diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0625359d..85da9012 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ There are several hooks to customize the behavior of the go-restful package.
 - Compression
 - Encoders for other serializers
 - Use [jsoniter](https://github.com/json-iterator/go) by building this package using a build tag, e.g. `go build -tags=jsoniter .` 
+- Use the variable `MergePathStrategy` to change the behaviour of composing the Route path given a root path and a local route path	
+	- versions >= 3.10.1 has set the value to `PathJoinStrategy` that fixes a reported [security issue](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r48q-9g5r-8q2h) but may cause your services not to work correctly anymore.
+	- versions <= 3.9 had the behaviour that can be restored in newer versions by setting the value to `TrimSlashStrategy`.
+	- you can set value to a custom implementation (must implement MergePathStrategyFunc)
 
 ## Resources
 
diff --git a/filter_test.go b/filter_test.go
index fadfb570..df6fa4bc 100644
--- a/filter_test.go
+++ b/filter_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ func tearDown() {
 	DefaultContainer.webServices = []*WebService{}
 	DefaultContainer.isRegisteredOnRoot = true // this allows for setupServices multiple times
 	DefaultContainer.containerFilters = []FilterFunction{}
+	MergePathStrategy = PathJoinStrategy
 }
 
 func newTestService(addServiceFilter bool, addRouteFilter bool) *WebService {
diff --git a/route_builder.go b/route_builder.go
index 830ebf14..827f471d 100644
--- a/route_builder.go
+++ b/route_builder.go
@@ -353,8 +353,28 @@ func (b *RouteBuilder) Build() Route {
 	return route
 }
 
-func concatPath(path1, path2 string) string {
-	return path.Join(path1, path2)
+type MergePathStrategyFunc func(rootPath, routePath string) string
+
+var (
+	// behavior >= 3.10
+	PathJoinStrategy = func(rootPath, routePath string) string {
+		return path.Join(rootPath, routePath)
+	}
+
+	// behavior <= 3.9
+	TrimSlashStrategy = func(rootPath, routePath string) string {
+		return strings.TrimRight(rootPath, "/") + "/" + strings.TrimLeft(routePath, "/")
+	}
+
+	// MergePathStrategy is the active strategy for merging a Route path when building the routing of all WebServices.
+	// The value is set to PathJoinStrategy
+	// PathJoinStrategy is a strategy that is more strict [Security - PRISMA-2022-0227]
+	MergePathStrategy = PathJoinStrategy
+)
+
+// merge two paths using the current (package global) merge path strategy.
+func concatPath(rootPath, routePath string) string {
+	return MergePathStrategy(rootPath, routePath)
 }
 
 var anonymousFuncCount int32
diff --git a/web_service_test.go b/web_service_test.go
index d2218169..c5a1ac10 100644
--- a/web_service_test.go
+++ b/web_service_test.go
@@ -327,6 +327,38 @@ func TestOptionsShortcut(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestClientWithAndWithoutTrailingSlashOld(t *testing.T) {
+	tearDown()
+	MergePathStrategy = TrimSlashStrategy
+	ws := new(WebService).Path("/test")
+	ws.Route(ws.PUT("/").To(return200))
+	Add(ws)
+
+	for _, tt := range []struct {
+		url      string
+		wantCode int
+	}{
+		// TrimSlashStrategy
+		{url: "http://here.com/test", wantCode: 404},
+		{url: "http://here.com/test/", wantCode: 200},
+		// PathJoinStrategy
+		//{url: "http://here.com/test", wantCode: 200},
+		//{url: "http://here.com/test/", wantCode: 404},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tt.url, func(t *testing.T) {
+			httpRequest, _ := http.NewRequest("PUT", tt.url, nil)
+			httpRequest.Header.Set("Accept", "*/*")
+			httpWriter := httptest.NewRecorder()
+			// override the default here
+			DefaultContainer.DoNotRecover(false)
+			DefaultContainer.dispatch(httpWriter, httpRequest)
+			if tt.wantCode != httpWriter.Code {
+				t.Errorf("Expected %d, got %d", tt.wantCode, httpWriter.Code)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestClientWithAndWithoutTrailingSlash(t *testing.T) {
 	tearDown()
 	ws := new(WebService).Path("/test")
@@ -337,10 +369,10 @@ func TestClientWithAndWithoutTrailingSlash(t *testing.T) {
 		url      string
 		wantCode int
 	}{
-		// behavior before #520
-		// {url: "http://here.com/test", wantCode: 404},
-		// {url: "http://here.com/test/", wantCode: 200},
-		// current behavior
+		// TrimSlashStrategy
+		//{url: "http://here.com/test", wantCode: 404},
+		//{url: "http://here.com/test/", wantCode: 200},
+		// PathJoinStrategy
 		{url: "http://here.com/test", wantCode: 200},
 		{url: "http://here.com/test/", wantCode: 404},
 	} {