diff --git a/Libraries/LibCore/DirIterator.cpp b/Libraries/LibCore/DirIterator.cpp
index f009d6c9f3..b2f2dcea9a 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibCore/DirIterator.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibCore/DirIterator.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ bool DirIterator::advance_next()
         if (m_flags & Flags::SkipDots && m_next.starts_with('.'))
             continue;
 
+        if (m_flags & Flags::SkipParentAndBaseDir && (m_next == "." || m_next == ".."))
+            continue;
+
         return !m_next.is_empty();
     }
 }
diff --git a/Libraries/LibCore/DirIterator.h b/Libraries/LibCore/DirIterator.h
index a7aa80f5c6..acbbe453e0 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibCore/DirIterator.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibCore/DirIterator.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public:
     enum Flags {
         NoFlags = 0x0,
         SkipDots = 0x1,
+        SkipParentAndBaseDir = 0x2,
     };
 
     DirIterator(const StringView& path, Flags = Flags::NoFlags);