diff --git a/src/mochiweb_request.erl b/src/mochiweb_request.erl
index 39890ce0..4fd7d687 100644
--- a/src/mochiweb_request.erl
+++ b/src/mochiweb_request.erl
@@ -136,8 +136,9 @@ get(path, {?MODULE, [_Socket, _Opts, _Method, RawPath, _Version, _Headers]}) ->
         undefined ->
             {Path0, _, _} = mochiweb_util:urlsplit_path(RawPath),
             Path = mochiweb_util:unquote(Path0),
-            put(?SAVE_PATH, Path),
-            Path;
+            Path_n = mochiweb_util:normalize_path(Path),
+            put(?SAVE_PATH, Path_n),
+            Path_n;
         Cached ->
             Cached
     end;
diff --git a/src/mochiweb_util.erl b/src/mochiweb_util.erl
index c6067674..22ae8f4e 100644
--- a/src/mochiweb_util.erl
+++ b/src/mochiweb_util.erl
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 -export([safe_relative_path/1, partition/2]).
 -export([parse_qvalues/1, pick_accepted_encodings/3]).
 -export([make_io/1]).
+-export([normalize_path/1]).
 
 -define(PERCENT, 37).  % $\%
 -define(FULLSTOP, 46). % $\.
@@ -586,6 +587,19 @@ make_io(Integer) when is_integer(Integer) ->
 make_io(Io) when is_list(Io); is_binary(Io) ->
     Io.
 
+%% @spec normalize_path(string()) -> string()
+%% @doc Remove duplicate slashes from an uri path ("//foo///bar////" becomes
+%%      "/foo/bar/").
+normalize_path(Path) ->
+	normalize_path(Path, []).
+
+normalize_path([], Acc) ->
+        lists:reverse(Acc);
+normalize_path("/" ++ Path, "/" ++ _ = Acc) -> 
+        normalize_path(Path, Acc);
+normalize_path([C|Path], Acc) ->
+        normalize_path(Path, [C|Acc]).
+
 %%
 %% Tests
 %%
@@ -990,4 +1004,35 @@ pick_accepted_encodings_test() ->
     ),
     ok.
 
+normalize_path_test() ->
+	"" = normalize_path(""),
+	"/" = normalize_path("/"),
+	"/" = normalize_path("//"),
+	"/" = normalize_path("///"),
+	"foo" = normalize_path("foo"),
+	"/foo" = normalize_path("/foo"),
+	"/foo" = normalize_path("//foo"),
+	"/foo" = normalize_path("///foo"),
+	"foo/" = normalize_path("foo/"),
+	"foo/" = normalize_path("foo//"),
+	"foo/" = normalize_path("foo///"),
+	"foo/bar" = normalize_path("foo/bar"),
+	"foo/bar" = normalize_path("foo//bar"),
+	"foo/bar" = normalize_path("foo///bar"),
+	"foo/bar" = normalize_path("foo////bar"),
+	"/foo/bar" = normalize_path("/foo/bar"),
+	"/foo/bar" = normalize_path("/foo////bar"),
+	"/foo/bar" = normalize_path("////foo/bar"),
+	"/foo/bar" = normalize_path("////foo///bar"),
+	"/foo/bar" = normalize_path("////foo////bar"),
+	"/foo/bar/" = normalize_path("/foo/bar/"),
+	"/foo/bar/" = normalize_path("////foo/bar/"),
+	"/foo/bar/" = normalize_path("/foo////bar/"),
+	"/foo/bar/" = normalize_path("/foo/bar////"),
+	"/foo/bar/" = normalize_path("///foo////bar/"),
+	"/foo/bar/" = normalize_path("////foo/bar////"),
+	"/foo/bar/" = normalize_path("/foo///bar////"),
+	"/foo/bar/" = normalize_path("////foo///bar////"),
+	ok.
+
 -endif.
diff --git a/test/mochiweb_tests.erl b/test/mochiweb_tests.erl
index 0b558ac5..22e5b26a 100644
--- a/test/mochiweb_tests.erl
+++ b/test/mochiweb_tests.erl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ with_server(Transport, ServerFun, ClientFun) ->
     mochiweb_test_util:with_server(Transport, ServerFun, ClientFun).
 
 request_test() ->
-    R = mochiweb_request:new(z, z, "/foo/bar/baz%20wibble+quux?qs=2", z, []),
+    R = mochiweb_request:new(z, z, "//foo///bar/baz%20wibble+quux?qs=2", z, []),
     "/foo/bar/baz wibble quux" = R:get(path),
     ok.