diff --git a/util/afero.go b/util/afero.go
index bdbd8f71..7dae15c5 100644
--- a/util/afero.go
+++ b/util/afero.go
@@ -29,8 +29,15 @@ import (
 // FsTree returns a string representation of the file system tree similar to the
 // well-known `tree` command.
 func FsTree(fs afero.Fs, name string) (string, error) {
-	str := ".\n" // top level dir
-	s, err := stringify(fs, path.Clean(name), []bool{})
+	clean := path.Clean(name)
+	str := clean + "/\n" // named dir
+	if name == "" {
+		str = ".\n" // relative dir
+	}
+	if name == "/" {
+		str = "/\n" // root dir
+	}
+	s, err := stringify(fs, clean, []bool{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/util/afero_test/TestCopyDiskContentsToFs1/simple1.tree b/util/afero_test/TestCopyDiskContentsToFs1/simple1.tree
index 2889b3f2..bcf28960 100644
--- a/util/afero_test/TestCopyDiskContentsToFs1/simple1.tree
+++ b/util/afero_test/TestCopyDiskContentsToFs1/simple1.tree
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.
+/
 ├── 1
 ├── 2
 ├── 3
diff --git a/util/afero_test/TestCopyDiskToFs1/simple1.tree b/util/afero_test/TestCopyDiskToFs1/simple1.tree
index f84dbd97..b005227e 100644
--- a/util/afero_test/TestCopyDiskToFs1/simple1.tree
+++ b/util/afero_test/TestCopyDiskToFs1/simple1.tree
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.
+/
 └── simple1/
     ├── 1
     ├── 2
diff --git a/util/afero_test/TestCopyDiskToFs2/simple1.tree b/util/afero_test/TestCopyDiskToFs2/simple1.tree
index 75a93617..8aeab753 100644
--- a/util/afero_test/TestCopyDiskToFs2/simple1.tree
+++ b/util/afero_test/TestCopyDiskToFs2/simple1.tree
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.
+/
 └── dest/
     └── simple1/
         ├── 1