diff --git a/src/commands/relocate.rs b/src/commands/relocate.rs
index 7c3ea3d0a..b0ca537a9 100644
--- a/src/commands/relocate.rs
+++ b/src/commands/relocate.rs
@@ -535,12 +535,18 @@ impl<'a> RelocationExecutor<'a> {
         let msg = cformat!("Relocated <bold>{branch}</>: {src_display} → {dest_display}");
         eprintln!("{}", success_message(msg));
 
-        // Update shell if user is inside this worktree
+        // Update shell if user is inside this worktree, preserving their
+        // subdirectory position via the same helper as `switch`/`remove` so
+        // every path-switching command behaves identically.
         if let Some(cwd_path) = cwd
             && cwd_path.starts_with(&src_path)
         {
-            let relative = cwd_path.strip_prefix(&src_path).unwrap_or(Path::new(""));
-            crate::output::change_directory(dest_path.join(relative))?;
+            let cd_target = crate::output::handlers::resolve_subdir_in_target(
+                &dest_path,
+                Some(&src_path),
+                cwd_path,
+            );
+            crate::output::change_directory(cd_target)?;
         }
 
         self.moved.insert(idx);
diff --git a/src/output/handlers.rs b/src/output/handlers.rs
index 5222858eb..2886ccc1b 100644
--- a/src/output/handlers.rs
+++ b/src/output/handlers.rs
@@ -859,12 +859,21 @@ fn print_switch_message_if_changed(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-/// Compute the target directory for `cd` after switching, preserving the user's
-/// subdirectory position when possible.
+/// Compute the target directory for `cd` when moving the shell between
+/// worktrees, preserving the user's subdirectory position when possible.
 ///
 /// If the user is in `source_root/apps/gateway/` and `target_root/apps/gateway/`
 /// exists, returns `target_root/apps/gateway/`. Otherwise returns `target_root`.
-fn resolve_subdir_in_target(target_root: &Path, source_root: Option<&Path>, cwd: &Path) -> PathBuf {
+///
+/// Shared by every command that relocates the shell — `switch`, `remove` (and
+/// `merge`, which lands via the same handler), and `step relocate` — so they
+/// preserve subdirectory position identically (canonicalizing to survive
+/// symlinks, and falling back to the root when the subdir is absent).
+pub(crate) fn resolve_subdir_in_target(
+    target_root: &Path,
+    source_root: Option<&Path>,
+    cwd: &Path,
+) -> PathBuf {
     if let Some(source_root) = source_root {
         // Canonicalize both paths to handle symlinks (e.g., /var -> /private/var on macOS)
         let cwd = dunce::canonicalize(cwd).unwrap_or_else(|_| cwd.to_path_buf());
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/step_relocate.rs b/tests/integration_tests/step_relocate.rs
index 7bf147020..ba550fe25 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/step_relocate.rs
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/step_relocate.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 //! Integration tests for `wt step relocate`
 
-use crate::common::{TestRepo, make_snapshot_cmd, repo};
+use crate::common::{
+    TestRepo, configure_directive_files, directive_files, make_snapshot_cmd, repo,
+};
 use insta_cmd::assert_cmd_snapshot;
 use rstest::rstest;
 use std::fs;
+use std::path::Path;
 
 /// Get the parent directory of the repo (where worktrees are created)
 fn worktree_parent(repo: &TestRepo) -> std::path::PathBuf {
@@ -1024,3 +1027,46 @@ worktree-path = "../{{ undefined_var }}.{{ branch }}"
         "template_error skip missing from JSON: {parsed}"
     );
 }
+
+/// Relocating a worktree the user is standing inside preserves their
+/// subdirectory position, routing the `cd` through the same
+/// `resolve_subdir_in_target` helper as `switch`/`remove` (issue #3343 unify).
+#[rstest]
+fn test_relocate_preserves_subdir(repo: TestRepo) {
+    let parent = worktree_parent(&repo);
+    let (cd_path, exec_path, _guard) = directive_files();
+
+    // Create a worktree at a non-standard location, with a subdirectory the
+    // user is working in.
+    let wrong_path = parent.join("wrong-location");
+    repo.run_git(&[
+        "worktree",
+        "add",
+        "-b",
+        "feature",
+        wrong_path.to_str().unwrap(),
+    ]);
+    let subdir = Path::new("apps").join("gateway");
+    fs::create_dir_all(wrong_path.join(&subdir)).unwrap();
+
+    let mut cmd = repo.wt_command();
+    configure_directive_files(&mut cmd, &cd_path, &exec_path);
+    cmd.args(["step", "relocate"])
+        .current_dir(wrong_path.join(&subdir));
+
+    let output = cmd.output().unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        output.status.success(),
+        "wt step relocate failed: {output:?}"
+    );
+
+    // The cd directive should land in the equivalent subdirectory of the
+    // worktree's new location, not at its root.
+    let cd_content = fs::read_to_string(&cd_path).unwrap_or_default();
+    let expected_subdir = parent.join("repo.feature").join(&subdir);
+    let expected_str = expected_subdir.to_string_lossy();
+    assert!(
+        cd_content.contains(&*expected_str),
+        "CD file should contain relocated subdirectory path {expected_str}, got: {cd_content}"
+    );
+}