diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/UrlTag.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/UrlTag.java
index c8713386c6c..6e8aaff12b7 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/UrlTag.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/UrlTag.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -209,7 +209,12 @@ public class UrlTag extends HtmlEscapingAwareTag implements ParamAware {
 				url.append(request.getContextPath());
 			}
 			else {
-				url.append(this.context);
+				if(this.context.endsWith("/")) {
+					url.append(this.context.substring(0, this.context.length() - 1));
+				}
+				else {
+					url.append(this.context);
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		if (this.type != UrlType.RELATIVE && this.type != UrlType.ABSOLUTE && !this.value.startsWith("/")) {
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/UrlTagTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/UrlTagTests.java
index 0ce1d6adc33..15ce4126775 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/UrlTagTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/UrlTagTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -528,6 +528,20 @@ public class UrlTagTests extends AbstractTagTests {
 		assertEquals("/some-other-context/url/path", uri);
 	}
 
+	public void testCreateUrlRemoteContextSingleSlash() throws JspException {
+		((MockHttpServletRequest) context.getRequest())
+				.setContextPath("/app-context");
+
+		tag.setValue("/url/path");
+		tag.setContext("/");
+
+		tag.doStartTag();
+
+		String uri = invokeCreateUrl(tag);
+
+		assertEquals("/url/path", uri);
+	}
+
 	public void testCreateUrlWithParams() throws JspException {
 		tag.setValue("url/path");