diff --git a/os/vfs/include/vfspaths.h b/os/vfs/include/vfspaths.h
index 3a35b213d..6a11cbf05 100644
--- a/os/vfs/include/vfspaths.h
+++ b/os/vfs/include/vfspaths.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
   msg_t vfs_path_append(char *dst, const char *src);
+  msg_t vfs_path_normalize(char *dst, const char *src);
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/os/vfs/src/vfsbuffers.c b/os/vfs/src/vfsbuffers.c
index e534c637e..c303b4dcf 100644
--- a/os/vfs/src/vfsbuffers.c
+++ b/os/vfs/src/vfsbuffers.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static struct {
 /*===========================================================================*/
 
 /**
- * @brief   VFS initialization.
+ * @brief   VFS path buffers initialization.
  *
  * @init
  */
diff --git a/os/vfs/src/vfsparser.c b/os/vfs/src/vfsparser.c
index 11a1ac82f..6a7ae0fa3 100644
--- a/os/vfs/src/vfsparser.c
+++ b/os/vfs/src/vfsparser.c
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ msg_t vfs_parse_match_end(const char **pathp) {
 
 /**
  * @brief   Fetches the next path element.
- * @note    Consumes the next path separator, if any.
+ * @note    Does not consume the next separator, if any.
+ * @note    It can return an empty element, it has to be detected outside.
  *
  * @param[in, out]  pathp       pointer to the path under parsing
  * @param[out]      fname       extracted file name
@@ -108,26 +109,21 @@ msg_t vfs_parse_get_fname(const char **pathp, char *fname) {
     /* Path elements must be terminated by a separator or an end-of-string.*/
     if (vfs_parse_is_separator(c) || vfs_parse_is_terminator(c)) {
 
-      /* Consecutive separators are not valid.*/
-      if (size == 0U) {
-        return VFS_RET_ENOENT;
-      }
-
       /* Advancing the path pointer past the file name in the path and
          closing the file name string.*/
       *pathp = p;
       *fname = '\0';
-      return VFS_RET_SUCCESS;
+      return (msg_t)size;
     }
 
     /* Valid characters for path names.*/
     if (!vfs_parse_is_filechar(c)) {
-      return VFS_RET_ENOENT;
+      return VFS_RET_EINVAL;
     }
 
     /* Exceeding the path element length.*/
     if (size > VFS_CFG_NAMELEN_MAX) {
-      return VFS_RET_ENOENT;
+      return VFS_RET_ENAMETOOLONG;
     }
 
     *fname++ = c;
diff --git a/os/vfs/src/vfspaths.c b/os/vfs/src/vfspaths.c
index 21d789ca7..6d14533d2 100644
--- a/os/vfs/src/vfspaths.c
+++ b/os/vfs/src/vfspaths.c
@@ -101,4 +101,81 @@ msg_t vfs_path_append(char *dst, const char *src) {
   return VFS_RET_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief   Normalizes an absolute path.
+ *
+ * @param[out] dst              The destination buffer.
+ * @param[in] src               The source path.
+ * @return                      The operation status.
+ * @retval VFS_RET_ENAMETOOLONG If the path size exceeded @p VFS_CFG_PATHLEN_MAX.
+ */
+msg_t vfs_path_normalize(char *dst, const char *src) {
+  size_t size;
+
+  VFS_RETURN_ON_ERROR(vfs_parse_match_separator(&src));
+
+  *dst++ = '/';
+  size = 1U;
+  while (true) {
+
+    /* Consecutive input separators are consumed.*/
+    while (vfs_parse_is_separator(*src)) {
+      src++;
+    }
+    msg_t ret;
+    size_t n;
+
+    /* Getting next element from the input path and copying it to
+       the output path.*/
+    ret = vfs_parse_get_fname(&src, dst);
+    VFS_RETURN_ON_ERROR(ret);
+
+    n = (size_t)ret;
+    if (n == 0U) {
+
+      /* If the path contains something after the root separator.*/
+      if (size > 1U) {
+        /* No next path element, replacing the last separator with a zero.*/
+        size--;
+        *(dst - 1) = '\0';
+      }
+
+      return (msg_t)size;
+    }
+
+    /* Handling special cases of "." and "..".*/
+    if (strcmp(dst, ".") == 0) {
+      /* Single dot elements are discarded.*/
+      /* Consecutive input separators are consumed.*/
+      continue;
+    }
+    else if (strcmp(dst, "..") == 0) {
+      /* Double dot elements require to remove the last element from
+         the output path.*/
+      if (size > 1) {
+        /* Back on the separator.*/
+        dst--;
+        size--;
+
+        /* Scanning back to just after the previous separator.*/
+        do {
+          dst--;
+          size--;
+        } while(!vfs_parse_is_separator(*(dst - 1)));
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    dst  += n;
+    size += n;
+
+    /* Adding a single separator to the output.*/
+    *dst++ = '/';
+    size++;
+
+    do {
+    } while (false);
+  }
+}
+
 /** @} */