diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-static/template b/srcpkgs/xbps-static/template
index 38217308006..58a5c99e635 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-static/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-static/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # NOTE: keep this package synchronized with "srcpkgs/xbps".
 pkgname=xbps-static
 version=0.43.1
-revision=6
+revision=7
 build_style=configure
 short_desc="The XBPS package system utilities - static binaries"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps/patches/0006-libxbps-fix-a-memleak-introduced-in-1403826fa.patch b/srcpkgs/xbps/patches/0006-libxbps-fix-a-memleak-introduced-in-1403826fa.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f5395188cab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps/patches/0006-libxbps-fix-a-memleak-introduced-in-1403826fa.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+From 628a34456036fa8c7f68768328f70fa6a383b986 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:39:04 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 1/3] libxbps: fix a memleak introduced in 1403826fa.
+
+---
+ lib/package_remove.c | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/lib/package_remove.c b/lib/package_remove.c
+index 04d6e00..623a805 100644
+--- lib/package_remove.c
++++ lib/package_remove.c
+@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ symlink_target(struct xbps_handle *xhp, const char *path)
+ 		assert(p);
+ 		if (strstr(p, "./") && ((p1 = realpath(p, NULL)))) {
+ 			res = strdup(p1 + strlen(xhp->rootdir));
++			free(p1);
+ 		}
+ 		if (res == NULL) {
+ 			res = strdup(p + strlen(xhp->rootdir)+1);
+-- 
+2.3.0
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps/patches/0007-xbps-create-8-record-target-file-or-relative-symlink.patch b/srcpkgs/xbps/patches/0007-xbps-create-8-record-target-file-or-relative-symlink.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..34476ce332f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps/patches/0007-xbps-create-8-record-target-file-or-relative-symlink.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+From 3c34c300d1827f011803b24e9ab5058c81ec3564 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 14:55:54 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 2/3] xbps-create(8): record target file or relative symlinks
+ correctly.
+
+---
+ NEWS                                 |  2 ++
+ bin/xbps-create/main.c               |  3 ++-
+ tests/xbps/xbps-create/basic_test.sh | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
+ 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/bin/xbps-create/main.c b/bin/xbps-create/main.c
+index 9e65599..f09a114 100644
+--- bin/xbps-create/main.c
++++ bin/xbps-create/main.c
+@@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ ftw_cb(const char *fpath, const struct stat *sb, int type, struct FTW *ftwbuf _u
+ 				free(p2);
+ 				free(p);
+ 			}
+-		} else if (strchr(buf, '/') == NULL) {
++		} else if (buf[0] != '/') {
++			/* relative path */
+ 			p = strdup(filep);
+ 			assert(p);
+ 			dname = dirname(p);
+diff --git a/tests/xbps/xbps-create/basic_test.sh b/tests/xbps/xbps-create/basic_test.sh
+index 6769047..d712403 100644
+--- tests/xbps/xbps-create/basic_test.sh
++++ tests/xbps/xbps-create/basic_test.sh
+@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ hardlinks_size_body() {
+ 	cd ..
+ 	xbps-rindex -d -a repo/*.xbps
+ 	atf_check_equal $? 0
+-	result="$(xbps-query -r root -C empty.conf --repository=$PWD/repo -p installed_size foo)"
++	result="$(xbps-query -r root --repository=repo -p installed_size foo)"
+ 	expected="10B"
+ 	rv=0
+ 	if [ "$result" != "$expected" ]; then
+@@ -30,6 +30,35 @@ hardlinks_size_body() {
+ 	atf_check_equal $rv 0
+ }
+ 
++atf_test_case symlink_relative_target
++
++symlink_relative_target_head() {
++	atf_set "descr" "xbps-create(8): relative symlinks in destdir must be absolute"
++}
++
++symlink_relative_target_body() {
++	mkdir -p repo pkg_A/usr/include/gsm
++	touch -f pkg_A/usr/include/gsm/gsm.h
++	cd pkg_A/usr/include
++	ln -s gsm/gsm.h gsm.h
++	cd ../../../repo
++	xbps-create -A noarch -n foo-1.0_1 -s "foo pkg" ../pkg_A
++	atf_check_equal $? 0
++	cd ..
++	xbps-rindex -d -a repo/*.xbps
++	atf_check_equal $? 0
++	result="$(xbps-query -r root --repository=repo -f foo|tr -d '\n')"
++	expected="/usr/include/gsm/gsm.h/usr/include/gsm.h -> /usr/include/gsm/gsm.h"
++	rv=0
++	if [ "$result" != "$expected" ]; then
++		echo "result: $result"
++		echo "expected: $expected"
++		rv=1
++	fi
++	atf_check_equal $rv 0
++}
++
+ atf_init_test_cases() {
+ 	atf_add_test_case hardlinks_size
++	atf_add_test_case symlink_relative_target
+ }
+-- 
+2.3.0
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps/patches/0008-Introduce-xbps_sanitize_path-to-fix-78-properly.patch b/srcpkgs/xbps/patches/0008-Introduce-xbps_sanitize_path-to-fix-78-properly.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..644815cfd20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps/patches/0008-Introduce-xbps_sanitize_path-to-fix-78-properly.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+From 1722635e088e385757a7ef04494b4c23456986d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:12:39 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Introduce xbps_sanitize_path() to fix #78 properly.
+
+This removes multiple slashes of a path and returns you a buffer with
+the sanitized string.
+---
+ include/xbps.h.in    | 11 ++++++++++-
+ lib/package_remove.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++--------
+ lib/util.c           | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
+ 3 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/include/xbps.h.in b/include/xbps.h.in
+index aebe315..712d952 100644
+--- include/xbps.h.in
++++ include/xbps.h.in
+@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
+  *
+  * This header documents the full API for the XBPS Library.
+  */
+-#define XBPS_API_VERSION	"20141209"
++#define XBPS_API_VERSION	"20150218"
+ 
+ #ifndef XBPS_VERSION
+  #define XBPS_VERSION		"UNSET"
+@@ -1933,6 +1933,15 @@ int xbps_cmpver(const char *pkg1, const char *pkg2);
+  */
+ char *xbps_pubkey2fp(struct xbps_handle *xhp, xbps_data_t pubkey);
+ 
++/**
++ * Returns a buffer with a sanitized path from \a src.
++ * This removes multiple slashes.
++ *
++ * @return The sanitized path in a buffer.
++ * The returned buffer must be free(3)d when it's no longer necessary.
++ */
++char *xbps_sanitize_path(const char *src);
++
+ /*@}*/
+ 
+ #ifdef __cplusplus
+diff --git a/lib/package_remove.c b/lib/package_remove.c
+index 623a805..0b586e8 100644
+--- lib/package_remove.c
++++ lib/package_remove.c
+@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static char *
+ symlink_target(struct xbps_handle *xhp, const char *path)
+ {
+ 	struct stat sb;
+-	char *lnk, *res = NULL;
++	char *p, *p1, *dname, *lnk, *res = NULL;
+ 	ssize_t r;
+ 
+ 	if (lstat(path, &sb) == -1)
+@@ -112,8 +112,6 @@ symlink_target(struct xbps_handle *xhp, const char *path)
+ 	}
+ 	lnk[sb.st_size] = '\0';
+ 	if (strstr(lnk, "./") || lnk[0] != '/') {
+-		char *p, *p1, *dname;
+-
+ 		/* relative */
+ 		p = strdup(path);
+ 		assert(p);
+@@ -121,16 +119,26 @@ symlink_target(struct xbps_handle *xhp, const char *path)
+ 		assert(dname);
+ 		p = xbps_xasprintf("%s/%s", dname, lnk);
+ 		assert(p);
+-		if (strstr(p, "./") && ((p1 = realpath(p, NULL)))) {
+-			res = strdup(p1 + strlen(xhp->rootdir));
+-			free(p1);
++		p1 = xbps_sanitize_path(p);
++		assert(p1);
++		free(p);
++		if ((strstr(p1, "./")) && (p = realpath(p1, NULL))) {
++			if (strcmp(xhp->rootdir, "/") == 0)
++				res = strdup(p);
++			else
++				res = strdup(p + strlen(xhp->rootdir));
++
++			free(p);
+ 		}
+ 		if (res == NULL) {
+-			res = strdup(p + strlen(xhp->rootdir)+1);
++			if (strcmp(xhp->rootdir, "/") == 0)
++				res = strdup(p1);
++			else
++				res = strdup(p1 + strlen(xhp->rootdir));
+ 		}
+ 		assert(res);
+ 		free(lnk);
+-		free(p);
++		free(p1);
+ 	} else {
+ 		/* absolute */
+ 		res = lnk;
+diff --git a/lib/util.c b/lib/util.c
+index 0361a7c..72b8e7d 100644
+--- lib/util.c
++++ lib/util.c
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ /*-
+- * Copyright (c) 2008-2014 Juan Romero Pardines.
++ * Copyright (c) 2008-2015 Juan Romero Pardines.
+  * All rights reserved.
+  *
+  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+@@ -425,3 +425,30 @@ xbps_pkg_reverts(xbps_dictionary_t pkg, const char *pkgver)
+ 
+ 	return false;
+ }
++
++char *
++xbps_sanitize_path(const char *src)
++{
++	const char *s = src;
++	char *d, *dest;
++	size_t len;
++
++	assert(src);
++	len = strlen(src);
++	assert(len != 0);
++
++	dest = malloc(len);
++	assert(dest);
++	d = dest;
++
++	while ((*d = *s)) {
++		if (*s == '/' && *(s+1) == '/') {
++			s++;
++			continue;
++		}
++		d++, s++;
++	}
++	*d = '\0';
++
++	return dest;
++}
+-- 
+2.3.0
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps/template b/srcpkgs/xbps/template
index 451a1e1d3ec..a61828d2d5f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'xbps'
 pkgname=xbps
 version=0.43.1
-revision=6
+revision=7
 bootstrap=yes
 build_style=configure
 short_desc="The XBPS package system utilities"