diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py
index 9d193b567ca..90b71986a95 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 990fae55dbf..d93efb8867a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
@@ -1064,6 +1064,19 @@ class TestShutil(unittest.TestCase):
         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 0021b19ac41..3f3b995d0a5 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