diff --git a/cap-primitives/src/fs/manually/open.rs b/cap-primitives/src/fs/manually/open.rs
index 0bda7514..20a4b546 100644
--- a/cap-primitives/src/fs/manually/open.rs
+++ b/cap-primitives/src/fs/manually/open.rs
@@ -222,23 +222,12 @@ impl<'start> Context<'start> {
             dir_options()
         };
 
-        // If the last path component ended in a slash, re-add the slash,
-        // as Rust's `Path` will have removed it, and we need it to get the
-        // same behavior from the OS.
-        let use_path: Cow<OsStr> = if self.components.is_empty() && self.trailing_slash {
-            let mut p = one.to_os_string();
-            p.push("/");
-            Cow::Owned(p)
-        } else {
-            Cow::Borrowed(one)
-        };
-
         let dir_required = self.dir_required || use_options.dir_required;
 
         #[allow(clippy::redundant_clone)]
         match open_unchecked(
             &self.base,
-            use_path.as_ref(),
+            one.as_ref(),
             use_options
                 .clone()
                 .follow(FollowSymlinks::No)
diff --git a/tests/fs_additional.rs b/tests/fs_additional.rs
index bc220df0..967a3cab 100644
--- a/tests/fs_additional.rs
+++ b/tests/fs_additional.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #[macro_use]
 mod sys_common;
 
+use cap_std::ambient_authority;
 use cap_std::fs::{Dir, DirBuilder, OpenOptions};
 use cap_std::time::SystemClock;
 use std::io::{self, Read, Write};
@@ -1412,3 +1413,99 @@ fn statat_slash() {
         );
     }
 }
+
+/// Test interactions between symlinks and trailing slashes.
+#[test]
+fn trailing_slash_symlink() {
+    let tmpdir = tmpdir();
+
+    check!(tmpdir.create_dir("sandbox"));
+    check!(symlink_dir("../outside", &tmpdir, "sandbox/hidden"));
+    check!(symlink_dir("hidden/", &tmpdir, "sandbox/indirect"));
+
+    let sandbox = check!(tmpdir.open_dir("sandbox"));
+
+    for path in ["hidden", "hidden/", "indirect", "indirect/"] {
+        error!(
+            sandbox.open_dir(path),
+            "a path led outside of the filesystem"
+        );
+        error!(
+            sandbox.read_dir(path),
+            "a path led outside of the filesystem"
+        );
+        error!(
+            sandbox.canonicalize(path),
+            "a path led outside of the filesystem"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+/// Similar to `trailing_slash_symlink`, but populates the test directory
+/// outside the sandbox, so it can cover more cases.
+#[test]
+fn trailing_slash_symlink_more() {
+    let tmpdir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+
+    check!(std::fs::create_dir(tmpdir.path().join("sandbox")));
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    {
+        check!(std::os::unix::fs::symlink(
+            "../outside",
+            tmpdir.path().join("sandbox/hidden")
+        ));
+        check!(std::os::unix::fs::symlink(
+            "hidden/",
+            tmpdir.path().join("sandbox/indirect")
+        ));
+        check!(std::os::unix::fs::symlink(
+            "/.",
+            tmpdir.path().join("sandbox/root_link")
+        ));
+    }
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    {
+        check!(std::os::windows::fs::symlink_dir(
+            "../outside",
+            tmpdir.path().join("sandbox/hidden")
+        ));
+        check!(std::os::windows::fs::symlink_dir(
+            "hidden/",
+            tmpdir.path().join("sandbox/indirect")
+        ));
+        check!(std::os::windows::fs::symlink_dir(
+            "/.",
+            tmpdir.path().join("sandbox/root_link")
+        ));
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(any(unix, windows)))]
+    {
+        compile_error!("not implemented yet");
+    }
+
+    let tmpdir = check!(Dir::open_ambient_dir(tmpdir.path(), ambient_authority()));
+
+    let sandbox = check!(tmpdir.open_dir("sandbox"));
+
+    for path in [
+        "hidden",
+        "hidden/",
+        "indirect",
+        "indirect/",
+        "root_link",
+        "root_link/",
+    ] {
+        error!(
+            sandbox.open_dir(path),
+            "a path led outside of the filesystem"
+        );
+        error!(
+            sandbox.read_dir(path),
+            "a path led outside of the filesystem"
+        );
+        error!(
+            sandbox.canonicalize(path),
+            "a path led outside of the filesystem"
+        );
+    }
+}