diff --git a/app/helpers/submodule_helper.rb b/app/helpers/submodule_helper.rb
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 56f6e4d9cc1..09e5c08e621
--- a/app/helpers/submodule_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/submodule_helper.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ module SubmoduleHelper
 
     if self_url?(url, project)
       return project_path(project), project_tree_path(project, submodule_item.id)
+    elsif relative_self_url?(url)
+      relative_self_links(url, submodule_item.id)
     elsif github_dot_com_url?(url)
       standard_links('github.com', project, submodule_item.id)
     elsif gitlab_dot_com_url?(url)
@@ -36,8 +38,22 @@ module SubmoduleHelper
     url == gitlab_shell.url_to_repo(project)
   end
 
+  def relative_self_url?(url)
+    # (./)?(../repo.git) || (./)?(../../project/repo.git) )
+    url =~ /^((\.\/)?(\.\.\/))(?!(\.\.)|(.*\/)).*\.git\Z/ || url =~ /^((\.\/)?(\.\.\/){2})(?!(\.\.))([^\/]*)\/(?!(\.\.)|(.*\/)).*\.git\Z/
+  end
+
   def standard_links(host, project, commit)
     base = [ 'https://', host, '/', project ].join('')
     return base, [ base, '/tree/', commit ].join('')
   end
+
+  def relative_self_links(url, commit)
+    if url.scan(/(\.\.\/)/).size == 2
+      base = url[/([^\/]*\/[^\/]*)\.git/, 1]
+    else
+      base = [ @project.group.path, '/', url[/([^\/]*)\.git/, 1] ].join('')
+    end
+    return project_path(base), project_tree_path(base, commit)
+  end
 end