diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py
index 9d193b567caa..90b71986a957 100644
--- a/Lib/shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/shutil.py
@@ -680,9 +680,10 @@ def _make_zipfile(base_name, base_dir, verbose=0, dry_run=0, logger=None):
         with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_filename, "w",
                              compression=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as zf:
             path = os.path.normpath(base_dir)
-            zf.write(path, path)
-            if logger is not None:
-                logger.info("adding '%s'", path)
+            if path != os.curdir:
+                zf.write(path, path)
+                if logger is not None:
+                    logger.info("adding '%s'", path)
             for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(base_dir):
                 for name in sorted(dirnames):
                     path = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(dirpath, name))
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
index 990fae55dbfd..d93efb8867ac 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
@@ -1064,6 +1064,19 @@ def test_make_zipfile(self):
         work_dir = os.path.dirname(tmpdir2)
         rel_base_name = os.path.join(os.path.basename(tmpdir2), 'archive')
 
+        with support.change_cwd(work_dir):
+            base_name = os.path.abspath(rel_base_name)
+            res = make_archive(rel_base_name, 'zip', root_dir)
+
+        self.assertEqual(res, base_name + '.zip')
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(res))
+        self.assertTrue(zipfile.is_zipfile(res))
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(res) as zf:
+            self.assertCountEqual(zf.namelist(),
+                    ['dist/', 'dist/sub/', 'dist/sub2/',
+                     'dist/file1', 'dist/file2', 'dist/sub/file3',
+                     'outer'])
+
         with support.change_cwd(work_dir):
             base_name = os.path.abspath(rel_base_name)
             res = make_archive(rel_base_name, 'zip', root_dir, base_dir)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0021b19ac418..3f3b995d0a56 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #28488: shutil.make_archive() no longer adds entry "./" to ZIP archive.
+
 - Issue #25953: re.sub() now raises an error for invalid numerical group
   reference in replacement template even if the pattern is not found in
   the string.  Error message for invalid group reference now includes the