diff --git a/packages/java/endpoint/src/main/java/com/vaadin/hilla/route/ClientRouteRegistry.java b/packages/java/endpoint/src/main/java/com/vaadin/hilla/route/ClientRouteRegistry.java
index 5fc07b73f0..a571c3bbd2 100644
--- a/packages/java/endpoint/src/main/java/com/vaadin/hilla/route/ClientRouteRegistry.java
+++ b/packages/java/endpoint/src/main/java/com/vaadin/hilla/route/ClientRouteRegistry.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.vaadin.flow.function.DeploymentConfiguration;
 import com.vaadin.hilla.route.records.ClientViewConfig;
+
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 /**
  * Keeps track of registered client side routes.
@@ -98,12 +101,23 @@ public void removeRoute(String route) {
     public ClientViewConfig getRouteByPath(String path) {
         final Set<String> routes = registeredRoutes.keySet();
         final AntPathMatcher pathMatcher = new AntPathMatcher();
-        for (String route : routes) {
-            if (pathMatcher.match(route, path)) {
-                return registeredRoutes.get(route);
-            }
-        }
-        return null;
+        return Stream.of(addTrailingSlash(path), removeTrailingSlash(path))
+                .map(p -> {
+                    for (String route : routes) {
+                        if (pathMatcher.match(route, p)) {
+                            return registeredRoutes.get(route);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    return null;
+                }).filter(Objects::nonNull).findFirst().orElse(null);
+    }
+
+    private String addTrailingSlash(String path) {
+        return path.endsWith("/") ? path : path + '/';
+    }
+
+    private String removeTrailingSlash(String path) {
+        return path.endsWith("/") ? path.substring(0, path.length() - 1) : path;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/packages/java/endpoint/src/test/java/com/vaadin/hilla/route/RouteUtilTest.java b/packages/java/endpoint/src/test/java/com/vaadin/hilla/route/RouteUtilTest.java
index 65f4680ddf..be6b7ecbb5 100644
--- a/packages/java/endpoint/src/test/java/com/vaadin/hilla/route/RouteUtilTest.java
+++ b/packages/java/endpoint/src/test/java/com/vaadin/hilla/route/RouteUtilTest.java
@@ -190,4 +190,31 @@ public void test_login_required_on_page() {
         boolean actual = endpointUtil.isRouteAllowed(request);
         Assert.assertFalse(actual);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Verifies that the root route is allowed when login is not required,
+     * despite the mismatch between "/" and "".
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void test_login_not_required_on_root() {
+        MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+        request.setRequestURI("/context/");
+        request.setContextPath("/context");
+        request.setUserPrincipal(null);
+
+        ClientViewConfig config = new ClientViewConfig();
+        config.setTitle("Root");
+        config.setRolesAllowed(null);
+        config.setLoginRequired(false);
+        config.setRoute("");
+        config.setLazy(false);
+        config.setAutoRegistered(false);
+        config.setMenu(null);
+        config.setChildren(null);
+        config.setRouteParameters(null);
+        registry.addRoute("", config);
+
+        boolean actual = endpointUtil.isRouteAllowed(request);
+        Assert.assertTrue(actual);
+    }
 }