diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Library/FileExplorerLib/FileExplorer.c b/MdeModulePkg/Library/FileExplorerLib/FileExplorer.c
index 1555972ee0..88529ce0f8 100644
--- a/MdeModulePkg/Library/FileExplorerLib/FileExplorer.c
+++ b/MdeModulePkg/Library/FileExplorerLib/FileExplorer.c
@@ -86,6 +86,18 @@ LibCreateNewFile (
   IN BOOLEAN  CreateFile
   );
 
+/**
+  Navigate to the parent of the directory currently displayed.
+
+  @retval  EFI_SUCCESS   The parent location was displayed successfully.
+  @retval  other errors  Error occurred when opening or parsing the parent.
+
+**/
+EFI_STATUS
+LibGoUpOneLevel (
+  VOID
+  );
+
 /**
   This function allows a caller to extract the current configuration for one
   or more named elements from the target driver.
@@ -273,7 +285,12 @@ LibCallback (
       return EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER;
     }
 
-    if (QuestionId >= FILE_OPTION_OFFSET) {
+    if (QuestionId == KEY_VALUE_UP_ONE_LEVEL) {
+      Status = LibGoUpOneLevel ();
+      if (EFI_ERROR (Status)) {
+        return Status;
+      }
+    } else if (QuestionId >= FILE_OPTION_OFFSET) {
       LibGetDevicePath (QuestionId);
       Status = LibUpdateFileExplorer (QuestionId);
       if (EFI_ERROR (Status)) {
@@ -528,6 +545,55 @@ LibStrDuplicate (
   return Dest;
 }
 
+/**
+  Return the parent directory of an absolute file path.
+
+  The parent of a top level path (e.g. "\" or "\Name") is the volume root "\".
+
+  @param Path            The absolute path whose parent is requested.
+
+  @return A newly allocated string holding the parent path, or NULL on failure.
+          Caller is responsible to free the returned string.
+
+**/
+CHAR16 *
+LibGetParentPath (
+  IN CHAR16  *Path
+  )
+{
+  CHAR16  *Parent;
+  UINTN   Index;
+  UINTN   LastSlash;
+
+  if (Path == NULL) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  LastSlash = 0;
+  for (Index = 0; Path[Index] != L'\0'; Index++) {
+    if (Path[Index] == L'\\') {
+      LastSlash = Index;
+    }
+  }
+
+  //
+  // Only a leading backslash was found (root or a top level entry): parent is "\".
+  //
+  if (LastSlash == 0) {
+    return LibStrDuplicate (L"\\");
+  }
+
+  Parent = AllocateZeroPool ((LastSlash + 1) * sizeof (CHAR16));
+  if (Parent == NULL) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  CopyMem (Parent, Path, LastSlash * sizeof (CHAR16));
+  Parent[LastSlash] = L'\0';
+
+  return Parent;
+}
+
 /**
 
   Function gets the file information from an open file descriptor, and stores it
@@ -782,6 +848,17 @@ LibFindFileSystem (
   NoSimpleFsHandles = 0;
   OptionNumber      = 0;
 
+  //
+  // Showing the volume list: no directory is active, so no "Up" entry is offered.
+  //
+  if (gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirPath != NULL) {
+    FreePool (gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirPath);
+    gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirPath = NULL;
+  }
+
+  gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirHandle    = NULL;
+  gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDeviceHandle = NULL;
+
   //
   // Locate Handles that support Simple File System protocol
   //
@@ -1155,6 +1232,18 @@ LibFindFiles (
 
   OptionNumber = 0;
 
+  //
+  // Remember the directory being displayed so a synthetic "Up one level" entry
+  // can navigate back to its parent (or the volume list at a volume root).
+  //
+  if (gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirPath != NULL) {
+    FreePool (gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirPath);
+  }
+
+  gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirPath      = LibStrDuplicate (FileName);
+  gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirHandle    = FileHandle;
+  gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDeviceHandle = DeviceHandle;
+
   DirBufferSize = sizeof (EFI_FILE_INFO) + 1024;
   DirInfo       = AllocateZeroPool (DirBufferSize);
   if (DirInfo == NULL) {
@@ -1195,6 +1284,15 @@ LibFindFiles (
         continue;
       }
 
+      if ((StrCmp (DirInfo->FileName, L".") == 0) || (StrCmp (DirInfo->FileName, L"..") == 0)) {
+        //
+        // Skip the on-disk "." and ".." entries (present on FAT sub-directories but
+        // not on the volume root or on other file systems). Parent navigation is
+        // provided uniformly by the synthetic "Up one level" entry instead.
+        //
+        continue;
+      }
+
       NewMenuEntry = LibCreateMenuEntry ();
       if (NULL == NewMenuEntry) {
         Status = EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
@@ -1329,6 +1427,22 @@ LibUpdateFileExplorePage (
 
   mQuestionIdUpdate += QUESTION_ID_UPDATE_STEP;
 
+  //
+  // When a directory is being displayed, offer a synthetic "Up one level" entry
+  // so the user can return to the parent directory (or the volume list at a
+  // volume root) without having to exit the file explorer entirely.
+  //
+  if (gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirPath != NULL) {
+    HiiCreateGotoOpCode (
+      mLibStartOpCodeHandle,
+      FORM_FILE_EXPLORER_ID,
+      STRING_TOKEN (STR_UP_ONE_LEVEL),
+      STRING_TOKEN (STR_UP_ONE_LEVEL_HELP),
+      EFI_IFR_FLAG_CALLBACK,
+      KEY_VALUE_UP_ONE_LEVEL
+      );
+  }
+
   for (Index = 0; Index < MenuOption->MenuNumber; Index++) {
     NewMenuEntry   = LibGetMenuEntry (MenuOption, Index);
     NewFileContext = (FILE_CONTEXT *)NewMenuEntry->VariableContext;
@@ -1439,6 +1553,107 @@ LibUpdateFileExplorer (
   return Status;
 }
 
+/**
+  Navigate to the parent of the directory currently displayed.
+
+  When the volume root is displayed, the volume (file system) list is shown
+  instead. Does nothing when the volume list is already displayed.
+
+  @retval  EFI_SUCCESS   The parent location was displayed successfully.
+  @retval  other errors  Error occurred when opening or parsing the parent.
+
+**/
+EFI_STATUS
+LibGoUpOneLevel (
+  VOID
+  )
+{
+  EFI_STATUS       Status;
+  CHAR16           *ParentPath;
+  EFI_FILE_HANDLE  RootHandle;
+  EFI_FILE_HANDLE  ParentHandle;
+  EFI_HANDLE       DeviceHandle;
+
+  //
+  // Already at the volume list: nothing above it.
+  //
+  if (gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirPath == NULL) {
+    return EFI_SUCCESS;
+  }
+
+  //
+  // At a volume root: go back to the volume (file system) list.
+  //
+  if (StrCmp (gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirPath, L"\\") == 0) {
+    if (gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirHandle != NULL) {
+      gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirHandle->Close (gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirHandle);
+      gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirHandle = NULL;
+    }
+
+    LibFreeMenu (gFileExplorerPrivate.FsOptionMenu);
+    Status = LibFindFileSystem ();
+    if (!EFI_ERROR (Status)) {
+      LibUpdateFileExplorePage ();
+    }
+
+    return Status;
+  }
+
+  //
+  // In a sub-directory: open and display its parent.
+  //
+  DeviceHandle = gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDeviceHandle;
+  ParentPath   = LibGetParentPath (gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirPath);
+  if (ParentPath == NULL) {
+    return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
+  }
+
+  RootHandle = LibOpenRoot (DeviceHandle);
+  if (RootHandle == NULL) {
+    FreePool (ParentPath);
+    return EFI_DEVICE_ERROR;
+  }
+
+  if (StrCmp (ParentPath, L"\\") == 0) {
+    ParentHandle = RootHandle;
+  } else {
+    Status = RootHandle->Open (
+                           RootHandle,
+                           &ParentHandle,
+                           ParentPath,
+                           EFI_FILE_READ_ONLY,
+                           0
+                           );
+    RootHandle->Close (RootHandle);
+    if (EFI_ERROR (Status)) {
+      FreePool (ParentPath);
+      return Status;
+    }
+  }
+
+  //
+  // Release the directory being left before its handle reference is overwritten.
+  //
+  if (gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirHandle != NULL) {
+    gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirHandle->Close (gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirHandle);
+    gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirHandle = NULL;
+  }
+
+  LibFreeMenu (gFileExplorerPrivate.FsOptionMenu);
+
+  Status = LibFindFiles (ParentHandle, ParentPath, DeviceHandle);
+  if (!EFI_ERROR (Status)) {
+    LibUpdateFileExplorePage ();
+  } else {
+    LibFreeMenu (gFileExplorerPrivate.FsOptionMenu);
+    ParentHandle->Close (ParentHandle);
+  }
+
+  FreePool (ParentPath);
+
+  return Status;
+}
+
 /**
   Get the device path info saved in the menu structure.
 
@@ -1557,6 +1772,22 @@ Done:
 
   LibFreeMenu (gFileExplorerPrivate.FsOptionMenu);
 
+  //
+  // Release the directory currently displayed. Its handle is shared by the (now
+  // freed) child entries, which are non-root and therefore never close it.
+  //
+  if (gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirHandle != NULL) {
+    gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirHandle->Close (gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirHandle);
+    gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirHandle = NULL;
+  }
+
+  if (gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirPath != NULL) {
+    FreePool (gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirPath);
+    gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDirPath = NULL;
+  }
+
+  gFileExplorerPrivate.CurDeviceHandle = NULL;
+
   if (FileName != NULL) {
     FreePool (FileName);
   }
diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Library/FileExplorerLib/FileExplorer.h b/MdeModulePkg/Library/FileExplorerLib/FileExplorer.h
index f3a3a7ef05..3039fa6da4 100644
--- a/MdeModulePkg/Library/FileExplorerLib/FileExplorer.h
+++ b/MdeModulePkg/Library/FileExplorerLib/FileExplorer.h
@@ -89,6 +89,15 @@ typedef struct {
   CHAR16                            *FileType;
   CHOOSE_HANDLER                    ChooseHandler;
   EFI_DEVICE_PATH_PROTOCOL          *RetDevicePath;
+
+  //
+  // Location currently displayed, used to synthesize an "Up one level" entry.
+  // When CurDirPath is NULL the volume (file system) list is being shown and no
+  // "Up" entry is offered.
+  //
+  EFI_HANDLE                        CurDeviceHandle;
+  EFI_FILE_HANDLE                   CurDirHandle;
+  CHAR16                            *CurDirPath;
 } FILE_EXPLORER_CALLBACK_DATA;
 
 #define FILE_EXPLORER_PRIVATE_FROM_THIS(a)  CR (a, FILE_EXPLORER_CALLBACK_DATA, FeConfigAccess, FILE_EXPLORER_CALLBACK_DATA_SIGNATURE)
diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Library/FileExplorerLib/FileExplorerString.uni b/MdeModulePkg/Library/FileExplorerLib/FileExplorerString.uni
index 070cdf38ea..4e04dfc20a 100644
--- a/MdeModulePkg/Library/FileExplorerLib/FileExplorerString.uni
+++ b/MdeModulePkg/Library/FileExplorerLib/FileExplorerString.uni
@@ -53,3 +53,7 @@
                                        #language fr-FR  "Create Folder and Exit"
 #string STR_NO_CREATE_FOLDER_AND_EXIT  #language en-US  "Discard Create and Exit"
                                        #language fr-FR  "Discard Create and Exit"
+#string STR_UP_ONE_LEVEL               #language en-US  "<.. Up one level>"
+                                       #language fr-FR  "<.. Up one level>"
+#string STR_UP_ONE_LEVEL_HELP          #language en-US  "Return to the parent directory, or to the volume list when at the root of a volume"
+                                       #language fr-FR  "Return to the parent directory, or to the volume list when at the root of a volume"
diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Library/FileExplorerLib/FormGuid.h b/MdeModulePkg/Library/FileExplorerLib/FormGuid.h
index d1857ebdac..6b53e71645 100644
--- a/MdeModulePkg/Library/FileExplorerLib/FormGuid.h
+++ b/MdeModulePkg/Library/FileExplorerLib/FormGuid.h
@@ -22,5 +22,11 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-Patent
 #define NEW_FOLDER_NAME_ID                   0x3001
 #define KEY_VALUE_CREATE_FOLDER_AND_EXIT     0x3002
 #define KEY_VALUE_NO_CREATE_FOLDER_AND_EXIT  0x3003
+//
+// Reserved question id used by the synthetic "Up one level" entry. It must stay
+// below NEW_FILE_QUESTION_ID_BASE (0x5000) so the incrementing new-file/new-folder
+// and FILE_OPTION_OFFSET (0x8000) question ids can never collide with it.
+//
+#define KEY_VALUE_UP_ONE_LEVEL               0x4000
 
 #define LABEL_END  0xffff