diff --git a/src/node.js b/src/node.js
index c6c3a6a39f..e9a1e77b93 100644
--- a/src/node.js
+++ b/src/node.js
@@ -670,28 +670,36 @@ var pathModule = createInternalModule("path", function (exports) {
     return exports.normalize(Array.prototype.join.call(arguments, "/"));
   };
 
-  exports.normalizeArray = function (parts) {
-    var directories = [];
-    for (var i = 0; i < parts.length; i++) {
+  exports.normalizeArray = function (parts, keepBlanks) {
+    var directories = [], prev;
+    for (var i = 0, l = parts.length - 1; i <= l; i++) {
       var directory = parts[i];
-      if (directory === "." || (directory === "" && directories.length)) {
-        continue;
-      }
+
+      // if it's blank, but it's not the first thing, and not the last thing, skip it.
+      if (directory === "" && i !== 0 && i !== l && !keepBlanks) continue;
+
+      // if it's a dot, and there was some previous dir already, then skip it.
+      if (directory === "." && prev) continue;
+
       if (
         directory === ".."
         && directories.length
-        && directories[directories.length - 1] != '..'
+        && prev != '..'
+        && prev != ''
       ) {
         directories.pop();
+        prev = directories.slice(-1)[0]
       } else {
+        if (prev === ".") directories.pop();
         directories.push(directory);
+        prev = directory;
       }
     }
     return directories;
   };
 
-  exports.normalize = function (path) {
-    return exports.normalizeArray(path.split("/")).join("/");
+  exports.normalize = function (path, keepBlanks) {
+    return exports.normalizeArray(path.split("/"), keepBlanks).join("/");
   };
 
   exports.dirname = function (path) {