diff --git a/src/Terminal/DirectoryHelpers.ts b/src/Terminal/DirectoryHelpers.ts
index 56574afd4..3b9eb0b45 100644
--- a/src/Terminal/DirectoryHelpers.ts
+++ b/src/Terminal/DirectoryHelpers.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export function isValidFilename(filename: string): boolean {
 export function isValidDirectoryName(name: string): boolean {
   // Allows alphanumerics, hyphens, underscores, and percentage signs.
   // Name can begin with a single period, but otherwise cannot have any
-  const regex = /^.?[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/;
+  const regex = /^\.?(?:\w[_\-.%]*)+$/;
 
   // match() returns null if no match is found
   return name.match(regex) != null;
diff --git a/test/jest/Terminal/Directory.test.js b/test/jest/Terminal/Directory.test.js
index 337a96ca4..94c3a4d2e 100644
--- a/test/jest/Terminal/Directory.test.js
+++ b/test/jest/Terminal/Directory.test.js
@@ -102,17 +102,18 @@ describe("Terminal Directory Tests", function () {
       expect(isValidDirectoryName(".a1")).toEqual(true);
       expect(isValidDirectoryName("._foo")).toEqual(true);
       expect(isValidDirectoryName("_foo")).toEqual(true);
+      expect(isValidDirectoryName("foo.dir")).toEqual(true);
+      expect(isValidDirectoryName("1.")).toEqual(true);
+      expect(isValidDirectoryName("foo.")).toEqual(true);
     });
 
     it("should return false for invalid directory names", function () {
       expect(isValidDirectoryName("")).toEqual(false);
-      expect(isValidDirectoryName("foo.dir")).toEqual(false);
-      expect(isValidDirectoryName("1.")).toEqual(false);
-      expect(isValidDirectoryName("foo.")).toEqual(false);
       expect(isValidDirectoryName("dir#")).toEqual(false);
       expect(isValidDirectoryName("dir!")).toEqual(false);
       expect(isValidDirectoryName("dir*")).toEqual(false);
       expect(isValidDirectoryName(".")).toEqual(false);
+      expect(isValidDirectoryName("..")).toEqual(false);
     });
   });