diff --git a/bins/unzip-mem.c b/bins/unzip-mem.c
index c45cb72..ff564a5 100644
--- a/bins/unzip-mem.c
+++ b/bins/unzip-mem.c
@@ -88,10 +88,49 @@ static void zzip_mem_entry_pipe(ZZIP_MEM_DISK* disk,
     }
 }
 
+static inline void
+remove_dotdotslash(char *path)
+{
+    /* Note: removing "../" from the path ALWAYS shortens the path, never adds to it! */
+    char *dotdotslash;
+    int warned = 0;
+
+    dotdotslash = path;
+    while ((dotdotslash = strstr(dotdotslash, "../")) != NULL)
+    {
+        /*
+         * Remove only if at the beginning of the pathname ("../path/name")
+         * or when preceded by a slash ("path/../name"),
+         * otherwise not ("path../name..")!
+         */
+        if (dotdotslash == path || dotdotslash[-1] == '/')
+        {
+            char *src, *dst;
+            if (!warned)
+            {
+                /* Note: the first time through the pathname is still intact */
+                fprintf(stderr, "Removing \"../\" path component(s) in %s\n", path);
+                warned = 1;
+            }
+            /* We cannot use strcpy(), as there "The strings may not overlap" */
+            for (src = dotdotslash+3, dst=dotdotslash; (*dst = *src) != '\0'; src++, dst++)
+                ;
+        }
+        else
+            dotdotslash +=3;	/* skip this instance to prevent infinite loop */
+    }
+}
+
 static void zzip_mem_entry_make(ZZIP_MEM_DISK* disk, 
 				ZZIP_MEM_ENTRY* entry)
 {
-    FILE* file = fopen (entry->zz_name, "wb");
+    char name_stripped[PATH_MAX];
+    FILE* file;
+
+    strncpy(name_stripped, entry->zz_name, PATH_MAX);
+    remove_dotdotslash(name_stripped);
+    
+    file = fopen (name_stripped, "wb");
     if (file) { zzip_mem_entry_pipe (disk, entry, file); fclose (file); }
     perror (entry->zz_name);
     if (status < EXIT_WARNINGS) status = EXIT_WARNINGS;