diff --git a/src/browser.c b/src/browser.c
index 4d784bd..cb83b46 100644
--- a/src/browser.c
+++ b/src/browser.c
@@ -272,6 +272,33 @@ char *do_browser(char *path)
 		if (strcmp(filelist[i], path) == 0)
 		    selected = i;
 
+	    /* If given path is parent directory of previous working
+	     * directory, highlight it. Also handle: grandparent,
+	     * great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent directory and
+	     * so on. */
+	    i = 0;
+	    present_name = mallocstrcpy(present_name, path);
+	    while (strcmp(tail(present_name), "..") == 0) {
+		present_name = free_and_assign(present_name,
+				striponedir(present_name));
+		++i;
+	    }
+
+	    while (--i > 0) {
+		present_name = free_and_assign(present_name,
+				striponedir(present_name));
+	        /* Number of directories stripped is greater than the
+		 * number of directories that were present in the path;
+		 * it isn't possible to move up from the root directory. */
+		if (strchr(present_name, '/') == 0)
+		    statusline(MILD, "Can't move up a directory");
+	    }
+
+	    if (strcmp(present_name, path) == 0) {
+		free(present_name);
+		present_name = NULL;
+	    }
+
 	    /* Try opening and reading the specified directory. */
 	    goto read_directory_contents;
 	} else if (func == do_enter) {