diff --git a/mod.ts b/mod.ts
index d5a5a5d..9f6855f 100644
--- a/mod.ts
+++ b/mod.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import  _JSZip from "https://dev.jspm.io/jszip@3.5.0";
+import _JSZip from "https://dev.jspm.io/jszip@3.5.0";
 import { WalkOptions, walk } from "https://deno.land/std@0.99.0/fs/walk.ts";
-import { SEP, join } from "https://deno.land/std@0.99.0/path/mod.ts";
+import { SEP, resolve, dirname, globToRegExp } from "https://deno.land/std@0.99.0/path/mod.ts";
 import type {
   InputFileFormat,
-  JSZipFileOptions,
+  JSZipAddFileOptions,
   JSZipGeneratorOptions,
   JSZipLoadOptions,
   JSZipObject,
@@ -107,10 +107,13 @@ export class JSZip {
   addFile(
     path: string,
     content?: string | Uint8Array,
-    options?: JSZipFileOptions,
+    options?: JSZipAddFileOptions,
   ): JSZipObject {
+    const replaceBackslashes = options?.replaceBackslashes === undefined || options.replaceBackslashes;
+    const finalPath = replaceBackslashes ? path.replaceAll("\\", "/") : path;
+
     // @ts-ignores
-    const f = this._z.file(path, content, options);
+    const f = this._z.file(finalPath, content, options);
     return f as JSZipObject;
   }
 
@@ -192,16 +195,27 @@ export class JSZip {
    */
   async unzip(dir: string = "."): Promise<void> {
     // FIXME optionally replace the existing folder prefix with dir.
-    for (const f of this) {
-      const ff = join(dir, f.name);
-      if (f.dir) {
-        // hopefully the directory is prior to any files inside it!
-        await Deno.mkdir(ff, { recursive: true });
-        continue;
+    const createdDirs = new Set<string>();
+    const allowedFileLocRegex = globToRegExp(resolve(dir, "**"));
+
+    for (const fileEntry of this) {
+      const filePath = resolve(dir, fileEntry.name);
+      if (!allowedFileLocRegex.test(filePath)) {
+        throw new Error("Not allowed!");
+      }
+
+      const dirPath = fileEntry.dir ? filePath : dirname(filePath);
+
+      if (!createdDirs.has(dirPath)) {
+        await Deno.mkdir(dirPath, { recursive: true });
+        createdDirs.add(dirPath);
+      }
+
+      if (!fileEntry.dir) {
+        const content = await fileEntry.async("uint8array");
+        // TODO pass WriteFileOptions e.g. mode
+        await Deno.writeFile(filePath, content);
       }
-      const content = await f.async("uint8array");
-      // TODO pass WriteFileOptions e.g. mode
-      await Deno.writeFile(ff, content);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/test.ts b/test.ts
index a966c88..794deb9 100644
--- a/test.ts
+++ b/test.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,39 @@
 import { decode, encode } from "https://deno.land/std@0.74.0/encoding/utf8.ts";
 import { join } from "https://deno.land/std@0.74.0/path/mod.ts";
-import { assertEquals } from "https://deno.land/std@0.74.0/testing/asserts.ts";
+import { assert, assertEquals, assertThrowsAsync } from "https://deno.land/std@0.74.0/testing/asserts.ts";
 import { JSZip, readZip, zipDir } from "./mod.ts";
+import { exists } from "https://deno.land/std@0.100.0/fs/mod.ts";
 
 // FIXME use tmp directory and clean up.
-async function exampleZip(path: string) {
+async function exampleZip(path: string, createDirectories = true) {
   const zip = new JSZip();
   zip.addFile("Hello.txt", "Hello World\n");
 
-  const img = zip.folder("images");
-  img.addFile("smile.gif", "\0", { base64: true });
+  if (createDirectories) {
+    const img = zip.folder("images");
+    img.addFile("smile.gif", "\0", { base64: true });
+  }
+  else {
+    // Use backslashed for edge case where directory is missing.
+    zip.addFile("images\\smile.gif", "\0", { base64: true })
+  }
 
   await zip.writeZip(path);
 }
 
+// Used for testing path exploits
+async function pathExploitExampleZip() {
+  const zip = new JSZip();
+  zip.addFile("../Hello.txt", "Hello World\n");
+
+  const tempFileName = await Deno.makeTempFile({
+    suffix: ".zip"
+  });
+
+  await zip.writeZip(tempFileName);
+  return tempFileName;
+}
+
 async function fromDir<T>(dir: string, f: () => Promise<T>) {
   const cwd = Deno.cwd();
   Deno.chdir(dir);
@@ -75,3 +95,35 @@ Deno.test("unzip", async () => {
   const smile = await Deno.readFile(join(dir, "images", "smile.gif"));
   assertEquals("", decode(smile));
 });
+
+Deno.test("unzip without dir", async () => {
+  const dir = await Deno.makeTempDir();
+
+  await exampleZip("example.zip", false);
+  const z = await readZip("example.zip");
+  await z.unzip(dir);
+
+  const content = await Deno.readFile(join(dir, "Hello.txt"));
+  assertEquals("Hello World\n", decode(content));
+
+  const smile = await Deno.readFile(join(dir, "images", "smile.gif"));
+  assertEquals("", decode(smile));
+});
+
+Deno.test("unzip exploit test", async () => {
+  const dir = await Deno.makeTempDir();
+  const unpackDir = join(dir, "unpack");
+  await Deno.mkdir(unpackDir);
+
+  const zipFile = await pathExploitExampleZip();
+  const z = await readZip(zipFile);
+
+  await Deno.remove(zipFile);
+
+  assertThrowsAsync(async () => await z.unzip(unpackDir));
+  assert(!(await exists(join(dir, "Hello.txt"))));
+
+  await Deno.remove(dir, {
+    recursive: true
+  });
+});
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diff --git a/types.ts b/types.ts
index ca685ae..4099bd2 100644
--- a/types.ts
+++ b/types.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ export interface JSZipFileOptions {
   unixPermissions?: number | string | null;
 }
 
+export interface JSZipAddFileOptions extends JSZipFileOptions {
+  replaceBackslashes?: boolean;
+}
+
 export interface JSZipGeneratorOptions<T extends OutputType = OutputType> {
   compression?: Compression;
   compressionOptions?: null | {