diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/SessionStateContainer.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/SessionStateContainer.cs
index 546965c83cf..1a9f7988678 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/SessionStateContainer.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/SessionStateContainer.cs
@@ -3443,7 +3443,7 @@ internal void NewItem(
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(name))
                 {
                     string providerPath =
-                        Globber.GetProviderPath(resolvePath, context, out provider, out driveInfo);
+                        Globber.GetProviderPath(WildcardPattern.Unescape(resolvePath), context, out provider, out driveInfo);
 
                     providerInstance = GetProviderInstance(provider);
                     providerPaths.Add(providerPath);
@@ -3535,9 +3535,14 @@ internal void NewItem(
                             throw PSTraceSource.NewInvalidOperationException(SessionStateStrings.PathNotFound, targetPath);
                         }
 
-                        // If the original target was a relative path, we want to leave it as relative if it did not require
-                        // globbing to resolve.
-                        if (WildcardPattern.ContainsWildcardCharacters(targetPath))
+                        // If the original target was a relative path, we want to leave it as relative
+                        if (targetPath.StartsWith('.'))
+                        {
+                            var sessionState = ExecutionContext.EngineSessionState;
+                            string resolvedPath = sessionState.NormalizeRelativePath(globbedTarget[0], sessionState.CurrentLocation.ProviderPath);
+                            content = resolvedPath.StartsWith('.') ? resolvedPath : Path.Combine(".", resolvedPath);
+                        }
+                        else
                         {
                             content = globbedTarget[0];
                         }
diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/New-Item.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/New-Item.Tests.ps1
index a9a2599891b..1a20f478252 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/New-Item.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/New-Item.Tests.ps1
@@ -34,16 +34,17 @@ function Clean-State
 Describe "New-Item" -Tags "CI" {
     $tmpDirectory               = $TestDrive
     $testfile                   = "testfile.txt"
+    $testfileSp                 = "``[test``]file.txt"
     $testfolder                 = "newDirectory"
     $testsubfolder              = "newSubDirectory"
     $testlink                   = "testlink"
     $FullyQualifiedFile         = Join-Path -Path $tmpDirectory -ChildPath $testfile
+    $FullyQualifiedFileSp       = Join-Path -Path $tmpDirectory -ChildPath $testfileSp
     $FullyQualifiedFolder       = Join-Path -Path $tmpDirectory -ChildPath $testfolder
     $FullyQualifiedLink         = Join-Path -Path $tmpDirectory -ChildPath $testlink
     $FullyQualifiedSubFolder    = Join-Path -Path $FullyQualifiedFolder -ChildPath $testsubfolder
     $FullyQualifiedFileInFolder = Join-Path -Path $FullyQualifiedFolder -ChildPath $testfile
 
-
     BeforeEach {
         Clean-State
     }
@@ -103,9 +104,15 @@ Describe "New-Item" -Tags "CI" {
         Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFile | Should -BeTrue
     }
 
+    It "Should create a file with correct name when Name switch is not used and Path contains special char" {
+        New-Item -Path $FullyQualifiedFileSp -ItemType file > $null
+
+        $FullyQualifiedFileSp | Should -Exist
+    }
+
     It "Should be able to create a multiple items in different directories" {
         $FullyQualifiedFile2 = Join-Path -Path $tmpDirectory -ChildPath test2.txt
-        New-Item -ItemType file -Path $FullyQualifiedFile, $FullyQualifiedFile2
+        New-Item -ItemType file -Path $FullyQualifiedFile, $FullyQualifiedFile2 > $null
 
         Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFile  | Should -BeTrue
         Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFile2 | Should -BeTrue
@@ -196,9 +203,15 @@ Describe "New-Item with links" -Tags @('CI', 'RequireAdminOnWindows') {
     $testfile             = "testfile.txt"
     $testfolder           = "newDirectory"
     $testlink             = "testlink"
+    $testlinkSrcSpName    = "[test]src"
+    $testlinkSrcSp        = "``[test``]src"
+    $testlinkSpName       = "[test]link"
+    $testlinkSp           = "``[test``]link"
     $FullyQualifiedFile   = Join-Path -Path $tmpDirectory -ChildPath $testfile
     $FullyQualifiedFolder = Join-Path -Path $tmpDirectory -ChildPath $testfolder
     $FullyQualifiedLink   = Join-Path -Path $tmpDirectory -ChildPath $testlink
+    $FullyQualifiedLSrcSp = Join-Path -Path $tmpDirectory -ChildPath $testlinkSrcSp
+    $FullyQualifiedLinkSp = Join-Path -Path $tmpDirectory -ChildPath $testlinkSp
     $SymLinkMask          = [System.IO.FileAttributes]::ReparsePoint
     $DirLinkMask          = $SymLinkMask -bor [System.IO.FileAttributes]::Directory
 
@@ -249,6 +262,21 @@ Describe "New-Item with links" -Tags @('CI', 'RequireAdminOnWindows') {
         Test-Path $FullyQualifiedLink | Should -BeFalse
     }
 
+    It "Should create symbolic link with name contains special char" {
+        New-Item -Path $tmpDirectory -Name $testlinkSrcSpName -ItemType File > $null
+        $FullyQualifiedLSrcSp | Should -Exist
+
+        New-Item -Path $FullyQualifiedLinkSp -Target $FullyQualifiedLSrcSp -ItemType SymbolicLink > $null
+        $FullyQualifiedLinkSp | Should -Exist
+
+        $expectedTarget = Join-Path -Path $tmpDirectory -ChildPath $testlinkSrcSpName
+
+        $fileInfo = Get-Item -Path $FullyQualifiedLinkSp
+        $fileInfo.Target | Should -BeExactly $expectedTarget
+        $fileInfo.LinkType | Should -BeExactly "SymbolicLink"
+        $fileInfo.Attributes -band $DirLinkMask | Should -BeExactly $SymLinkMask
+    }
+
     It "New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink should understand directory path ending with slash" {
         $folderName = [System.IO.Path]::GetRandomFileName()
         $symbolicLinkPath = New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path "$tmpDirectory/$folderName/" -Value "/bar/"
diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Remove-Item.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Remove-Item.Tests.ps1
index 5dcb6b9201b..7793c95f03c 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Remove-Item.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Remove-Item.Tests.ps1
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 # Licensed under the MIT License.
 Describe "Remove-Item" -Tags "CI" {
-    $testpath = $TestDrive
-    $testfile = "testfile.txt"
-    $testfilepath = Join-Path -Path $testpath -ChildPath $testfile
+    $testpath       = $TestDrive
+    $testfile       = "testfile.txt"
+    $testfileSpName = "[testfile].txt"
+    $testfileSp     = "``[testfile``].txt"
+    $testfilepath   = Join-Path -Path $testpath -ChildPath $testfile
+    $testfilepathSp = Join-Path -Path $testpath -ChildPath $testfileSp
     Context "File removal Tests" {
 	BeforeEach {
 	    New-Item -Name $testfile -Path $testpath -ItemType "file" -Value "lorem ipsum" -Force
@@ -109,6 +112,14 @@ Describe "Remove-Item" -Tags "CI" {
 	    Test-Path (Join-Path -Path $testpath -ChildPath file1.wav) | Should -BeFalse
 	    Test-Path (Join-Path -Path $testpath -ChildPath file2.wav) | Should -BeFalse
 	}
+
+        It "Should be able to remove file when path contains special char" {
+            New-Item -Path $testpath -Name $testfileSpName -ItemType File -Force > $null
+            $testfilepathSp | Should -Exist
+
+            Remove-Item -Path $testfilepathSp -Force
+            $testfilepathSp | Should -Not -Exist
+        }
     }
 
     Context "Directory Removal Tests" {