diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
index 59142ce27..0a77f26d9 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ common/type/list.o: common/type/list.c build.auto.h common/assert.h common/debug
 common/type/mcv.o: common/type/mcv.c build.auto.h common/assert.h common/debug.h common/error.auto.h common/error.h common/logLevel.h common/macro.h common/memContext.h common/object.h common/stackTrace.h common/type/buffer.h common/type/convert.h common/type/keyValue.h common/type/list.h common/type/mcv.h common/type/string.h common/type/stringList.h common/type/variant.h common/type/variantList.h
 	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(CMAKE) -c common/type/mcv.c -o common/type/mcv.o
 
-common/type/string.o: common/type/string.c build.auto.h common/assert.h common/debug.h common/error.auto.h common/error.h common/logLevel.h common/macro.h common/memContext.h common/stackTrace.h common/type/buffer.h common/type/convert.h common/type/string.h
+common/type/string.o: common/type/string.c build.auto.h common/assert.h common/debug.h common/error.auto.h common/error.h common/logLevel.h common/macro.h common/memContext.h common/stackTrace.h common/type/buffer.h common/type/convert.h common/type/keyValue.h common/type/list.h common/type/string.h common/type/stringList.h common/type/variant.h common/type/variantList.h
 	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(CMAKE) -c common/type/string.c -o common/type/string.o
 
 common/type/stringList.o: common/type/stringList.c build.auto.h common/assert.h common/debug.h common/error.auto.h common/error.h common/logLevel.h common/memContext.h common/stackTrace.h common/type/buffer.h common/type/convert.h common/type/keyValue.h common/type/list.h common/type/string.h common/type/stringList.h common/type/variant.h common/type/variantList.h
diff --git a/src/common/type/string.c b/src/common/type/string.c
index e56a08473..1e634ac53 100644
--- a/src/common/type/string.c
+++ b/src/common/type/string.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ String Handler
 #include "common/macro.h"
 #include "common/memContext.h"
 #include "common/type/string.h"
+#include "common/type/stringList.h"
 
 /***********************************************************************************************************************************
 Constant strings that are generally useful
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ STRING_EXTERN(BRACKETL_STR,                                         "[");
 STRING_EXTERN(BRACKETR_STR,                                         "]");
 STRING_EXTERN(CR_STR,                                               "\r");
 STRING_EXTERN(DOT_STR,                                              ".");
+STRING_EXTERN(DOTDOT_STR,                                           "..");
 STRING_EXTERN(EMPTY_STR,                                            "");
 STRING_EXTERN(EQ_STR,                                               "=");
 STRING_EXTERN(FALSE_STR,                                            "false");
@@ -594,6 +596,85 @@ strPath(const String *this)
             end - this->buffer <= 1 ? (size_t)(end - this->buffer) : (size_t)(end - this->buffer - 1)));
 }
 
+/***********************************************************************************************************************************
+Combine with a base path to get an absolute path
+***********************************************************************************************************************************/
+String *
+strPathAbsolute(const String *this, const String *base)
+{
+    FUNCTION_TEST_BEGIN();
+        FUNCTION_TEST_PARAM(STRING, this);
+        FUNCTION_TEST_PARAM(STRING, base);
+    FUNCTION_TEST_END();
+
+    ASSERT(this != NULL);
+
+    String *result = NULL;
+
+    // Path is already absolute so just return it
+    if (strBeginsWith(this, FSLASH_STR))
+    {
+        result = strDup(this);
+    }
+    // Else we'll need to construct the absolute path.  You would hope we could use realpath() here but it is so broken in the
+    // Posix spec that is seems best avoided.
+    else
+    {
+        ASSERT(base != NULL);
+
+        // Base must be absolute to start
+        if (!strBeginsWith(base, FSLASH_STR))
+            THROW_FMT(AssertError, "base path '%s' is not absolute", strPtr(base));
+
+        MEM_CONTEXT_TEMP_BEGIN()
+        {
+            StringList *baseList = strLstNewSplit(base, FSLASH_STR);
+            StringList *pathList = strLstNewSplit(this, FSLASH_STR);
+
+            while (strLstSize(pathList) > 0)
+            {
+                const String *pathPart = strLstGet(pathList, 0);
+
+                if (strSize(pathPart) == 0)
+                    THROW_FMT(AssertError, "'%s' is not a valid relative path", strPtr(this));
+
+                if (strEq(pathPart, DOTDOT_STR))
+                {
+                    const String *basePart = strLstGet(baseList, strLstSize(baseList) - 1);
+
+                    if (strSize(basePart) == 0)
+                    {
+                        THROW_FMT(
+                            AssertError, "relative path '%s' goes back too far in base path '%s'", strPtr(this), strPtr(base));
+                    }
+
+                    strLstRemoveIdx(baseList, strLstSize(baseList) - 1);
+                }
+                else
+                    strLstAdd(baseList, pathPart);
+
+                strLstRemoveIdx(pathList, 0);
+            }
+
+            memContextSwitch(MEM_CONTEXT_OLD());
+
+            if (strLstSize(baseList) == 1)
+                result = strDup(FSLASH_STR);
+            else
+                result = strLstJoin(baseList, "/");
+
+            memContextSwitch(MEM_CONTEXT_TEMP());
+        }
+        MEM_CONTEXT_TEMP_END();
+    }
+
+    // There should not be any stray .. or // in the final result
+    if (strstr(strPtr(result), "/..") != NULL || strstr(strPtr(result), "//") != NULL)
+        THROW_FMT(AssertError, "result path '%s' is not absolute", strPtr(result));
+
+    FUNCTION_TEST_RETURN(result);
+}
+
 /***********************************************************************************************************************************
 Return string ptr
 ***********************************************************************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/common/type/string.h b/src/common/type/string.h
index ba61f5fc0..d9ff1263c 100644
--- a/src/common/type/string.h
+++ b/src/common/type/string.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ String *strFirstLower(String *this);
 String *strUpper(String *this);
 String *strLower(String *this);
 String *strPath(const String *this);
+String *strPathAbsolute(const String *this, const String *base);
 const char *strPtr(const String *this);
 String *strQuote(const String *this, const String *quote);
 String *strQuoteZ(const String *this, const char *quote);
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ STRING_DECLARE(BRACKETL_STR);
 STRING_DECLARE(BRACKETR_STR);
 STRING_DECLARE(CR_STR);
 STRING_DECLARE(DOT_STR);
+STRING_DECLARE(DOTDOT_STR);
 STRING_DECLARE(EMPTY_STR);
 STRING_DECLARE(EQ_STR);
 STRING_DECLARE(FALSE_STR);
diff --git a/src/common/type/stringList.c b/src/common/type/stringList.c
index b48a853b0..e7ae45264 100644
--- a/src/common/type/stringList.c
+++ b/src/common/type/stringList.c
@@ -628,6 +628,19 @@ strLstRemove(StringList *this, const String *item)
     FUNCTION_TEST_RETURN(lstRemove((List *)this, &item));
 }
 
+StringList *
+strLstRemoveIdx(StringList *this, unsigned int listIdx)
+{
+    FUNCTION_TEST_BEGIN();
+        FUNCTION_TEST_PARAM(STRING_LIST, this);
+        FUNCTION_TEST_PARAM(UINT, listIdx);
+    FUNCTION_TEST_END();
+
+    ASSERT(this != NULL);
+
+    FUNCTION_TEST_RETURN((StringList *)lstRemoveIdx((List *)this, listIdx));
+}
+
 /***********************************************************************************************************************************
 Wrapper for lstSize()
 ***********************************************************************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/common/type/stringList.h b/src/common/type/stringList.h
index c221db83b..bf8fc1eb6 100644
--- a/src/common/type/stringList.h
+++ b/src/common/type/stringList.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ StringList *strLstMergeAnti(const StringList *this, const StringList *anti);
 StringList *strLstMove(StringList *this, MemContext *parentNew);
 const char **strLstPtr(const StringList *this);
 bool strLstRemove(StringList *this, const String *item);
+StringList *strLstRemoveIdx(StringList *this, unsigned int listIdx);
 unsigned int strLstSize(const StringList *this);
 StringList *strLstSort(StringList *this, SortOrder sortOrder);
 
diff --git a/test/src/module/common/typeStringTest.c b/test/src/module/common/typeStringTest.c
index c39b5fdbe..65a9df394 100644
--- a/test/src/module/common/typeStringTest.c
+++ b/test/src/module/common/typeStringTest.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ testRun(void)
     }
 
     // *****************************************************************************************************************************
-    if (testBegin("strBase() and strPath()"))
+    if (testBegin("strBase(), strPath(), and strPathAbsolute()"))
     {
         TEST_RESULT_STR(strPtr(strBase(STRDEF(""))), "", "empty string");
         TEST_RESULT_STR(strPtr(strBase(STRDEF("/"))), "", "/ only");
@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@ testRun(void)
         TEST_RESULT_STR(strPtr(strPath(STRDEF("/"))), "/", "/ only");
         TEST_RESULT_STR(strPtr(strPath(STRDEF("/file"))), "/", "root path");
         TEST_RESULT_STR(strPtr(strPath(STRDEF("/dir1/dir2/file"))), "/dir1/dir2", "subdirectory file");
+
+        TEST_ERROR(strPathAbsolute(STRDEF("/.."), NULL), AssertError, "result path '/..' is not absolute");
+        TEST_ERROR(strPathAbsolute(STRDEF("//"), NULL), AssertError, "result path '//' is not absolute");
+        TEST_ERROR(strPathAbsolute(STRDEF(".."), STRDEF("path1")), AssertError, "base path 'path1' is not absolute");
+        TEST_ERROR(
+            strPathAbsolute(STRDEF(".."), STRDEF("/")), AssertError, "relative path '..' goes back too far in base path '/'");
+        TEST_ERROR(strPathAbsolute(STRDEF("path1/"), STRDEF("/")), AssertError, "'path1/' is not a valid relative path");
+        TEST_RESULT_STR_Z(strPathAbsolute(STRDEF("/"), NULL), "/", "path is already absolute");
+        TEST_RESULT_STR_Z(strPathAbsolute(STRDEF(".."), STRDEF("/path1")), "/", "simple relative path");
+        TEST_RESULT_STR_Z(
+            strPathAbsolute(STRDEF("../path2/../path3"), STRDEF("/base1/base2")), "/base1/path3", "complex relative path");
     }
 
     // *****************************************************************************************************************************