diff --git a/eclass/eapi8-dosym.eclass b/eclass/eapi8-dosym.eclass
index 93b11dda7fd61..e139b74cfea01 100644
--- a/eclass/eapi8-dosym.eclass
+++ b/eclass/eapi8-dosym.eclass
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ esac
 _dosym8_canonicalize() {
 	local path slash i prev out IFS=/
 
-	read -r -d '' -a path <<< "$1"
+	read -r -d '' -a path < <(echo -n "$1")
 	[[ $1 == /* ]] && slash=/
 
 	while true; do
diff --git a/eclass/tests/eapi8-dosym.sh b/eclass/tests/eapi8-dosym.sh
index 9290026a26de6..cae66e3bb2eee 100755
--- a/eclass/tests/eapi8-dosym.sh
+++ b/eclass/tests/eapi8-dosym.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2020-2023 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ done
 teq . _dosym8_canonicalize .
 teq foo _dosym8_canonicalize foo
 teq foo _dosym8_canonicalize ./foo
+teq foo _dosym8_canonicalize foo/.
 teq ../foo _dosym8_canonicalize ../foo
 teq ../baz _dosym8_canonicalize foo/bar/../../../baz
+teq '*' _dosym8_canonicalize '*'
 
 for f in ref_dosym_r "dosym8 -r"; do
 	teq ../../bin/foo ${f} /bin/foo /usr/bin/foo