diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/imports.py b/jedi/evaluate/imports.py
index bb056b0d..fb8f48c3 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/imports.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/imports.py
@@ -223,9 +223,17 @@ class Importer(object):
                         import_path = []
                         # TODO add import error.
                         debug.warning('Attempted relative import beyond top-level package.')
+                # If no path is defined in the module we have no ideas where we
+                # are in the file system. Therefore we cannot know what to do.
+                # In this case we just let the path there and ignore that it's
+                # a relative path. Not sure if that's a good idea.
             else:
                 # Here we basically rewrite the level to 0.
-                import_path = tuple(base) + tuple(import_path)
+                base = tuple(base)
+                if level > 1:
+                    base = base[:-level + 1]
+
+                import_path = base + tuple(import_path)
         self.import_path = import_path
 
     @property
diff --git a/test/completion/import_tree/pkg/mod1.py b/test/completion/import_tree/pkg/mod1.py
index 2b6777c8..fe1d27fa 100644
--- a/test/completion/import_tree/pkg/mod1.py
+++ b/test/completion/import_tree/pkg/mod1.py
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 a = 1.0
+
+from ..random import foobar
diff --git a/test/completion/import_tree/random.py b/test/completion/import_tree/random.py
index a63ed059..7a34c4e3 100644
--- a/test/completion/import_tree/random.py
+++ b/test/completion/import_tree/random.py
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 Here because random is also a builtin module.
 """
 a = set
+
+foobar = 0
diff --git a/test/completion/imports.py b/test/completion/imports.py
index 246b91e5..5c8626fb 100644
--- a/test/completion/imports.py
+++ b/test/completion/imports.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def scope_nested():
 
     #? float()
     import_tree.pkg.mod1.a
-    #? ['a', '__name__', '__package__', '__file__', '__doc__']
+    #? ['a', 'foobar', '__name__', '__package__', '__file__', '__doc__']
     a = import_tree.pkg.mod1.
 
     import import_tree.random
@@ -283,3 +283,13 @@ def underscore():
     # Does that also work for the our own module?
     #? ['__file__']
     __file__
+
+
+# -----------------
+# complex relative imports #784
+# -----------------
+def relative():
+    #? ['foobar']
+    from import_tree.pkg.mod1 import foobar
+    #? int()
+    foobar
diff --git a/test/completion/on_import.py b/test/completion/on_import.py
index 73619e73..733d741e 100644
--- a/test/completion/on_import.py
+++ b/test/completion/on_import.py
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ import datetime.date
 
 #? 21 ['import']
 from import_tree.pkg import pkg
-#? 49 ['a', '__name__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__package__']
+#? 49 ['a', 'foobar', '__name__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__package__']
 from import_tree.pkg.mod1 import not_existant,    # whitespace before
-#? ['a', '__name__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__package__']
+#? ['a', 'foobar', '__name__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__package__']
 from import_tree.pkg.mod1 import not_existant, 
 #? 22 ['mod1']
 from import_tree.pkg. import mod1