diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0836c3e8e..d588ae7d2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 3.0.2 - 2022-01-30
+
+### Fixes
+
+* [FTP] Support relative or empty connection root directories (#1410)
+
 ## 3.0.1 - 2022-01-15
 
 ### Fixes
@@ -20,6 +26,12 @@
 * FilesystemAdapter::directoryExists to check for directory existence
 * FilesystemAdapter::fileExists to check for file existence
 
+## 2.4.1 - 2022-01-30
+
+### Fixed
+
+- [FTP] Fix relative connection root handling
+
 ## 2.4.0 - 2022-01-04
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 6f157dfbf..14aa162ec 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     "require-dev": {
         "ext-zip": "*",
         "ext-fileinfo": "*",
+        "ext-ftp": "*",
         "microsoft/azure-storage-blob": "^1.1",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5.11",
         "phpstan/phpstan": "^0.12.26",
diff --git a/phpstan.neon b/phpstan.neon
index c429a819e..fe58406ba 100644
--- a/phpstan.neon
+++ b/phpstan.neon
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ parameters:
         - src/PhpseclibV2
         - src/PhpseclibV3
     ignoreErrors:
+        - '#invalid typehint type FTP\\Connection#'
         - '#FTP\\Connection not found#'
         - '#unknown class FTP\\Connection#'
         - '#Call to function iterator_to_array\(\) on a separate line has no effect\.#'
diff --git a/src/Ftp/FtpAdapter.php b/src/Ftp/FtpAdapter.php
index b6fe24edc..2fc288c21 100644
--- a/src/Ftp/FtpAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Ftp/FtpAdapter.php
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 use League\MimeTypeDetection\MimeTypeDetector;
 use Throwable;
 
+use function ftp_chdir;
+use function ftp_pwd;
+
 class FtpAdapter implements FilesystemAdapter
 {
     private const SYSTEM_TYPE_WINDOWS = 'windows';
@@ -77,6 +80,8 @@ class FtpAdapter implements FilesystemAdapter
      */
     private $mimeTypeDetector;
 
+    private ?string $rootDirectory = null;
+
     public function __construct(
         FtpConnectionOptions $connectionOptions,
         FtpConnectionProvider $connectionProvider = null,
@@ -88,7 +93,8 @@ public function __construct(
         $this->connectionProvider = $connectionProvider ?: new FtpConnectionProvider();
         $this->connectivityChecker = $connectivityChecker ?: new NoopCommandConnectivityChecker();
         $this->visibilityConverter = $visibilityConverter ?: new PortableVisibilityConverter();
-        $this->prefixer = new PathPrefixer($connectionOptions->root());
+        $this->rootDirectory = $this->resolveConnectionRoot($this->connection());
+        $this->prefixer = new PathPrefixer($this->rootDirectory);
         $this->mimeTypeDetector = $mimeTypeDetector ?: new FinfoMimeTypeDetector();
     }
 
@@ -111,6 +117,8 @@ private function connection()
         start:
         if ( ! $this->hasFtpConnection()) {
             $this->connection = $this->connectionProvider->createConnection($this->connectionOptions);
+
+            return $this->connection;
         }
 
         if ($this->connectivityChecker->isConnected($this->connection) === false) {
@@ -118,7 +126,7 @@ private function connection()
             goto start;
         }
 
-        ftp_chdir($this->connection, $this->connectionOptions->root());
+        ftp_chdir($this->connection, $this->rootDirectory);
 
         return $this->connection;
     }
@@ -434,15 +442,15 @@ private function normalizeUnixObject(string $item, string $base): StorageAttribu
         $isDirectory = $this->listingItemIsDirectory($permissions);
         $permissions = $this->normalizePermissions($permissions);
         $path = $base === '' ? $name : rtrim($base, '/') . '/' . $name;
-        $lastModified = $this->connectionOptions->timestampsOnUnixListingsEnabled()
-            ? $this->normalizeUnixTimestamp($month, $day, $timeOrYear)
-            : null;
+        $lastModified = $this->connectionOptions->timestampsOnUnixListingsEnabled() ? $this->normalizeUnixTimestamp(
+            $month,
+            $day,
+            $timeOrYear
+        ) : null;
 
         if ($isDirectory) {
             return new DirectoryAttributes(
-                $path,
-                $this->visibilityConverter->inverseForDirectory($permissions),
-                $lastModified
+                $path, $this->visibilityConverter->inverseForDirectory($permissions), $lastModified
             );
         }
 
@@ -585,7 +593,7 @@ private function ensureDirectoryExists(string $dirname, ?string $visibility): vo
         $connection = $this->connection();
 
         $dirPath = '';
-        $parts = explode('/', rtrim($dirname, '/'));
+        $parts = explode('/', trim($dirname, '/'));
         $mode = $visibility ? $this->visibilityConverter->forDirectory($visibility) : false;
 
         foreach ($parts as $part) {
@@ -629,4 +637,18 @@ public function directoryExists(string $path): bool
 
         return @ftp_chdir($connection, $path) === true;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param resource|\FTP\Connection $connection
+     */
+    private function resolveConnectionRoot($connection): string
+    {
+        $root = $this->connectionOptions->root();
+
+        if ($root !== '') {
+            ftp_chdir($connection, $root);
+        }
+
+        return ftp_pwd($connection);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Ftp/FtpAdapterTestCase.php b/src/Ftp/FtpAdapterTestCase.php
index 3308e98b4..0e5438248 100644
--- a/src/Ftp/FtpAdapterTestCase.php
+++ b/src/Ftp/FtpAdapterTestCase.php
@@ -42,6 +42,30 @@ public function resetFunctionMocks(): void
         reset_function_mocks();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function using_empty_string_for_root(): void
+    {
+        $options = FtpConnectionOptions::fromArray([
+            'host' => 'localhost',
+            'port' => 2121,
+            'root' => '',
+            'username' => 'foo',
+            'password' => 'pass',
+        ]);
+
+        $this->runScenario(function () use ($options) {
+            $adapter = new FtpAdapter($options);
+
+            $adapter->write('dirname1/dirname2/path.txt', 'contents', new Config());
+            $adapter->write('dirname1/dirname2/path.txt', 'contents', new Config());
+
+            $this->assertTrue($adapter->fileExists('dirname1/dirname2/path.txt'));
+            $this->assertSame('contents', $adapter->read('dirname1/dirname2/path.txt'));
+        });
+    }
+
     /**
      * @test
      */