gistfile1.txt

diff --git a/tests/unit/test_service.py b/tests/unit/test_service.py
index c478351..8b74b64 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_service.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_service.py
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@
 # implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+import contextlib
 import mock
 import os
+import shutil
 import tempfile
 import testtools
 from hashlib import md5
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ from six.moves.queue import Queue, Empty as QueueEmptyError
 
 import swiftclient
 from swiftclient.service import SwiftService, SwiftError
-from swiftclient.client import Connection
+from swiftclient.client import Connection, ClientException
 
 
 clean_os_environ = {}
@@ -539,6 +541,18 @@ class TestSwiftUploadObject(testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(SwiftError, self.suo, [])
 
 
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def in_temp_dir():
+    cwd = os.getcwd()
+    tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+    try:
+        os.chdir(tempdir)
+        yield
+    finally:
+        os.chdir(cwd)
+        shutil.rmtree(tempdir)
+
+
 class TestService(testtools.TestCase):
 
     def test_upload_with_bad_segment_size(self):
@@ -551,3 +565,23 @@ class TestService(testtools.TestCase):
             except SwiftError as exc:
                 self.assertEqual('Segment size should be an integer value',
                                  exc.value)
+
+    def test_uplaod_with_realative_path(self):
+        service = SwiftService({})
+        with mock.patch('swiftclient.service.Connection') as mock_conn:
+            # make the segment check request 404
+            mock_conn.return_value.head_object.side_effect = ClientException(
+                'Not Found', http_status=404)
+            with in_temp_dir():
+                with open('./test', 'w') as f:
+                    f.write('asdf')
+                resp_iter = service.upload('c', ['./test'])
+                responses = [x for x in resp_iter]
+        for resp in responses:
+            self.assertTrue(resp['success'])
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(responses))
+        create_container_resp, upload_object_resp = responses
+        self.assertEqual(create_container_resp['action'], 'create_container')
+        self.assertEqual(upload_object_resp['action'], 'upload_object')
+        self.assertEqual(upload_object_resp['object'], 'test')
+        self.assertEqual(upload_object_resp['path'], './test')