diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ca38ef9..05c1f0c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3016,9 +3016,9 @@ checksum = "0676bb32a98c1a483ce53e500a81ad9c3d5b3f7c920c28c24e9cb0980d0b5bc8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "normpath"
-version = "1.4.0"
+version = "1.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c178369371fd7db523726931e50d430b560e3059665abc537ba3277e9274c9c4"
+checksum = "bf23ab2b905654b4cb177e30b629937b3868311d4e1cba859f899c041046e69b"
 dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.0",
 ]
diff --git a/wgui/src/assets.rs b/wgui/src/assets.rs
index 8dc80d2..dd2e822 100644
--- a/wgui/src/assets.rs
+++ b/wgui/src/assets.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
 pub trait AssetProvider {
 	fn load_from_path(&mut self, path: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<u8>>;
 }
+
+// replace "./foo/bar/../file.txt" with "./foo/file.txt"
+pub fn normalize_path(path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
+	let mut stack = Vec::new();
+	for component in path.components() {
+		match component {
+			std::path::Component::ParentDir => {
+				stack.pop();
+			}
+			std::path::Component::Normal(name) => {
+				stack.push(name);
+			}
+			_ => {}
+		}
+	}
+	stack.iter().collect()
+}
diff --git a/wgui/src/parser/mod.rs b/wgui/src/parser/mod.rs
index 88c1b48..0da414f 100644
--- a/wgui/src/parser/mod.rs
+++ b/wgui/src/parser/mod.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ mod widget_rectangle;
 mod widget_sprite;
 
 use crate::{
-	assets::AssetProvider,
+	assets::{self, AssetProvider},
 	components::{Component, ComponentWeak},
 	drawing::{self},
 	event::EventListenerCollection,
@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ fn parse_tag_include<'a, U1, U2>(
 			"src" => {
 				let mut new_path = file.path.parent().unwrap_or_else(|| Path::new("/")).to_path_buf();
 				new_path.push(value);
+				let new_path = assets::normalize_path(&new_path);
 
 				let (new_file, node_layout) = get_doc_from_path(ctx, &new_path)?;
 				parse_document_root(&new_file, ctx, parent_id, node_layout)?;