diff --git a/testenv/Makefile.am b/testenv/Makefile.am
index deef18ee..b68ef8f2 100644
--- a/testenv/Makefile.am
+++ b/testenv/Makefile.am
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@
 
 
 if METALINK_IS_ENABLED
-  METALINK_TESTS = Test-metalink-xml.py             \
-    Test-metalink-http.py
+  METALINK_TESTS = Test-metalink-http.py            \
+    Test-metalink-xml.py                            \
+    Test-metalink-xml-relpath.py                    \
+    Test-metalink-xml-abspath.py
 else
   METALINK_TESTS =
 endif
diff --git a/testenv/Test-metalink-xml-abspath.py b/testenv/Test-metalink-xml-abspath.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..62aabb91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testenv/Test-metalink-xml-abspath.py
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+from sys import exit
+from test.http_test import HTTPTest
+from misc.wget_file import WgetFile
+import re
+import hashlib
+
+"""
+    This is to test if Metalink XML file escapes current directory.
+"""
+############# File Definitions ###############################################
+File1 = "Would you like some Tea?"
+File1_lowPref = "Do not take this"
+File1_sha256 = hashlib.sha256 (File1.encode ('UTF-8')).hexdigest ()
+MetaXml = \
+"""<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<metalink version="3.0" xmlns="http://www.metalinker.org/">
+  <publisher>
+    <name>GNU Wget</name>
+  </publisher>
+  <license>
+    <name>GNU GPL</name>
+    <url>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html</url>
+  </license>
+  <identity>Wget Test File 1</identity>
+  <version>1.2.3</version>
+  <description>Wget Test File 1 description</description>
+  <files>
+    <file name="/File1">
+      <verification>
+        <hash type="sha256">{{FILE1_HASH}}</hash>
+      </verification>
+      <resources>
+        <url type="http" preference="40">http://broken.example/File1</url>
+        <url type="http" preference="25">http://{{SRV_HOST}}:{{SRV_PORT}}/File1_lowPref</url>
+        <url type="http" preference="30">http://{{SRV_HOST}}:{{SRV_PORT}}/File1</url>
+      </resources>
+    </file>
+  </files>
+</metalink>
+"""
+
+A_File = WgetFile ("File1", File1)
+B_File = WgetFile ("File1_lowPref", File1_lowPref)
+MetaFile = WgetFile ("test.meta4", MetaXml)
+
+WGET_OPTIONS = "--input-metalink test.meta4"
+WGET_URLS = [[]]
+
+Files = [[A_File, B_File]]
+Existing_Files = [MetaFile]
+
+ExpectedReturnCode = 0
+ExpectedDownloadedFiles = [MetaFile]
+
+################ Pre and Post Test Hooks #####################################
+pre_test = {
+    "ServerFiles"       : Files,
+    "LocalFiles"        : Existing_Files
+}
+test_options = {
+    "WgetCommands"      : WGET_OPTIONS,
+    "Urls"              : WGET_URLS
+}
+post_test = {
+    "ExpectedFiles"     : ExpectedDownloadedFiles,
+    "ExpectedRetcode"   : ExpectedReturnCode
+}
+
+http_test = HTTPTest (
+                pre_hook=pre_test,
+                test_params=test_options,
+                post_hook=post_test,
+)
+
+http_test.server_setup()
+### Get and use dynamic server sockname
+srv_host, srv_port = http_test.servers[0].server_inst.socket.getsockname ()
+
+MetaXml = re.sub (r'{{FILE1_HASH}}', File1_sha256, MetaXml)
+MetaXml = re.sub (r'{{SRV_HOST}}', srv_host, MetaXml)
+MetaXml = re.sub (r'{{SRV_PORT}}', str (srv_port), MetaXml)
+MetaFile.content = MetaXml
+
+err = http_test.begin ()
+
+exit (err)
diff --git a/testenv/Test-metalink-xml-relpath.py b/testenv/Test-metalink-xml-relpath.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..041d7723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testenv/Test-metalink-xml-relpath.py
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+from sys import exit
+from test.http_test import HTTPTest
+from misc.wget_file import WgetFile
+import re
+import hashlib
+
+"""
+    This is to test if Metalink XML file escapes current directory.
+"""
+############# File Definitions ###############################################
+File1 = "Would you like some Tea?"
+File1_lowPref = "Do not take this"
+File1_sha256 = hashlib.sha256 (File1.encode ('UTF-8')).hexdigest ()
+MetaXml = \
+"""<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<metalink version="3.0" xmlns="http://www.metalinker.org/">
+  <publisher>
+    <name>GNU Wget</name>
+  </publisher>
+  <license>
+    <name>GNU GPL</name>
+    <url>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html</url>
+  </license>
+  <identity>Wget Test File 1</identity>
+  <version>1.2.3</version>
+  <description>Wget Test File 1 description</description>
+  <files>
+    <file name="../File1">
+      <verification>
+        <hash type="sha256">{{FILE1_HASH}}</hash>
+      </verification>
+      <resources>
+        <url type="http" preference="40">http://broken.example/File1</url>
+        <url type="http" preference="25">http://{{SRV_HOST}}:{{SRV_PORT}}/File1_lowPref</url>
+        <url type="http" preference="30">http://{{SRV_HOST}}:{{SRV_PORT}}/File1</url>
+      </resources>
+    </file>
+  </files>
+</metalink>
+"""
+
+A_File = WgetFile ("File1", File1)
+B_File = WgetFile ("File1_lowPref", File1_lowPref)
+MetaFile = WgetFile ("test.meta4", MetaXml)
+
+WGET_OPTIONS = "--input-metalink test.meta4"
+WGET_URLS = [[]]
+
+Files = [[A_File, B_File]]
+Existing_Files = [MetaFile]
+
+ExpectedReturnCode = 0
+ExpectedDownloadedFiles = [MetaFile]
+
+################ Pre and Post Test Hooks #####################################
+pre_test = {
+    "ServerFiles"       : Files,
+    "LocalFiles"        : Existing_Files
+}
+test_options = {
+    "WgetCommands"      : WGET_OPTIONS,
+    "Urls"              : WGET_URLS
+}
+post_test = {
+    "ExpectedFiles"     : ExpectedDownloadedFiles,
+    "ExpectedRetcode"   : ExpectedReturnCode
+}
+
+http_test = HTTPTest (
+                pre_hook=pre_test,
+                test_params=test_options,
+                post_hook=post_test,
+)
+
+http_test.server_setup()
+### Get and use dynamic server sockname
+srv_host, srv_port = http_test.servers[0].server_inst.socket.getsockname ()
+
+MetaXml = re.sub (r'{{FILE1_HASH}}', File1_sha256, MetaXml)
+MetaXml = re.sub (r'{{SRV_HOST}}', srv_host, MetaXml)
+MetaXml = re.sub (r'{{SRV_PORT}}', str (srv_port), MetaXml)
+MetaFile.content = MetaXml
+
+err = http_test.begin ()
+
+exit (err)