diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index df90deab5..32f09524f 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -65,12 +65,15 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::ConfigureFinalPass()
 
 std::string cmLocalGenerator::ConvertToRelativeOutputPath(const char* p)
 {
+  // do not use relative paths for network build trees
+  // the network paths do not work
   const char* outputDirectory = m_Makefile->GetHomeOutputDirectory();
   if ( outputDirectory && *outputDirectory && *(outputDirectory+1) && 
     outputDirectory[0] == '/' && outputDirectory[1] == '/' )
     {
     return cmSystemTools::ConvertToOutputPath(p);
     }
+  
   // The first time this is called, initialize all
   // the path ivars that are used.   This can not 
   // be moved to the constructor because all the paths are not set yet.
@@ -103,6 +106,13 @@ std::string cmLocalGenerator::ConvertToRelativeOutputPath(const char* p)
 
   // Do the work of converting to a relative path 
   std::string pathIn = p;
+  bool ispath = false;
+  if(pathIn.find('/') == pathIn.npos)
+    {
+    return pathIn;
+    }
+  
+
   std::string ret = pathIn;
   if(m_CurrentOutputDirectory.size() <= ret.size())
     {
@@ -170,6 +180,13 @@ std::string cmLocalGenerator::ConvertToRelativeOutputPath(const char* p)
     {
     ret = relpath;
     }
+  if(ret.size() && ret[0] != '/' && ret[0] != '.')
+    {
+    if(ret.size() > 1 && ret[1] != ':')
+      {
+      ret = std::string("./") + ret;
+      }
+    }
   ret = cmSystemTools::ConvertToOutputPath(ret.c_str());
   return ret;
 }
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator.cxx
index dbb132e85..e05ff42fd 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator.cxx
@@ -1324,11 +1324,11 @@ void cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator::OutputExecutableRule(std::ostream& fout,
   target += cmSystemTools::GetExecutableExtension();  
   target = this->ConvertToRelativeOutputPath(target.c_str());
   bool needsLocalTarget = false;
-  if(target.find('/') != target.npos)
+  if(target.find('/', 2) != target.npos)
     {
     needsLocalTarget = true;
     }
-  
+
   std::string objs = "$(" + this->CreateMakeVariable(name, "_SRC_OBJS") + ") ";
   std::string depend = "$(";
   depend += this->CreateMakeVariable(name, "_SRC_OBJS") 
@@ -1922,7 +1922,13 @@ BuildInSubDirectoryWindows(std::ostream& fout,
   std::string currentDir = dir;
   cmSystemTools::ConvertToUnixSlashes(currentDir);
   std::string cdback = "..";
-  for(unsigned int i =0; i < currentDir.size(); ++i)
+  unsigned int i = 0;
+  if(currentDir.size() > 2 && currentDir[0] == '.' && currentDir[1] == '/')
+    {
+    // start past ./ if it starts with ./
+    i = 2;
+    }
+  for(; i < currentDir.size(); ++i)
     {
     if(currentDir[i] == '/')
       {