diff --git a/docs/node/relative-paths.md b/docs/node/relative-paths.md
index 33d0d0285..f25e06107 100644
--- a/docs/node/relative-paths.md
+++ b/docs/node/relative-paths.md
@@ -23,3 +23,14 @@ is one folder that exists in all `memfs` volumes:
 ```js
 process.chdir('/');
 ```
+
+# Experimental support
+
+PR [1124](https://github.com/streamich/memfs/pull/1224) adds partial support for
+relative paths. Tests are passing on the following methods:
+
+- `fs.promises.readFile`
+- `fs.readFileSync`
+- `vol.readdirSync`
+- `vol.opendir`
+- `vol.statSync`
diff --git a/packages/fs-core/src/Superblock.ts b/packages/fs-core/src/Superblock.ts
index ae884c07b..b5d4e4806 100644
--- a/packages/fs-core/src/Superblock.ts
+++ b/packages/fs-core/src/Superblock.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,14 @@ export class Superblock {
     this.root = root;
   }
 
+  protected _cwd: string = '/';
+  get cwd(): string {
+    return this._cwd;
+  }
+  set cwd(value: string) {
+    this._cwd = value;
+  }
+
   createLink(): Link;
   createLink(parent: Link, name: string, isDirectory?: boolean, mode?: number): Link;
   createLink(parent?: Link, name?: string, isDirectory: boolean = false, mode?: number): Link {
@@ -202,7 +210,7 @@ export class Superblock {
       steps = stepsOrFilenameOrLink.steps;
       filename = pathSep + steps.join(pathSep);
     } else if (typeof stepsOrFilenameOrLink === 'string') {
-      steps = filenameToSteps(stepsOrFilenameOrLink);
+      steps = filenameToSteps(stepsOrFilenameOrLink, this.cwd);
       filename = stepsOrFilenameOrLink;
     } else {
       steps = stepsOrFilenameOrLink;
@@ -243,7 +251,7 @@ export class Superblock {
       if (node.isSymlink() && (resolveSymlinks || i < steps.length - 1)) {
         const resolvedPath = isAbsolute(node.symlink) ? node.symlink : pathJoin(dirname(curr.getPath()), node.symlink); // Relative to symlink's parent
 
-        steps = filenameToSteps(resolvedPath).concat(steps.slice(i + 1));
+        steps = filenameToSteps(resolvedPath, this.cwd).concat(steps.slice(i + 1));
         curr = this.root;
         i = 0;
         continue;
@@ -331,7 +339,7 @@ export class Superblock {
 
   getLinkParentAsDirOrThrow(filenameOrSteps: string | string[], funcName?: string): Link {
     const steps: string[] = (
-      filenameOrSteps instanceof Array ? filenameOrSteps : filenameToSteps(filenameOrSteps)
+      filenameOrSteps instanceof Array ? filenameOrSteps : filenameToSteps(filenameOrSteps, this.cwd)
     ).slice(0, -1);
     const filename: string = pathSep + steps.join(pathSep);
     const link = this.getLinkOrThrow(filename, funcName);
@@ -412,10 +420,11 @@ export class Superblock {
     return json;
   }
 
-  fromJSON(json: DirectoryJSON, cwd: string = this.process.cwd()) {
+  fromJSON(json: DirectoryJSON, cwd: string = "/") {
+    this.cwd = cwd;
     for (let filename in json) {
       const data = json[filename];
-      filename = resolve(filename, cwd);
+      filename = resolve(filename, this.cwd);
       if (typeof data === 'string' || data instanceof Buffer) {
         const dir = dirname(filename);
         this.mkdirp(dir, MODE.DIR);
@@ -500,7 +509,7 @@ export class Superblock {
     modeNum: number | undefined,
     resolveSymlinks: boolean = true,
   ): File {
-    const steps = filenameToSteps(filename);
+    const steps = filenameToSteps(filename, this.cwd);
     let link: Link | null;
     try {
       link = resolveSymlinks ? this.getResolvedLinkOrThrow(filename, 'open') : this.getLinkOrThrow(filename, 'open');
@@ -639,7 +648,7 @@ export class Superblock {
   };
 
   public readonly symlink = (targetFilename: string, pathFilename: string): Link => {
-    const pathSteps = filenameToSteps(pathFilename);
+    const pathSteps = filenameToSteps(pathFilename, this.cwd);
     // Check if directory exists, where we about to create a symlink.
     let dirLink;
     try {
@@ -715,7 +724,7 @@ export class Superblock {
   };
 
   public readonly mkdir = (filename: string, modeNum: number): void => {
-    const steps = filenameToSteps(filename);
+    const steps = filenameToSteps(filename, this.cwd);
     // This will throw if user tries to create root dir `fs.mkdirSync('/')`.
     if (!steps.length) throw createError(ERROR_CODE.EEXIST, 'mkdir', filename);
     const dir = this.getLinkParentAsDirOrThrow(filename, 'mkdir');
@@ -732,7 +741,7 @@ export class Superblock {
    */
   public readonly mkdirp = (filename: string, modeNum: number): string | undefined => {
     let created = false;
-    const steps = filenameToSteps(filename);
+    const steps = filenameToSteps(filename, this.cwd);
     let curr: Link | null = null;
     let i = steps.length;
     // Find the longest subpath of filename that still exists:
diff --git a/packages/fs-core/src/util.ts b/packages/fs-core/src/util.ts
index 265d5714c..75e373acf 100644
--- a/packages/fs-core/src/util.ts
+++ b/packages/fs-core/src/util.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ export function pathToFilename(path: misc.PathLike): string {
     path = getPathFromURLPosix(path);
   }
   const pathString = String(path);
+  if (pathString === '.') return './';
   nullCheck(pathString);
   return pathString;
 }
diff --git a/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/util.ts b/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/util.ts
index bbb5250d1..b1514cf3a 100644
--- a/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/util.ts
+++ b/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/util.ts
@@ -9,17 +9,17 @@ export const multitest = (_done: (err?: Error) => void, times: number) => {
   };
 };
 
-export const create = (json: { [s: string]: string } = { '/foo': 'bar' }) => {
-  const vol = Volume.fromJSON(json);
+export const create = (json: { [s: string]: string } = { '/foo': 'bar' }, cwd?: string) => {
+  const vol = Volume.fromJSON(json, cwd);
   return vol;
 };
 
-export const createFs = (json?) => {
-  const vol = create(json);
+export const createFs = (json?: any, cwd?: string) => {
+  const vol = create(json, cwd);
   return vol;
 };
 
-export const memfs = (json: NestedDirectoryJSON = {}, cwd: string = '/') => {
+export const memfs = (json: NestedDirectoryJSON = {}, cwd?: string) => {
   const vol = Volume.fromNestedJSON(json, cwd);
   return { fs: vol, vol };
 };
diff --git a/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/volume.test.ts b/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/volume.test.ts
index a49db509f..840b1608b 100644
--- a/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/volume.test.ts
+++ b/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/volume.test.ts
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ describe('volume', () => {
           expect(fd).toBeGreaterThan(0);
           done();
         });
-      }, 100);
+      });
       it('Error on file not found', done => {
         vol.open('/non-existing-file.txt', 'r', (err, fd) => {
           expect(err).toHaveProperty('code', 'ENOENT');
diff --git a/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/volume/cwd.test.ts b/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/volume/cwd.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76a63d0b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/volume/cwd.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { create } from '../util';
+
+describe('Volume.cwd', () => {
+  it('Supports absolute path changes', () => {
+    const vol = create(
+      {
+        '/file': 'root',
+        '/a/file': 'a',
+        '/a/b/file': 'b',
+      },
+      '/',
+    );
+    expect(vol.readFileSync('./file', 'utf8')).toEqual('root');
+    vol.cwd = '/a';
+    expect(vol.readFileSync('./file', 'utf8')).toEqual('a');
+    vol.cwd = '/a/b';
+    expect(vol.readFileSync('./file', 'utf8')).toEqual('b');
+  });
+  it('Supports relative path changes', () => {
+    const vol = create(
+      {
+        file: 'root',
+        'a/file': 'a',
+        'a/b/file': 'b',
+      },
+      process.cwd(),
+    );
+    expect(vol.readFileSync('./file', 'utf8')).toEqual('root');
+    vol.cwd = 'a';
+    expect(vol.readFileSync('./file', 'utf8')).toEqual('a');
+    vol.cwd = 'a/b';
+    expect(vol.readFileSync('./file', 'utf8')).toEqual('b');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/volume/opendir.test.ts b/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/volume/opendir.test.ts
index 36c00b52b..a32924ff6 100644
--- a/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/volume/opendir.test.ts
+++ b/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/volume/opendir.test.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,35 @@ describe('opendir', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should provide relative fs.opendirSync (synchronous)', () => {
+    const vol = Volume.fromJSON(
+      {
+        '/test/file1.txt': 'content1',
+        '/test/file2.txt': 'content2',
+      },
+      '/test',
+    );
+
+    const dir = vol.opendirSync('.');
+    expect(dir).toBeDefined();
+    expect(typeof dir.read).toBe('function');
+    expect(typeof dir.close).toBe('function');
+    expect(typeof dir.readSync).toBe('function');
+    expect(typeof dir.closeSync).toBe('function');
+
+    const entries: string[] = [];
+    let entry;
+    while ((entry = dir.readSync()) !== null) {
+      entries.push(entry.name);
+    }
+
+    expect(entries).toContain('file1.txt');
+    expect(entries).toContain('file2.txt');
+    expect(entries.length).toBe(2);
+
+    dir.closeSync();
+  });
+
   it('should provide fs.opendirSync (synchronous)', () => {
     const vol = new Volume();
     vol.mkdirSync('/test');
diff --git a/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/volume/readFile.test.ts b/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/volume/readFile.test.ts
index 7256e280d..ffebdc854 100644
--- a/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/volume/readFile.test.ts
+++ b/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/volume/readFile.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@ import { of } from 'thingies';
 import { memfs } from '../util';
 
 describe('.readFile()', () => {
+  it('can read a file in cwd', async () => {
+    const { fs } = memfs({ 'test.txt': '01234567' }, '/dir');
+    await expect(fs.promises.readFile('/dir/test.txt', { encoding: 'utf8' })).resolves.toBe('01234567');
+    await expect(fs.readFileSync('/dir/test.txt', { encoding: 'utf8' })).toBe('01234567');
+  });
+
+  it('can read a relative file in cwd', async () => {
+    const { fs } = memfs({ 'test.txt': '01234567' }, '/dir');
+    await expect(fs.promises.readFile('test.txt', { encoding: 'utf8' })).resolves.toBe('01234567');
+    await expect(fs.promises.readFile('./test.txt', { encoding: 'utf8' })).resolves.toBe('01234567');
+    await expect(fs.readFileSync('test.txt', { encoding: 'utf8' })).toBe('01234567');
+    await expect(fs.readFileSync('./test.txt', { encoding: 'utf8' })).toBe('01234567');
+  });
+
   it('can read a file', async () => {
     const { fs } = memfs({ '/dir/test.txt': '01234567' });
     const data = await fs.promises.readFile('/dir/test.txt', { encoding: 'utf8' });
diff --git a/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/volume/readdirSync.test.ts b/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/volume/readdirSync.test.ts
index 5d29d2884..1c6f07e37 100644
--- a/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/volume/readdirSync.test.ts
+++ b/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/volume/readdirSync.test.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,19 @@ describe('readdirSync()', () => {
     expect(dirs).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  it('reads relative dir', () => {
+    const vol = create(
+      {
+        '/foo/bar/file': 'content',
+        '/foo/bar/file2': 'content2',
+      },
+      '/foo',
+    );
+    const files = vol.readdirSync('bar');
+
+    expect(files).toEqual(['file', 'file2']);
+  });
+
   it('respects symlinks', () => {
     const vol = create({
       '/a/a': 'a',
diff --git a/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/volume/statSync.test.ts b/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/volume/statSync.test.ts
index 1559b2d5b..75ad0c9f5 100644
--- a/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/volume/statSync.test.ts
+++ b/packages/fs-node/src/__tests__/volume/statSync.test.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ describe('.statSync(...)', () => {
     vol.writeFileSync('/c/index.js', 'alert(123);');
     vol.symlinkSync('/c', '/a/b');
 
-    const stats = vol.statSync('/a/b/index.js');
-    expect(stats.size).toBe(11);
+    expect(vol.statSync('/a/b/index.js').size).toBe(11);
+    expect(vol.statSync('a/b/index.js').size).toBe(11);
   });
 
   it('returns rdev', () => {
diff --git a/packages/fs-node/src/util.ts b/packages/fs-node/src/util.ts
index 5ab246534..8b0160088 100644
--- a/packages/fs-node/src/util.ts
+++ b/packages/fs-node/src/util.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ export function pathToFilename(path: misc.PathLike): string {
   }
 
   const pathString = String(path);
+  if (pathString === '.') return './';
   nullCheck(pathString);
   // return slash(pathString);
   return pathString;
diff --git a/packages/fs-node/src/volume.ts b/packages/fs-node/src/volume.ts
index b122fdc66..aa4617b55 100644
--- a/packages/fs-node/src/volume.ts
+++ b/packages/fs-node/src/volume.ts
@@ -257,6 +257,13 @@ export class Volume implements FsCallbackApi, FsSynchronousApi {
     this.realpathSync.native = realpathSyncImpl as any;
   }
 
+  get cwd(): string {
+    return this._core.cwd;
+  }
+  set cwd(value: string) {
+    this._core.cwd = value;
+  }
+
   private wrapAsync<Args extends any[]>(method: (...args: Args) => void, args: Args, callback: misc.TCallback<any>) {
     validateCallback(callback);
     Promise.resolve().then(() => {
@@ -988,7 +995,6 @@ export class Volume implements FsCallbackApi, FsSynchronousApi {
   };
 
   private readonly _readdir = (filename: string, options: opts.IReaddirOptions): TDataOut[] | Dirent[] => {
-    const steps = filenameToSteps(filename);
     const link: Link = this._core.getResolvedLinkOrThrow(filename, 'scandir');
     const node = link.getNode();
     if (!node.isDirectory()) throw createError(ERROR_CODE.ENOTDIR, 'scandir', filename);