diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/DefaultClientRequestObservationConvention.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/DefaultClientRequestObservationConvention.java
index bdf77e535b1..760bd135918 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/DefaultClientRequestObservationConvention.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/DefaultClientRequestObservationConvention.java
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ public class DefaultClientRequestObservationConvention implements ClientRequestO
 
 	private static final String DEFAULT_NAME = "http.client.requests";
 
+	private static final String ROOT_PATH = "/";
+
 	private static final KeyValue URI_NONE = KeyValue.of(LowCardinalityKeyNames.URI, KeyValue.NONE_VALUE);
 
 	private static final KeyValue METHOD_NONE = KeyValue.of(LowCardinalityKeyNames.METHOD, KeyValue.NONE_VALUE);
@@ -94,6 +96,10 @@ public class DefaultClientRequestObservationConvention implements ClientRequestO
 		if (context.getUriTemplate() != null) {
 			return KeyValue.of(LowCardinalityKeyNames.URI, context.getUriTemplate());
 		}
+		ClientRequest request = context.getRequest();
+		if (request != null && ROOT_PATH.equals(request.url().getPath())) {
+			return KeyValue.of(LowCardinalityKeyNames.URI, ROOT_PATH);
+		}
 		return URI_NONE;
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/DefaultClientRequestObservationConventionTests.java b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/DefaultClientRequestObservationConventionTests.java
index e195a3506ba..28d31c7ce68 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/DefaultClientRequestObservationConventionTests.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/DefaultClientRequestObservationConventionTests.java
@@ -107,6 +107,13 @@ class DefaultClientRequestObservationConventionTests {
 		assertThat(this.observationConvention.getLowCardinalityKeyValues(context)).contains(KeyValue.of("client.name", "localhost"));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void shouldAddRootUriEvenIfTemplateMissing() {
+		ClientRequestObservationContext context = createContext(ClientRequest.create(HttpMethod.GET, URI.create("https://example.org/")));
+		context.setRequest(context.getCarrier().build());
+		assertThat(this.observationConvention.getLowCardinalityKeyValues(context)).contains(KeyValue.of("uri", "/"));
+	}
+
 	private ClientRequestObservationContext createContext(ClientRequest.Builder request) {
 		ClientRequestObservationContext context = new ClientRequestObservationContext();
 		context.setCarrier(request);