diff --git a/lisp/eshell/em-cmpl.el b/lisp/eshell/em-cmpl.el
index cbfe0b8154..2352dac7e7 100644
--- a/lisp/eshell/em-cmpl.el
+++ b/lisp/eshell/em-cmpl.el
@@ -377,8 +377,12 @@ eshell-complete-parse-arguments
                           (cl-assert (eq (car result) 'quote))
                           (cadr result))
                       arg)))
-               (if (numberp val)
-                   (setq val (number-to-string val)))
+               (cond ((numberp val)
+                      (setq val (number-to-string val)))
+                     ;; expand .../ etc that only eshell understands to
+                     ;; standard ../../
+                     ((string-match "\\.\\.\\.+/" val)
+                      (setq val (eshell-expand-multiple-dots val))))
                (or val "")))
 	   args)
 	  posns)))