diff --git a/autotests/kurlnavigatortest.cpp b/autotests/kurlnavigatortest.cpp
--- a/autotests/kurlnavigatortest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/kurlnavigatortest.cpp
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@
     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", QLatin1String(""), QUrl::AssumeLocalFile);
+    QTest::newRow("relativeDir") << QStringLiteral("some_directory") << QUrl::fromUserInput("some_directory", QLatin1String(""), QUrl::AssumeLocalFile);
 }
 
 void KUrlNavigatorTest::testUrlParsing()
diff --git a/src/filewidgets/kurlnavigator.cpp b/src/filewidgets/kurlnavigator.cpp
--- a/src/filewidgets/kurlnavigator.cpp
+++ b/src/filewidgets/kurlnavigator.cpp
@@ -1006,9 +1006,9 @@
     filteredData.setCheckForExecutables(false);
     if (KUriFilter::self()->filterUri(filteredData, QStringList() << QStringLiteral("kshorturifilter") << QStringLiteral("kurisearchfilter"))) {
         return filteredData.uri();
-    } else {
-        return QUrl::fromUserInput(filteredData.typedString());
     }
+
+    return QUrl::fromUserInput(filteredData.typedString(), QLatin1String(""), QUrl::AssumeLocalFile);
 }
 
 void KUrlNavigator::setLocationUrl(const QUrl &newUrl)
diff --git a/src/widgets/kurifilter.cpp b/src/widgets/kurifilter.cpp
--- a/src/widgets/kurifilter.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kurifilter.cpp
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
 }
 
 KUriFilterData::KUriFilterData(const QString &url)
-    : d(new KUriFilterDataPrivate(QUrl::fromUserInput(url), url))
+    : d(new KUriFilterDataPrivate(QUrl::fromUserInput(url, QLatin1String(""), QUrl::AssumeLocalFile), url))
 {
 }