diff --git a/packages/react-router/__tests__/matchPath-test.tsx b/packages/react-router/__tests__/matchPath-test.tsx
index 5d4a95b0aa..fb897ace8a 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/__tests__/matchPath-test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router/__tests__/matchPath-test.tsx
@@ -108,6 +108,14 @@ describe("matchPath", () => {
         pathnameBase: "/users/mj",
       });
     });
+
+    it("matches second consecutive slash as a parameter", () => {
+      expect(matchPath("/:id", "//")).toMatchObject({
+        params: { id: "/" },
+        pathname: "//",
+        pathnameBase: "//",
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   describe("with { end: false }", () => {
@@ -164,6 +172,10 @@ describe("matchPath", () => {
         matchPath({ path: "/users/mj", end: false }, "/users/mj2")
       ).toBeNull();
     });
+
+    it("does not match second consecutive slash as a parameter", () => {
+      expect(matchPath({ path: "/:id", end: false }, "//")).toBeNull();
+    });
   });
 
   describe("with { end: false } and a / pattern", () => {
diff --git a/packages/router/utils.ts b/packages/router/utils.ts
index ef74175e35..d798b9edd7 100644
--- a/packages/router/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/router/utils.ts
@@ -902,6 +902,15 @@ export function matchPath<
     pattern = { path: pattern, caseSensitive: false, end: true };
   }
 
+  // GH Issue #8072: Support matching against a standalone "/" as a parameter
+  // Here we encode the second slash to allow for pattern matching against the second slash.
+  // The encoded variant can be thought of as a placeholder during this matching process.
+  // When this process is complete we undo this encoding iff it was applied.
+  const encodeDoubleSlash = pattern.end && pathname.startsWith("//");
+  if (encodeDoubleSlash) {
+    pathname = pathname.replace("//", "/%2F");
+  }
+
   let [matcher, compiledParams] = compilePath(
     pattern.path,
     pattern.caseSensitive,
@@ -938,8 +947,8 @@ export function matchPath<
 
   return {
     params,
-    pathname: matchedPathname,
-    pathnameBase,
+    pathname: encodeDoubleSlash ? matchedPathname.replace("/%2F", "//") : matchedPathname,
+    pathnameBase: encodeDoubleSlash ? pathnameBase.replace("/%2F", "//") : pathnameBase,
     pattern,
   };
 }