Index: vsftpd-3.0.2/ls.c
===================================================================
--- vsftpd-3.0.2.orig/ls.c
+++ vsftpd-3.0.2/ls.c
@@ -121,7 +121,10 @@ vsf_ls_populate_dir_list(struct mystr_li
     if (!str_isempty(p_filter_str))
     {
       unsigned int iters = 0;
-      if (!vsf_filename_passes_filter(&s_next_filename_str, p_filter_str,
+      struct mystr normalize_filename_str;
+      str_copy(&normalize_filename_str, &s_next_filename_str);
+      str_normalize_filepath(&normalize_filename_str);
+      if (!vsf_filename_passes_filter(&normalize_filename_str, p_filter_str,
                                       &iters))
       {
         continue;
Index: vsftpd-3.0.2/str.c
===================================================================
--- vsftpd-3.0.2.orig/str.c
+++ vsftpd-3.0.2/str.c
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
 #define PRIVATE_HANDS_OFF_alloc_bytes alloc_bytes
 #include "str.h"
 
+/* normalize filepath */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
+
 /* Ick. Its for die() */
 #include "utility.h"
 #include "sysutil.h"
@@ -781,3 +787,47 @@ str_basename (struct mystr* d_str, const
   if (str_isempty(d_str))
    str_copy (d_str, path);
 }
+
+void
+str_normalize_filepath(struct mystr* filepath)
+{
+    char *path;
+    char *normdir;
+    char *dir;
+    char *filename;
+    static struct mystr tmp;
+
+    /* normalize filepath */
+    path = str_strdup(filepath);
+    char *ch1 = strdup(path);
+    char *ch2 = strdup(path);
+    /* we split dir/file as realpath /home/REGEXP is NULL so we need dir
+     * dir only to function correctly, later on we need to glue back the
+     * file if there is some
+     */
+    dir = dirname(ch1);
+    filename = basename(ch2);
+    normdir = realpath(dir, NULL);
+    if (normdir == NULL)
+    {
+        goto out;
+    }
+    str_alloc_text(&tmp, normdir);
+    unsigned int len = str_getlen(&tmp);
+    if (str_get_char_at(&tmp, len - 1) != '/')
+    {
+        str_append_char(&tmp, '/');
+    }
+    /* / is special it ends in both dirname and basename so ignore it here */
+    if (strcmp(filename, "/") != 0)
+    {
+        str_append_text(&tmp, filename);
+    }
+    str_copy(filepath, &tmp);
+out:
+    free(normdir);
+    free(path);
+    free(ch1);
+    free(ch2);
+    str_free(&tmp);
+}
Index: vsftpd-3.0.2/str.h
===================================================================
--- vsftpd-3.0.2.orig/str.h
+++ vsftpd-3.0.2/str.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ int str_atoi(const struct mystr* p_str);
 filesize_t str_a_to_filesize_t(const struct mystr* p_str);
 unsigned int str_octal_to_uint(const struct mystr* p_str);
 void str_basename (struct mystr* d_str, const struct mystr* path);
+void str_normalize_filepath(struct mystr* filepath);
 
 /* PURPOSE: Extract a line of text (delimited by \n or EOF) from a string
  * buffer, starting at character position 'p_pos'. The extracted line will