contains("jvm") &&
+        paths.contains("src") &&
+        paths.contains("build.gradle.kts")
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun symlinkFileLastAccessedAt() {
     if (!supportsSymlink()) return
@@ -2411,7 +2432,6 @@ abstract class AbstractFileSystemTest(
     if (windowsLimitations) return false
     return when (fileSystem::class.simpleName) {
       "JvmSystemFileSystem",
-      "NioFileSystemWrappingFileSystem",
       -> false
       else -> true
     }
diff --git a/okio/src/jvmMain/kotlin/okio/NioFileSystemWrappingFileSystem.kt b/okio/src/jvmMain/kotlin/okio/NioFileSystemWrappingFileSystem.kt
index 4131e09eb9..139c0e7aa6 100644
--- a/okio/src/jvmMain/kotlin/okio/NioFileSystemWrappingFileSystem.kt
+++ b/okio/src/jvmMain/kotlin/okio/NioFileSystemWrappingFileSystem.kt
@@ -46,7 +46,12 @@ internal class NioFileSystemWrappingFileSystem(javaNioFileSystem: JavaNioFileSys
    * nio file system in order for things to work properly.
    */
   private fun Path.resolve(readSymlink: Boolean = false): NioPath {
-    val resolved = delegateRoot.resolve(toString())
+    val resolved = if (isRelative) {
+      delegateRoot.resolve(this.toFile().canonicalPath)
+    } else {
+      delegateRoot.resolve(toString())
+    }
+
     return if (readSymlink && resolved.isSymbolicLink()) {
       resolved.readSymbolicLink()
     } else {
@@ -54,6 +59,18 @@ internal class NioFileSystemWrappingFileSystem(javaNioFileSystem: JavaNioFileSys
     }
   }
 
+  override fun canonicalize(path: Path): Path {
+    if (path.isAbsolute) {
+      try {
+        return path.resolve(readSymlink = true).toRealPath().toOkioPath()
+      } catch (e: NoSuchFileException) {
+        throw FileNotFoundException("no such file $path")
+      }
+    } else {
+      return super.canonicalize(path)
+    }
+  }
+
   override fun metadataOrNull(path: Path): FileMetadata? {
     return metadataOrNull(path.resolve())
   }
@@ -195,7 +212,14 @@ internal class NioFileSystemWrappingFileSystem(javaNioFileSystem: JavaNioFileSys
   }
 
   override fun createSymlink(source: Path, target: Path) {
-    Files.createSymbolicLink(source.resolve(), target.resolve())
+    val sourceNioPath = source.resolve()
+    val targetNioPath =
+      if (source.isAbsolute && target.isRelative) {
+        sourceNioPath.parent.resolve(target.toString())
+      } else {
+        target.resolve()
+      }
+    Files.createSymbolicLink(sourceNioPath, targetNioPath)
   }
 
   override fun toString(): String = "NioFileSystemWrappingFileSystem"
diff --git a/okio/src/jvmTest/kotlin/okio/JvmSystemFileSystemTest.kt b/okio/src/jvmTest/kotlin/okio/JvmSystemFileSystemTest.kt
index 1463727c0c..75edf5d0fa 100644
--- a/okio/src/jvmTest/kotlin/okio/JvmSystemFileSystemTest.kt
+++ b/okio/src/jvmTest/kotlin/okio/JvmSystemFileSystemTest.kt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package okio
 import com.google.common.jimfs.Configuration
 import com.google.common.jimfs.Jimfs
 import java.io.InterruptedIOException
+import java.nio.file.FileSystems
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
 import kotlin.test.assertFalse
 import kotlin.test.fail
@@ -73,3 +74,13 @@ class NioFileSystemWrappingFileSystemTest : AbstractFileSystemTest(
   allowAtomicMoveFromFileToDirectory = true,
   temporaryDirectory = FileSystem.SYSTEM_TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY,
 )
+
+class NioDefaultFileSystemWrappingFileSystemTest : AbstractFileSystemTest(
+  clock = Clock.System,
+  fileSystem = FileSystems.getDefault().asOkioFileSystem(),
+  windowsLimitations = false,
+  allowClobberingEmptyDirectories = Path.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR == "\\",
+  allowAtomicMoveFromFileToDirectory = false,
+  allowRenameWhenTargetIsOpen = Path.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR != "\\",
+  temporaryDirectory = FileSystem.SYSTEM_TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY,
+)