diff --git a/src/Composer/Package/Package.php b/src/Composer/Package/Package.php
index a57ea6c6e..cb985d2f4 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Package/Package.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Package/Package.php
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class Package extends BasePackage
             return;
         }
 
-        return ltrim(preg_replace('{ (?:^|[\\\\/]) \.\.? (?:[\\\\/]|$) (?:\.\.? (?:[\\\\/]|$) )*}x', '/', $this->targetDir), '/');
+        return ltrim(preg_replace('{ (?:^|[\\\\/]+) \.\.? (?:[\\\\/]+|$) (?:\.\.? (?:[\\\\/]+|$) )*}x', '/', $this->targetDir), '/');
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Package/CompletePackageTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Package/CompletePackageTest.php
index f6faf505b..b6f90928c 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Package/CompletePackageTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Package/CompletePackageTest.php
@@ -94,5 +94,8 @@ class CompletePackageTest extends TestCase
 
         $package->setTargetDir('/foo/..');
         $this->assertEquals('foo/', $package->getTargetDir());
+
+        $package->setTargetDir('/foo/..//bar');
+        $this->assertEquals('foo/bar', $package->getTargetDir());
     }
 }