diff --git a/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImpl.java b/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImpl.java
index 038b4b0218..3955dc86f6 100644
--- a/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImpl.java
+++ b/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImpl.java
@@ -335,12 +335,12 @@ public class FilesystemStorageStrategyImpl implements FilesystemStorageStrategy
      * @return the resulting string
      */
     protected String buildPathStartingFromBaseDir(String...pathTokens) {
-        String normalizedToken = removeFileSeparatorFromBorders(normalize(baseDirectory));
+        String normalizedToken = removeFileSeparatorFromBorders(normalize(baseDirectory), true);
         StringBuilder completePath = new StringBuilder(normalizedToken);
         if(pathTokens!=null && pathTokens.length>0) {
             for(int i=0; i<pathTokens.length; i++) {
                 if(pathTokens[i]!=null) {
-                    normalizedToken = removeFileSeparatorFromBorders(normalize(pathTokens[i]));
+                    normalizedToken = removeFileSeparatorFromBorders(normalize(pathTokens[i]), false);
                     completePath.append(File.separator).append(normalizedToken);
                 }
             }
@@ -367,16 +367,19 @@ public class FilesystemStorageStrategyImpl implements FilesystemStorageStrategy
      * Remove leading and trailing {@link File.separator} character from the
      * string.
      * @param pathToBeCleaned
+     * @param remove only trailing separator char from path
      * @return
      */
-    private String removeFileSeparatorFromBorders(String pathToBeCleaned) {
+    private String removeFileSeparatorFromBorders(String pathToBeCleaned, boolean onlyTrailing) {
         if (null == pathToBeCleaned || pathToBeCleaned.equals("")) return pathToBeCleaned;
 
         int beginIndex = 0;
         int endIndex = pathToBeCleaned.length();
 
         //search for separator chars
-        if (pathToBeCleaned.substring(0, 1).equals(File.separator)) beginIndex = 1;
+        if (!onlyTrailing) {
+            if (pathToBeCleaned.substring(0, 1).equals(File.separator)) beginIndex = 1;
+        }
         if (pathToBeCleaned.substring(pathToBeCleaned.length() - 1).equals(File.separator)) endIndex--;
 
         return pathToBeCleaned.substring(beginIndex, endIndex);
diff --git a/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStoreTest.java b/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStoreTest.java
index b80fc6bc9e..cfbd31cb4f 100644
--- a/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStoreTest.java
+++ b/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStoreTest.java
@@ -185,16 +185,8 @@ public class FilesystemAsyncBlobStoreTest {
     /**
      * Test of list method, of class FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.
      */
-    public void testList_NoOptionSingleContainer() throws IOException {
-
-        // Testing list for a not existing container
-        try {
-            blobStore.list(CONTAINER_NAME);
-            fail("Found a not existing container");
-        } catch(ContainerNotFoundException e) {
-
-        }
-
+    public void testList_NoOptionSingleContainer()
+    throws IOException {
         blobStore.createContainerInLocation(null, CONTAINER_NAME);
         // Testing list for an empty container
         checkForContainerContent(CONTAINER_NAME, null);
@@ -268,6 +260,29 @@ public class FilesystemAsyncBlobStoreTest {
     }
 
 
+    public void testList_Subdirectory()
+    throws IOException {
+        blobStore.createContainerInLocation(null, CONTAINER_NAME);
+        // Testing list for an empty container
+        checkForContainerContent(CONTAINER_NAME, null);
+
+        //creates blobs in first container
+        Set<String> blobsExpected = TestUtils.createBlobsInContainer(
+                CONTAINER_NAME,
+                new String[] {
+                    "bbb" + File.separator + "ccc" + File.separator + "ddd" + File.separator + "1234.jpg",
+                    "4rrr.jpg",
+                    "rrr" + File.separator + "sss" + File.separator + "788.jpg",
+                    "rrr" + File.separator + "wert.kpg" }
+                );
+
+        //remove not expected values
+        blobsExpected.remove("bbb" + File.separator + "ccc" + File.separator + "ddd" + File.separator + "1234.jpg");
+        blobsExpected.remove("4rrr.jpg");
+
+        checkForContainerContent(CONTAINER_NAME, "rrr", blobsExpected);
+    }
+
     /**
      * TODO
      * Should throws an exception?
@@ -809,12 +824,17 @@ public class FilesystemAsyncBlobStoreTest {
      * @param expectedBlobKeys
      */
     private void checkForContainerContent(final String containerName, Set<String> expectedBlobKeys) {
+        checkForContainerContent(containerName, null, expectedBlobKeys);
+    }
+
+    private void checkForContainerContent(final String containerName, String inDirectory, Set<String> expectedBlobKeys) {
         ListContainerOptions options = ListContainerOptions.Builder.recursive();
+        if (null != inDirectory && !"".equals(inDirectory)) options.inDirectory(inDirectory);
 
         PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata> blobsRetrieved = blobStore.list(containerName, options);
 
         //nothing expected
-        if (null == expectedBlobKeys) {
+        if (null == expectedBlobKeys || 0 == expectedBlobKeys.size()) {
             assertTrue(blobsRetrieved.isEmpty(), "Wrong blob number retrieved in the containter [" + containerName + "]");
             return;
         }
diff --git a/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImplTest.java b/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImplTest.java
index e1cfc40303..803bb85997 100644
--- a/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImplTest.java
+++ b/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImplTest.java
@@ -417,6 +417,38 @@ public class FilesystemStorageStrategyImplTest {
     }
 
 
+    public void testGetFileForBlobKey_AbsolutePath()
+    throws IOException {
+        String absoluteBasePath = (new File(getAbsoluteDirectory(), "basedir")).getAbsolutePath() + FS;
+        String absoluteContainerPath = absoluteBasePath + CONTAINER_NAME + FS;
+
+        //create storageStrategy with an absolute path
+        FilesystemStorageStrategy storageStrategyAbsolute = new FilesystemStorageStrategyImpl(
+                new Blob.Factory() {
+                    @Override
+                    public Blob create(MutableBlobMetadata metadata) {
+                        return new BlobImpl(metadata != null ? metadata : new MutableBlobMetadataImpl());
+                    }
+                },
+                absoluteBasePath,
+                new FilesystemContainerNameValidatorImpl(),
+                new FilesystemBlobKeyValidatorImpl());
+        TestUtils.cleanDirectoryContent(absoluteContainerPath);
+
+        String blobKey;
+        File fileForPayload;
+
+        blobKey = TestUtils.createRandomBlobKey("getFileForBlobKey-", ".img");
+        fileForPayload = storageStrategyAbsolute.getFileForBlobKey(CONTAINER_NAME, blobKey);
+        assertNotNull(fileForPayload, "Result File object is null");
+        assertEquals(fileForPayload.getAbsolutePath(), absoluteContainerPath + blobKey, "Wrong file path");
+
+        blobKey = TestUtils.createRandomBlobKey("asd" + FS + "vmad" + FS + "andsnf" + FS + "getFileForBlobKey-", ".img");
+        fileForPayload = storageStrategyAbsolute.getFileForBlobKey(CONTAINER_NAME, blobKey);
+        assertEquals(fileForPayload.getAbsolutePath(), absoluteContainerPath + blobKey, "Wrong file path");
+    }
+
+
     public void testBlobExists() throws IOException {
         String[] sourceBlobKeys = new String[]{
             TestUtils.createRandomBlobKey("blobExists-", ".jpg"),
@@ -530,5 +562,16 @@ public class FilesystemStorageStrategyImplTest {
     //---------------------------------------------------------- Private methods
 
 
+    /**
+     * Calculates an absolute directory path that depends on operative system
+     * @return
+     */
+    private String getAbsoluteDirectory() throws IOException {
+        File tempFile = File.createTempFile("prefix", "suffix");
+        String tempAbsolutePath = tempFile.getParent();
+
+        return tempAbsolutePath;
+    }
+
 
 }