diff --git a/spec/git-spec.coffee b/spec/git-spec.coffee
index 69770e14..1c001efe 100644
--- a/spec/git-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/git-spec.coffee
@@ -606,6 +606,7 @@ describe "git", ->
       expect(repo.relativize(null)).toBe null
       expect(repo.relativize()).toBeUndefined()
       expect(repo.relativize('')).toBe ''
+      expect(repo.relativize(workingDirectory)).toBe ''
 
     describe 'when the opened path is a symlink', ->
       it 'relativizes against both the linked path and the real path', ->
diff --git a/src/git.coffee b/src/git.coffee
index 447014c4..d1927a19 100644
--- a/src/git.coffee
+++ b/src/git.coffee
@@ -128,18 +128,28 @@ Repository::relativize = (path) ->
       workingDirectory = workingDirectory.toLowerCase()
       if lowerCasePath.indexOf("#{workingDirectory}/") is 0
         return path.substring(workingDirectory.length + 1)
+      else if lowerCasePath is workingDirectory
+        return ''
 
     if @openedWorkingDirectory
       workingDirectory = @openedWorkingDirectory.toLowerCase()
       if lowerCasePath.indexOf("#{workingDirectory}/") is 0
         return path.substring(workingDirectory.length + 1)
+      else if lowerCasePath is workingDirectory
+        return ''
   else
     workingDirectory = @getWorkingDirectory()
-    if workingDirectory and path.indexOf("#{workingDirectory}/") is 0
-      return path.substring(workingDirectory.length + 1)
+    if workingDirectory
+      if path.indexOf("#{workingDirectory}/") is 0
+        return path.substring(workingDirectory.length + 1)
+      else if path is workingDirectory
+        return ''
 
-    if @openedWorkingDirectory and path.indexOf("#{@openedWorkingDirectory}/") is 0
-      return path.substring(@openedWorkingDirectory.length + 1)
+    if @openedWorkingDirectory
+      if path.indexOf("#{@openedWorkingDirectory}/") is 0
+        return path.substring(@openedWorkingDirectory.length + 1)
+      else if path is @openedWorkingDirectory
+        return ''
 
   path