diff --git a/src/fshelper/mod.rs b/src/fshelper/mod.rs
index b473a76..28a73a0 100644
--- a/src/fshelper/mod.rs
+++ b/src/fshelper/mod.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 // according to those terms.
 
 use std::env::current_dir;
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::io;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 pub fn path_absolute_form(path: &Path) -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
     if path.is_absolute() {
@@ -42,3 +42,42 @@ pub fn is_dir(path: &Path) -> bool {
         path.is_dir() && path.canonicalize().is_ok()
     }
 }
+
+/// Remove the `./` prefix from a path.
+///
+/// This code is an adapted version of the `pathutil::strip_prefix`
+/// helper function in ripgrep (https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep).
+#[cfg(unix)]
+pub fn strip_current_dir<'a>(path: &'a Path) -> &'a Path {
+    use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
+    use std::ffi::OsStr;
+
+    let prefix = b"./";
+    let path_raw = path.as_os_str().as_bytes();
+    if path_raw.len() < 2 || &path_raw[0..2] != prefix {
+        path
+    } else {
+        Path::new(OsStr::from_bytes(&path_raw[2..]))
+    }
+}
+
+/// Remove the `./` prefix from a path.
+#[cfg(not(unix))]
+pub fn strip_current_dir<'a>(path: &'a Path) -> &'a Path {
+    path.strip_prefix("./").unwrap_or(&path)
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_strip_current_dir() {
+    let expect_stripped = |expected, input| {
+        let stripped = Path::new(expected);
+        let base = Path::new(input);
+        assert_eq!(stripped, strip_current_dir(&base));
+    };
+
+    expect_stripped("foo/bar.txt", "./foo/bar.txt");
+    expect_stripped("", "./");
+    expect_stripped("foo", "./foo");
+    expect_stripped("foo.txt", "foo.txt");
+    expect_stripped("../foo", "../foo");
+}
diff --git a/src/output.rs b/src/output.rs
index 115b31a..fc2aedd 100644
--- a/src/output.rs
+++ b/src/output.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 use internal::{FdOptions, EXITCODE_ERROR, EXITCODE_SIGINT};
 use lscolors::LsColors;
+use fshelper::strip_current_dir;
 
 use std::{fs, process};
 use std::io::{self, Write};
@@ -20,16 +21,6 @@ use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
 
 use ansi_term;
 
-/// Remove the `./` prefix from a path.
-fn strip_current_dir<'a>(pathbuf: &'a PathBuf) -> &'a Path {
-    let mut iter = pathbuf.components();
-    let mut iter_next = iter.clone();
-    if iter_next.next() == Some(Component::CurDir) {
-        iter.next();
-    }
-    iter.as_path()
-}
-
 pub fn print_entry(entry: &PathBuf, config: &FdOptions, wants_to_quit: &Arc<AtomicBool>) {
     let path = if entry.is_absolute() {
         entry.as_path()