diff --git a/pkg/api/validation/validation.go b/pkg/api/validation/validation.go
index 6ce16595a354..c94ebf2972df 100644
--- a/pkg/api/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/api/validation/validation.go
@@ -1133,7 +1133,10 @@ func validateLocalVolumeSource(ls *api.LocalVolumeSource, fldPath *field.Path) f
 	allErrs := field.ErrorList{}
 	if ls.Path == "" {
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Required(fldPath.Child("path"), ""))
+		return allErrs
 	}
+
+	allErrs = append(allErrs, validatePathNoBacksteps(ls.Path, fldPath.Child("path"))...)
 	return allErrs
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go
index c687acda7f9e..781896834586 100644
--- a/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -281,6 +281,21 @@ func TestValidatePersistentVolumes(t *testing.T) {
 				StorageClassName: "backstep-hostpath",
 			}),
 		},
+		"bad-local-volume-backsteps": {
+			isExpectedFailure: true,
+			volume: testVolume("foo", "", api.PersistentVolumeSpec{
+				Capacity: api.ResourceList{
+					api.ResourceName(api.ResourceStorage): resource.MustParse("10G"),
+				},
+				AccessModes: []api.PersistentVolumeAccessMode{api.ReadWriteOnce},
+				PersistentVolumeSource: api.PersistentVolumeSource{
+					Local: &api.LocalVolumeSource{
+						Path: "/foo/..",
+					},
+				},
+				StorageClassName: "backstep-local",
+			}),
+		},
 	}
 
 	for name, scenario := range scenarios {
diff --git a/pkg/volume/local/BUILD b/pkg/volume/local/BUILD
index e6172e5ce318..39b25a7c822d 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/local/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/volume/local/BUILD
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/util/strings:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/volume/util:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/volume/validation:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/volume/local/local.go b/pkg/volume/local/local.go
index 9e485c52b347..d98d088ecd11 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/local/local.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/local/local.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/strings"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/util"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/volume/validation"
 )
 
 // This is the primary entrypoint for volume plugins.
@@ -192,6 +193,11 @@ func (m *localVolumeMounter) SetUpAt(dir string, fsGroup *types.UnixGroupID) err
 		return err
 	}
 
+	err := validation.ValidatePathNoBacksteps(m.globalPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid path: %s %v", m.globalPath, err)
+	}
+
 	notMnt, err := m.mounter.IsLikelyNotMountPoint(dir)
 	glog.V(4).Infof("LocalVolume mount setup: PodDir(%s) VolDir(%s) Mounted(%t) Error(%v), ReadOnly(%t)", dir, m.globalPath, !notMnt, err, m.readOnly)
 	if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
diff --git a/pkg/volume/local/local_test.go b/pkg/volume/local/local_test.go
index b417eff3ea3b..9730eff76615 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/local/local_test.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/local/local_test.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func getPersistentPlugin(t *testing.T) (string, volume.PersistentVolumePlugin) {
 	return tmpDir, plug
 }
 
-func getTestVolume(readOnly bool) *volume.Spec {
+func getTestVolume(readOnly bool, path string) *volume.Spec {
 	pv := &v1.PersistentVolume{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name: testPVName,
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func getTestVolume(readOnly bool) *volume.Spec {
 		Spec: v1.PersistentVolumeSpec{
 			PersistentVolumeSource: v1.PersistentVolumeSource{
 				Local: &v1.LocalVolumeSource{
-					Path: "/test-vol",
+					Path: path,
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func TestCanSupport(t *testing.T) {
 	tmpDir, plug := getPlugin(t)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
-	if !plug.CanSupport(getTestVolume(false)) {
+	if !plug.CanSupport(getTestVolume(false, "/test-vol")) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected true")
 	}
 }
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func TestGetVolumeName(t *testing.T) {
 	tmpDir, plug := getPersistentPlugin(t)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
-	volName, err := plug.GetVolumeName(getTestVolume(false))
+	volName, err := plug.GetVolumeName(getTestVolume(false, "/test-vol"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Failed to get volume name: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -139,12 +139,29 @@ func TestGetVolumeName(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestInvalidLocalPath(t *testing.T) {
+	tmpDir, plug := getPlugin(t)
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+
+	pod := &v1.Pod{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{UID: types.UID("poduid")}}
+	mounter, err := plug.NewMounter(getTestVolume(false, "/no/backsteps/allowed/.."), pod, volume.VolumeOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	err = mounter.SetUp(nil)
+	expectedMsg := "invalid path: /no/backsteps/allowed/.. must not contain '..'"
+	if err.Error() != expectedMsg {
+		t.Fatalf("expected error `%s` but got `%s`", expectedMsg, err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestMountUnmount(t *testing.T) {
 	tmpDir, plug := getPlugin(t)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
 	pod := &v1.Pod{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{UID: types.UID("poduid")}}
-	mounter, err := plug.NewMounter(getTestVolume(false), pod, volume.VolumeOptions{})
+	mounter, err := plug.NewMounter(getTestVolume(false, "/test-vol"), pod, volume.VolumeOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Failed to make a new Mounter: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -226,7 +243,7 @@ func TestPersistentClaimReadOnlyFlag(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Read only == true
 	pod := &v1.Pod{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{UID: types.UID("poduid")}}
-	mounter, err := plug.NewMounter(getTestVolume(true), pod, volume.VolumeOptions{})
+	mounter, err := plug.NewMounter(getTestVolume(true, "/test-vol"), pod, volume.VolumeOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Failed to make a new Mounter: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -238,7 +255,7 @@ func TestPersistentClaimReadOnlyFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Read only == false
-	mounter, err = plug.NewMounter(getTestVolume(false), pod, volume.VolumeOptions{})
+	mounter, err = plug.NewMounter(getTestVolume(false, "/test-vol"), pod, volume.VolumeOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Failed to make a new Mounter: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -259,7 +276,7 @@ func TestUnsupportedPlugins(t *testing.T) {
 
 	plugMgr := volume.VolumePluginMgr{}
 	plugMgr.InitPlugins(ProbeVolumePlugins(), volumetest.NewFakeVolumeHost(tmpDir, nil, nil))
-	spec := getTestVolume(false)
+	spec := getTestVolume(false, "/test-vol")
 
 	recyclePlug, err := plugMgr.FindRecyclablePluginBySpec(spec)
 	if err == nil && recyclePlug != nil {