diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/mikros/fs.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/mikros/fs.rs
index d70a7c03a53..d5eb9e4e3ac 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/mikros/fs.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/mikros/fs.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 use crate::io::{self, BorrowedCursor, IoSlice, IoSliceMut, SeekFrom};
 use crate::os::mikros::ipc::rpc;
 use crate::os::mikros::{Errno, syscalls};
-use crate::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use crate::path::{Component, Path, PathBuf};
 use crate::sys::time::SystemTime;
 use crate::sys::unsupported;
 use crate::{fmt, str};
@@ -328,13 +328,14 @@ pub fn create_new(&mut self, _create_new: bool) {}
 
 impl File {
     pub fn open(path: &Path, _opts: &OpenOptions) -> io::Result<File> {
+        let path = path.canonicalize()?;
         let vfs_pid = loop {
             if let Some(pid) = syscalls::try_get_registered(0) {
                 break pid;
             }
         };
         let open_res: Result<(u64, u64), Errno> = postcard::from_bytes(
-            &rpc::send_call(vfs_pid, 2, 2, &postcard::to_allocvec(path).unwrap()).get_return(),
+            &rpc::send_call(vfs_pid, 2, 2, &postcard::to_allocvec(&path).unwrap()).get_return(),
         )
         .unwrap();
         let (fs_pid, fd) = open_res?;
@@ -476,13 +477,14 @@ fn fmt(&self, _f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
 }
 
 pub fn readdir(path: &Path) -> io::Result<ReadDir> {
+    let path = path.canonicalize()?;
     let vfs_pid = loop {
         if let Some(pid) = syscalls::try_get_registered(0) {
             break pid;
         }
     };
     let open_res: Result<(u64, u64), Errno> = postcard::from_bytes(
-        &rpc::send_call(vfs_pid, 2, 6, &postcard::to_allocvec(path).unwrap()).get_return(),
+        &rpc::send_call(vfs_pid, 2, 6, &postcard::to_allocvec(&path).unwrap()).get_return(),
     )
     .unwrap();
     let (fs_pid, fd) = open_res?;
@@ -533,8 +535,20 @@ pub fn lstat(_p: &Path) -> io::Result<FileAttr> {
     unsupported()
 }
 
-pub fn canonicalize(_p: &Path) -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
-    unsupported()
+pub fn canonicalize(path: &Path) -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
+    let path = crate::path::absolute(path)?;
+    Ok(path.components().fold(PathBuf::from("/"), |mut buf, component| match component {
+        Component::Prefix(_) => unreachable!(),
+        Component::RootDir | Component::Normal(_) => {
+            buf.push(component);
+            buf
+        }
+        Component::CurDir => buf,
+        Component::ParentDir => {
+            buf.pop();
+            buf
+        }
+    }))
 }
 
 pub fn copy(_from: &Path, _to: &Path) -> io::Result<u64> {
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/mikros/os.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/mikros/os.rs
index 84c8bd10e55..52bc295abc1 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/mikros/os.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/mikros/os.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 use crate::marker::PhantomData;
 use crate::os::mikros::Errno;
 use crate::os::mikros::ipc::rpc;
-use crate::path::{self, Component, Path, PathBuf};
+use crate::path::{self, PathBuf};
 use crate::sync::Mutex;
 use crate::{fmt, io};
 
@@ -160,30 +160,8 @@ pub fn getcwd() -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
     Ok(CWD.lock().unwrap().clone().unwrap())
 }
 
-fn canonicalize_path(path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
-    path.components().fold(PathBuf::from("/"), |mut buf, component| match component {
-        Component::Prefix(_) => unreachable!(),
-        Component::RootDir | Component::Normal(_) => {
-            buf.push(component);
-            buf
-        }
-        Component::CurDir => buf,
-        Component::ParentDir => {
-            buf.pop();
-            buf
-        }
-    })
-}
-
 pub fn chdir(path: &path::Path) -> io::Result<()> {
-    let cwd = getcwd()?;
-    let abs_path = if path.is_relative() {
-        let mut abs_path = cwd.clone();
-        abs_path.push(path);
-        canonicalize_path(&abs_path)
-    } else {
-        path.to_owned()
-    };
+    let abs_path = path.canonicalize()?;
     // Try to open the given directory, if it fails it's not a valid directory.
     // Use Metadata instead once it's implemented.
     crate::fs::read_dir(&abs_path)?;