diff --git a/parser_cpp/logica_parse.cpp b/parser_cpp/logica_parse.cpp
index b82fad2..7d78df5 100644
--- a/parser_cpp/logica_parse.cpp
+++ b/parser_cpp/logica_parse.cpp
@@ -2288,7 +2288,9 @@ static std::vector<std::string> SplitLogicapath(const char* lp) {
     size_t pos = s.find(':', start);
     if (pos == std::string::npos) pos = s.size();
     std::string part = s.substr(start, pos - start);
-    if (!part.empty()) roots.push_back(part);
+    // Preserve empty segments: in PATH-like variables (and in python's
+    // LOGICAPATH parsing), an empty entry means "current directory".
+    roots.push_back(part);
     start = pos + 1;
   }
   return roots;
@@ -2413,7 +2415,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         size_t pos = s.find(':', start);
         if (pos == std::string::npos) pos = s.size();
         std::string part = s.substr(start, pos - start);
-        if (!part.empty()) import_root.push_back(part);
+        // Preserve empty segments (see SplitLogicapath).
+        import_root.push_back(part);
         start = pos + 1;
       }
     }
diff --git a/parser_cpp/logica_parse_cpp.py b/parser_cpp/logica_parse_cpp.py
index 13dd978..aa0a5ac 100644
--- a/parser_cpp/logica_parse_cpp.py
+++ b/parser_cpp/logica_parse_cpp.py
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ def _LogicapathFromImportRoot(import_root) -> Optional[str]:
   if isinstance(import_root, str):
     return import_root
   if isinstance(import_root, (list, tuple)):
-    return ':'.join([str(x) for x in import_root if x])
+    return ':'.join([str(x) for x in import_root])
   raise TypeError('Unexpected import_root type: %r' % (type(import_root),))