diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/tomakehurst/wiremock/http/ProxyResponseRenderer.java b/src/main/java/com/github/tomakehurst/wiremock/http/ProxyResponseRenderer.java
index ea554b6b0e..6ab26308b4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/tomakehurst/wiremock/http/ProxyResponseRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/tomakehurst/wiremock/http/ProxyResponseRenderer.java
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ private HttpHeaders headersFrom(HttpResponse httpResponse, ResponseDefinition re
 
     public static HttpUriRequest getHttpRequestFor(ResponseDefinition response) {
 		final RequestMethod method = response.getOriginalRequest().getMethod();
-		final String url = response.getProxyUrl();
+		String url = response.getProxyUrl();
+		if (url.endsWith("/")) {
+		   url = url.substring(0, url.length() - 1);
+		}
 		return HttpClientFactory.getHttpRequestFor(method, url);
 	}