diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 293a32df..2faf4516 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ This project adheres to `Semantic Versioning <https://semver.org/>`_.
 
 `2.1.0-dev`_ (unreleased)
 -------------------------
+* Add ``--path-as-is`` to bypass dot segment (``/../`` or ``/./``) URL squashing.
 * Fixed ``--form`` file upload mixed with redirected ``stdin`` error handling.
 
 
diff --git a/httpie/cli/definition.py b/httpie/cli/definition.py
index 61ed3d3b..43fb5348 100644
--- a/httpie/cli/definition.py
+++ b/httpie/cli/definition.py
@@ -552,6 +552,15 @@ network.add_argument(
 
     """
 )
+network.add_argument(
+    '--path-as-is',
+    default=False,
+    action='store_true',
+    help="""
+    Bypass dot segment (/../ or /./) URL squashing.
+
+    """
+)
 
 #######################################################################
 # SSL
diff --git a/httpie/client.py b/httpie/client.py
index 431bee4f..6c412e73 100644
--- a/httpie/client.py
+++ b/httpie/client.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import zlib
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Iterable, Union
+from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse
 
 import requests
 from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
@@ -77,6 +78,11 @@ def collect_messages(
 
     request = requests.Request(**request_kwargs)
     prepared_request = requests_session.prepare_request(request)
+    if args.path_as_is:
+        prepared_request.url = ensure_path_as_is(
+            orig_url=args.url,
+            prepped_url=prepared_request.url,
+        )
     if args.compress and prepared_request.body:
         compress_body(prepared_request, always=args.compress > 1)
     response_count = 0
@@ -278,3 +284,30 @@ def make_request_kwargs(
     }
 
     return kwargs
+
+
+def ensure_path_as_is(orig_url: str, prepped_url: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Handle `--path-as-is` by replacing the path component of the prepared
+    URL with the path component from the original URL. Other parts stay
+    untouched because other (welcome) processing on the URL might have
+    taken place.
+
+    <https://github.com/jakubroztocil/httpie/issues/895>
+
+
+    <https://ec.haxx.se/http/http-basics#path-as-is>
+    <https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/CURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS.html>
+
+    >>> ensure_path_as_is('http://foo/../', 'http://foo/?foo=bar')
+    'http://foo/../?foo=bar'
+
+    """
+    parsed_orig, parsed_prepped = urlparse(orig_url), urlparse(prepped_url)
+    final_dict = {
+        # noinspection PyProtectedMember
+        **parsed_prepped._asdict(),
+        'path': parsed_orig.path,
+    }
+    final_url = urlunparse(tuple(final_dict.values()))
+    return final_url
diff --git a/tests/test_httpie.py b/tests/test_httpie.py
index 70bc2f9d..66caba52 100644
--- a/tests/test_httpie.py
+++ b/tests/test_httpie.py
@@ -55,6 +55,25 @@ def test_GET(httpbin_both):
     assert HTTP_OK in r
 
 
+def test_path_dot_normalization():
+    r = http(
+        '--offline',
+        'example.org/../../etc/password',
+        'param==value'
+    )
+    assert 'GET /etc/password?param=value' in r
+
+
+def test_path_as_is():
+    r = http(
+        '--offline',
+        '--path-as-is',
+        'example.org/../../etc/password',
+        'param==value'
+    )
+    assert 'GET /../../etc/password?param=value' in r
+
+
 def test_DELETE(httpbin_both):
     r = http('DELETE', httpbin_both + '/delete')
     assert HTTP_OK in r