diff --git a/src/rules/no-relative-parent-imports.js b/src/rules/no-relative-parent-imports.js
index 3153eeb78..6b58c97f5 100644
--- a/src/rules/no-relative-parent-imports.js
+++ b/src/rules/no-relative-parent-imports.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import moduleVisitor, { makeOptionsSchema } from 'eslint-module-utils/moduleVisitor'
 import docsUrl from '../docsUrl'
-import { basename } from 'path'
+import { basename, dirname, relative } from 'path'
+import resolve from 'eslint-module-utils/resolve'
 
 import importType from '../core/importType'
 
@@ -14,11 +15,24 @@ module.exports = {
 
   create: function noRelativePackages(context) {
     const myPath = context.getFilename()
-    if (myPath === '<text>') return {} // can't cycle-check a non-file
+    if (myPath === '<text>') return {} // can't check a non-file
 
     function checkSourceValue(sourceNode) {
       const depPath = sourceNode.value
-      if (importType(depPath, context) === 'parent') {
+
+      if (importType(depPath, context) === 'external') { // ignore packages
+        return
+      }
+
+      const absDepPath = resolve(depPath, context)
+
+      if (!absDepPath) { // unable to resolve path
+        return
+      }
+
+      const relDepPath = relative(dirname(myPath), absDepPath)
+
+      if (importType(relDepPath, context) === 'parent') {
         context.report({
           node: sourceNode,
           message: 'Relative imports from parent directories are not allowed. ' +
diff --git a/tests/src/rules/no-relative-parent-imports.js b/tests/src/rules/no-relative-parent-imports.js
index 6d7a2c2fa..897823090 100644
--- a/tests/src/rules/no-relative-parent-imports.js
+++ b/tests/src/rules/no-relative-parent-imports.js
@@ -38,9 +38,18 @@ ruleTester.run('no-relative-parent-imports', rule, {
     test({
       code: 'import("./app/index.js")',
     }),
+    test({
+      code: 'import(".")',
+    }),
+    test({
+      code: 'import("path")',
+    }),
     test({
       code: 'import("package")',
     }),
+    test({
+      code: 'import("@scope/package")',
+    }),
   ],
 
   invalid: [
@@ -69,5 +78,21 @@ ruleTester.run('no-relative-parent-imports', rule, {
         column: 8,
       } ],
     }),
+    test({
+      code: 'import foo from "./../plugin.js"',
+      errors: [ {
+        message: 'Relative imports from parent directories are not allowed. Please either pass what you\'re importing through at runtime (dependency injection), move `index.js` to same directory as `./../plugin.js` or consider making `./../plugin.js` a package.',
+        line: 1,
+        column: 17
+      }]
+    }),
+    test({
+      code: 'import foo from "../../api/service"',
+      errors: [ {
+        message: 'Relative imports from parent directories are not allowed. Please either pass what you\'re importing through at runtime (dependency injection), move `index.js` to same directory as `../../api/service` or consider making `../../api/service` a package.',
+        line: 1,
+        column: 17
+      }]
+    })
   ],
 })