diff --git a/crates/nuwiki-lsp/src/diagnostics.rs b/crates/nuwiki-lsp/src/diagnostics.rs
index adc54b8..2610959 100644
--- a/crates/nuwiki-lsp/src/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/crates/nuwiki-lsp/src/diagnostics.rs
@@ -166,9 +166,7 @@ pub fn classify_link(
     match link.target.kind {
         LinkKind::Wiki => {
             let path = link.target.path.as_deref()?;
-            let normalized = index.strip_link_extension(path);
-            let page = index.page_by_name(normalized);
-            match page {
+            match index.page_for_wiki_target(path, source_page, link.target.is_absolute) {
                 None => Some(BrokenLinkKind::MissingPage(path.to_string())),
                 Some(page) => {
                     if let Some(anchor) = &link.target.anchor {
@@ -229,8 +227,7 @@ pub fn classify_outgoing(
     match link.kind {
         LinkKind::Wiki => {
             let path = link.target_page.as_deref()?;
-            let normalized = index.strip_link_extension(path);
-            match index.page_by_name(normalized) {
+            match index.page_for_wiki_target(path, source_page, link.is_absolute) {
                 None => Some(BrokenLinkKind::MissingPage(path.to_string())),
                 Some(page) => {
                     if let Some(anchor) = &link.anchor {
@@ -262,23 +259,7 @@ pub fn classify_outgoing(
         }
         LinkKind::File | LinkKind::Local => {
             let path = link.target_page.as_deref()?;
-            // OutgoingLink doesn't carry `is_absolute`; recover from the
-            // string itself — `//path` and any other root-anchored form
-            // start with `/`. Anything else is relative to the source URI's
-            // parent directory.
-            let candidate = PathBuf::from(path);
-            let resolved = if candidate.is_absolute() {
-                candidate
-            } else if let Ok(base) = source_uri.to_file_path() {
-                match base.parent() {
-                    Some(dir) => dir.join(&candidate),
-                    None => candidate,
-                }
-            } else if let Some(root) = index.root.as_ref() {
-                root.join(&candidate)
-            } else {
-                return None;
-            };
+            let resolved = resolve_file_path(Some(source_uri), index, path, link.is_absolute)?;
             if resolved.exists() {
                 None
             } else {
diff --git a/crates/nuwiki-lsp/src/index.rs b/crates/nuwiki-lsp/src/index.rs
index d5f7f21..1354069 100644
--- a/crates/nuwiki-lsp/src/index.rs
+++ b/crates/nuwiki-lsp/src/index.rs
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ pub struct OutgoingLink {
     pub anchor: Option<String>,
     pub kind: LinkKind,
     pub span: Span,
+    /// Mirrors `LinkTarget::is_absolute` so `classify_outgoing` and the
+    /// `links` query can distinguish `[[Page]]` (source-relative) from
+    /// `[[/Page]]` (root-relative) without re-parsing.
+    pub is_absolute: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
@@ -174,9 +178,9 @@ impl WorkspaceIndex {
         let ext = self.file_extension.as_deref();
         for link in &page.outgoing {
             if let Some(tgt) = &link.target_page {
-                let norm = strip_wiki_extension(tgt, ext);
+                let key = canonical_link_name(tgt, &name, link.is_absolute, ext);
                 self.backlinks
-                    .entry(norm.to_string())
+                    .entry(key)
                     .or_default()
                     .push(Backlink {
                         source_uri: uri.clone(),
@@ -227,13 +231,13 @@ impl WorkspaceIndex {
 
     /// Resolve a `LinkTarget` to a page URI in this workspace.
     /// `source_page` is the name of the page the link originates from —
-    /// needed for `AnchorOnly` resolution.
+    /// needed for `AnchorOnly` resolution and source-relative `Wiki` links.
     pub fn resolve(&self, target: &LinkTarget, source_page: &str) -> Option<&Url> {
         match target.kind {
-            LinkKind::Wiki => target.path.as_deref().and_then(|p| {
-                let normalized = self.strip_link_extension(p);
-                self.pages_by_name.get(normalized)
-            }),
+            LinkKind::Wiki => target
+                .path
+                .as_deref()
+                .and_then(|p| self.resolve_wiki_path(p, source_page, target.is_absolute)),
             LinkKind::AnchorOnly => self.pages_by_name.get(source_page),
             // Interwiki / Diary / File / Local / Raw aren't resolved
             // against the workspace index here. The handlers fall back to
@@ -242,6 +246,32 @@ impl WorkspaceIndex {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Look up a wiki link target by name. Tries source-relative first
+    /// (vimwiki's default — `[[Page]]` in `posts/index.wiki` opens
+    /// `posts/Page.wiki`) then falls back to root-relative. Skips the
+    /// source-relative attempt for explicitly absolute (`[[/Page]]`) and
+    /// for source pages already at the wiki root (`source_page` with no
+    /// `/`). Strips the configured `.wiki` extension and collapses any
+    /// `.`/`..` segments before lookup.
+    pub fn resolve_wiki_path(
+        &self,
+        path: &str,
+        source_page: &str,
+        is_absolute: bool,
+    ) -> Option<&Url> {
+        let normalized = self.strip_link_extension(path);
+        if !is_absolute {
+            if let Some(slash) = source_page.rfind('/') {
+                let candidate = collapse_dots(&format!("{}/{}", &source_page[..slash], normalized));
+                if let Some(uri) = self.pages_by_name.get(&candidate) {
+                    return Some(uri);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        let root_candidate = collapse_dots(normalized);
+        self.pages_by_name.get(&root_candidate)
+    }
+
     pub fn page(&self, uri: &Url) -> Option<&IndexedPage> {
         self.pages_by_uri.get(uri)
     }
@@ -252,6 +282,19 @@ impl WorkspaceIndex {
             .and_then(|u| self.pages_by_uri.get(u))
     }
 
+    /// Resolve a wiki link target to the page it points at. Source-relative
+    /// first, then root-relative — mirrors [`Self::resolve_wiki_path`] but
+    /// returns the `IndexedPage` so anchor checks have everything they need.
+    pub fn page_for_wiki_target(
+        &self,
+        path: &str,
+        source_page: &str,
+        is_absolute: bool,
+    ) -> Option<&IndexedPage> {
+        self.resolve_wiki_path(path, source_page, is_absolute)
+            .and_then(|u| self.pages_by_uri.get(u))
+    }
+
     pub fn page_names(&self) -> Vec<String> {
         let mut v: Vec<String> = self.pages_by_name.keys().cloned().collect();
         v.sort();
@@ -437,6 +480,7 @@ fn index_inlines(inlines: &[InlineNode], page: &mut IndexedPage) {
                     anchor: w.target.anchor.clone(),
                     kind: w.target.kind,
                     span: w.span,
+                    is_absolute: w.target.is_absolute,
                 });
                 if let Some(desc) = &w.description {
                     index_inlines(desc, page);
@@ -498,6 +542,50 @@ fn inline_to_text_into(inlines: &[InlineNode], out: &mut String) {
 
 // ===== Filesystem walking =====
 
+/// Canonicalise a wikilink target into the page name the workspace index
+/// would key it by. Mirrors [`WorkspaceIndex::resolve_wiki_path`]'s preference
+/// (source-relative when not explicitly absolute, root-relative otherwise) but
+/// without requiring the target to already be indexed — useful for backlinks
+/// where the target may be added to the index after the source.
+///
+/// Collapses `.` and `..` segments so `posts/../foo` → `foo`. `..` at the
+/// root of the wiki is treated as a no-op (the wiki has no parent in this
+/// model — interwiki crossings use the dedicated `[[wiki:Page]]` syntax).
+pub fn canonical_link_name(
+    path: &str,
+    source_page: &str,
+    is_absolute: bool,
+    file_extension: Option<&str>,
+) -> String {
+    let normalized = strip_wiki_extension(path, file_extension);
+    let joined = if !is_absolute {
+        if let Some(slash) = source_page.rfind('/') {
+            format!("{}/{}", &source_page[..slash], normalized)
+        } else {
+            normalized.to_string()
+        }
+    } else {
+        normalized.to_string()
+    };
+    collapse_dots(&joined)
+}
+
+/// Collapse `.` and `..` segments in a `/`-separated path string. Doesn't
+/// touch URI escapes — these are workspace-relative page names, not URLs.
+pub fn collapse_dots(s: &str) -> String {
+    let mut parts: Vec<&str> = Vec::new();
+    for seg in s.split('/') {
+        match seg {
+            "" | "." => continue,
+            ".." => {
+                parts.pop();
+            }
+            _ => parts.push(seg),
+        }
+    }
+    parts.join("/")
+}
+
 /// Strip a wiki file extension from a link target path without allocating.
 ///
 /// `file_extension` may be `".wiki"` (with leading dot) or `"wiki"` (without).
diff --git a/crates/nuwiki-lsp/tests/link_health.rs b/crates/nuwiki-lsp/tests/link_health.rs
index f086728..d2ce7ef 100644
--- a/crates/nuwiki-lsp/tests/link_health.rs
+++ b/crates/nuwiki-lsp/tests/link_health.rs
@@ -466,6 +466,112 @@ fn collect_wiki_links_finds_nested() {
     }
 }
 
+// ===== Source-relative wiki links (vimwiki default) =====
+
+#[test]
+fn wiki_link_resolves_source_relative_first() {
+    let root = "/tmp/srcrel1";
+    let idx = build_index(
+        root,
+        &[
+            ("tips/index", "[[llm-wiki-pattern|LLM]]\n"),
+            ("tips/llm-wiki-pattern", "= LLM =\n"),
+        ],
+    );
+    let src = "[[llm-wiki-pattern|LLM]]\n";
+    let ast = parse(src);
+    let diags = diagnostics::link_health(
+        &ast,
+        src,
+        Some(&Url::from_file_path(format!("{root}/tips/index.wiki")).unwrap()),
+        &idx,
+        "tips/index",
+        LinkSeverity::Warning,
+        true,
+    );
+    assert!(diags.is_empty(), "expected no diagnostics, got: {:?}", diags);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn wiki_link_falls_back_to_root_relative() {
+    // A source-relative miss should fall through to root-relative — this
+    // keeps `[[posts/foo]]` from `index.wiki` working even though there's
+    // no `posts/posts/foo`.
+    let root = "/tmp/srcrel2";
+    let idx = build_index(
+        root,
+        &[
+            ("index", "[[posts/foo|Foo]]\n"),
+            ("posts/foo", "= Foo =\n"),
+        ],
+    );
+    let src = "[[posts/foo|Foo]]\n";
+    let ast = parse(src);
+    let diags = diagnostics::link_health(
+        &ast,
+        src,
+        Some(&home_uri(root)),
+        &idx,
+        "index",
+        LinkSeverity::Warning,
+        true,
+    );
+    assert!(diags.is_empty(), "got: {:?}", diags);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn wiki_link_absolute_skips_source_relative() {
+    // `[[/Page]]` is explicitly root-relative even from a subdir.
+    let root = "/tmp/srcrel3";
+    let idx = build_index(
+        root,
+        &[
+            ("tips/index", "[[/RootPage]]\n"),
+            ("RootPage", "= Root =\n"),
+            // Intentionally also create tips/RootPage so a source-relative
+            // resolution would (wrongly) prefer it — the absolute form must
+            // ignore source-relative.
+            ("tips/RootPage", "= Tips Root =\n"),
+        ],
+    );
+    let target = idx
+        .resolve_wiki_path("RootPage", "tips/index", true)
+        .expect("absolute link should resolve");
+    assert!(
+        target.as_str().ends_with("RootPage.wiki"),
+        "expected root RootPage, got {target}",
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !target.as_str().contains("/tips/RootPage"),
+        "absolute link should skip tips/RootPage, got {target}",
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn wiki_link_parent_dir_collapses() {
+    // `[[../Other]]` from `posts/foo` resolves to `Other` at the wiki root.
+    let root = "/tmp/srcrel4";
+    let idx = build_index(
+        root,
+        &[
+            ("posts/foo", "[[../Other|Other]]\n"),
+            ("Other", "= Other =\n"),
+        ],
+    );
+    let src = "[[../Other|Other]]\n";
+    let ast = parse(src);
+    let diags = diagnostics::link_health(
+        &ast,
+        src,
+        Some(&Url::from_file_path(format!("{root}/posts/foo.wiki")).unwrap()),
+        &idx,
+        "posts/foo",
+        LinkSeverity::Warning,
+        true,
+    );
+    assert!(diags.is_empty(), "got: {:?}", diags);
+}
+
 // ===== Anchor matching against raw heading text =====
 
 #[test]