diff --git a/autotests/kurlnavigatortest.cpp b/autotests/kurlnavigatortest.cpp
--- a/autotests/kurlnavigatortest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/kurlnavigatortest.cpp
@@ -203,13 +203,17 @@
     QTest::newRow("homeDir") << QStringLiteral("~") << QUrl::fromLocalFile(QDir::homePath());
     KUser user(KUser::UseRealUserID);
     QTest::newRow("userHomeDir") << (QStringLiteral("~") + user.loginName()) << QUrl::fromLocalFile(user.homeDir());
+
+    QTest::newRow("relativeFile") << QStringLiteral(".some_dotfile") << QUrl::fromUserInput(".some_dotfile", QDir::homePath(), QUrl::AssumeLocalFile);
+    QTest::newRow("relativeDir") << QStringLiteral("some_directory") << QUrl::fromUserInput("some_directory", QDir::homePath(), QUrl::AssumeLocalFile);
 }
 
 void KUrlNavigatorTest::testUrlParsing()
 {
     QFETCH(QString, input);
     QFETCH(QUrl, url);
 
+    m_navigator->setHomeUrl(QDir::homePath());
     m_navigator->setLocationUrl(QUrl());
     m_navigator->setUrlEditable(true);
     m_navigator->editor()->setCurrentText(input);
diff --git a/src/filewidgets/kurlnavigator.cpp b/src/filewidgets/kurlnavigator.cpp
--- a/src/filewidgets/kurlnavigator.cpp
+++ b/src/filewidgets/kurlnavigator.cpp
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@
     if (KUriFilter::self()->filterUri(filteredData, QStringList() << QStringLiteral("kshorturifilter") << QStringLiteral("kurisearchfilter"))) {
         return filteredData.uri();
     } else {
-        return QUrl::fromUserInput(filteredData.typedString());
+        return QUrl::fromUserInput(filteredData.typedString(), QDir::homePath(), QUrl::AssumeLocalFile);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/kurifilter.cpp b/src/widgets/kurifilter.cpp
--- a/src/widgets/kurifilter.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kurifilter.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <QtCore/QStringBuilder>
 #include <QtNetwork/QHostInfo>
 #include <QtNetwork/QHostAddress>
+#include <QtCore/QDir>
 
 typedef QList<KUriFilterPlugin *> KUriFilterPluginList;
 typedef QMap<QString, KUriFilterSearchProvider *> SearchProviderMap;
@@ -268,7 +269,7 @@
 }
 
 KUriFilterData::KUriFilterData(const QString &url)
-    : d(new KUriFilterDataPrivate(QUrl::fromUserInput(url), url))
+    : d(new KUriFilterDataPrivate(QUrl::fromUserInput(url, QDir::homePath(), QUrl::AssumeLocalFile), url))
 {
 }