diff --git a/src/host/path_getrelative.c b/src/host/path_getrelative.c
index b251eb3f..e08f3d4c 100644
--- a/src/host/path_getrelative.c
+++ b/src/host/path_getrelative.c
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ static void normalize(char* buffer, const char* path)
 		++src;
 	}
 
+    /* remove any trailing slashes */
+    for (--src; src > buffer && *src == '/'; --src) {
+         *src = '\0';
+    }
+
 	*dst = '\0';
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/base/test_path.lua b/tests/base/test_path.lua
index 4f31951b..fa1e2306 100755
--- a/tests/base/test_path.lua
+++ b/tests/base/test_path.lua
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@
 		test.isequal("..", path.getrelative("/a///b/c","/a/b"))
 	end
 
+    function suite.ignoresTrailingSlashes()
+         test.isequal("c", path.getrelative("/a/b/","/a/b/c"))
+    end
+
 
 --
 -- path.isabsolute() tests