diff --git a/tests/app/file-system-access-tests/file-system-access-tests.ts b/tests/app/file-system-access-tests/file-system-access-tests.ts
index 44d01e556..077be87a8 100644
--- a/tests/app/file-system-access-tests/file-system-access-tests.ts
+++ b/tests/app/file-system-access-tests/file-system-access-tests.ts
@@ -32,4 +32,12 @@ export var test_file_exists_on_folder = function () {
     }
 
     TKUnit.assertTrue(fs.File.exists(path), "File.exists() returned false for folder!");
-};
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+};
+
+export var test_leading_slash_is_not_returned = function () {
+    var parts = ["app", "tns_modules", "fileName"];
+    var expected = parts.join("/");
+    var path = fs.path.join(...parts);
+
+    TKUnit.assertEqual(path, expected, "Leading slash should not be part of the path");
+}
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diff --git a/tns-core-modules/file-system/file-system-access.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/file-system/file-system-access.android.ts
index a336eeb6b..c5b5fc802 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/file-system/file-system-access.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/file-system/file-system-access.android.ts
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ export class FileSystemAccess {
         var dir = utils.ad.getApplicationContext().getCacheDir();
         return dir.getAbsolutePath();
     }
-    
+
     public getCurrentAppPath(): string {
         return this.getLogicalRootPath() + "/app";
     }
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ export class FileSystemAccess {
         var file1 = new java.io.File(left);
         var file2 = new java.io.File(file1, right);
 
-        return file2.getAbsolutePath();
+        return file2.getPath();
     }
 
     public joinPaths(paths: string[]): string {
@@ -446,6 +446,6 @@ export class FileSystemAccess {
             result = this.joinPath(result, paths[i]);
         }
 
-        return this.normalizePath(result);
+        return result;
     }
 }
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