diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 4814217c64..364c333c6b 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ static inline int hex(int v)
 		return 'A' + v - 10;
 }
 
-static void end_url_with_slash(struct strbuf *buf, const char *url)
+void end_url_with_slash(struct strbuf *buf, const char *url)
 {
 	strbuf_addstr(buf, url);
 	if (buf->len && buf->buf[buf->len - 1] != '/')
diff --git a/http.h b/http.h
index 5c9441c10c..c78cacb9c3 100644
--- a/http.h
+++ b/http.h
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ extern void append_remote_object_url(struct strbuf *buf, const char *url,
 				     int only_two_digit_prefix);
 extern char *get_remote_object_url(const char *url, const char *hex,
 				   int only_two_digit_prefix);
+extern void end_url_with_slash(struct strbuf *buf, const char *url);
 
 /* Options for http_request_*() */
 #define HTTP_NO_CACHE		1
diff --git a/remote-curl.c b/remote-curl.c
index b76bfcb3d3..9c7fcf2956 100644
--- a/remote-curl.c
+++ b/remote-curl.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include "sideband.h"
 
 static struct remote *remote;
-static const char *url;
+static const char *url; /* always ends with a trailing slash */
 
 struct options {
 	int verbosity;
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static struct discovery* discover_refs(const char *service)
 		return last;
 	free_discovery(last);
 
-	strbuf_addf(&buffer, "%s/info/refs", url);
+	strbuf_addf(&buffer, "%sinfo/refs", url);
 	if (!prefixcmp(url, "http://") || !prefixcmp(url, "https://")) {
 		is_http = 1;
 		if (!strchr(url, '?'))
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static struct discovery* discover_refs(const char *service)
 		strbuf_reset(&buffer);
 
 		proto_git_candidate = 0;
-		strbuf_addf(&buffer, "%s/info/refs", url);
+		strbuf_addf(&buffer, "%sinfo/refs", url);
 		refs_url = strbuf_detach(&buffer, NULL);
 
 		http_ret = http_get_strbuf(refs_url, &buffer, HTTP_NO_CACHE);
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ static int rpc_service(struct rpc_state *rpc, struct discovery *heads)
 	rpc->out = client.out;
 	strbuf_init(&rpc->result, 0);
 
-	strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s/%s", url, svc);
+	strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s%s", url, svc);
 	rpc->service_url = strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
 
 	strbuf_addf(&buf, "Content-Type: application/x-%s-request", svc);
@@ -798,11 +798,13 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 	remote = remote_get(argv[1]);
 
 	if (argc > 2) {
-		url = argv[2];
+		end_url_with_slash(&buf, argv[2]);
 	} else {
-		url = remote->url[0];
+		end_url_with_slash(&buf, remote->url[0]);
 	}
 
+	url = strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
+
 	http_init(remote);
 
 	do {
diff --git a/t/t5541-http-push.sh b/t/t5541-http-push.sh
index 795dc2bcdf..17e1bdc5a8 100755
--- a/t/t5541-http-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5541-http-push.sh
@@ -34,8 +34,34 @@ test_expect_success 'setup remote repository' '
 	mv test_repo.git "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'clone remote repository' '
+cat >exp <<EOF
+GET  /smart/test_repo.git/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack HTTP/1.1 200
+POST /smart/test_repo.git/git-upload-pack HTTP/1.1 200
+EOF
+test_expect_success 'no empty path components' '
+	# In the URL, add a trailing slash, and see if git appends yet another
+	# slash.
 	cd "$ROOT_PATH" &&
+	git clone $HTTPD_URL/smart/test_repo.git/ test_repo_clone &&
+
+	sed -e "
+		s/^.* \"//
+		s/\"//
+		s/ [1-9][0-9]*\$//
+		s/^GET /GET  /
+	" >act <"$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH"/access.log &&
+
+	# Clear the log, so that it does not affect the "used receive-pack
+	# service" test which reads the log too.
+	#
+	# We do this before the actual comparison to ensure the log is cleared.
+	echo > "$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH"/access.log &&
+
+	test_cmp exp act
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'clone remote repository' '
+	rm -rf test_repo_clone &&
 	git clone $HTTPD_URL/smart/test_repo.git test_repo_clone
 '
 
@@ -68,6 +94,7 @@ test_expect_success 'create and delete remote branch' '
 '
 
 cat >exp <<EOF
+
 GET  /smart/test_repo.git/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack HTTP/1.1 200
 POST /smart/test_repo.git/git-upload-pack HTTP/1.1 200
 GET  /smart/test_repo.git/info/refs?service=git-receive-pack HTTP/1.1 200