diff --git a/src/tl/tl/tlUri.cc b/src/tl/tl/tlUri.cc
index 21c9f0ece..5eb43d39b 100644
--- a/src/tl/tl/tlUri.cc
+++ b/src/tl/tl/tlUri.cc
@@ -227,7 +227,9 @@ URI::resolved (const URI &other) const
     if (other.path ()[0] == '/') {
       res.m_path = other.path ();
     } else {
-      res.m_path += "/";
+      if (! res.m_path.empty ()) {
+        res.m_path += "/";
+      }
       res.m_path += other.path ();
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/tl/unit_tests/tlUriTests.cc b/src/tl/unit_tests/tlUriTests.cc
index b240afb37..562c0280b 100644
--- a/src/tl/unit_tests/tlUriTests.cc
+++ b/src/tl/unit_tests/tlUriTests.cc
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ TEST(1)
 {
   tl::URI uri;
   EXPECT_EQ (uri2string (uri), "");
+  EXPECT_EQ (uri2string (uri.resolved (tl::URI ("http://www.klayout.de"))), "<http>://<www.klayout.de>");
+  EXPECT_EQ (uri2string (uri.resolved (tl::URI ("anyfile.txt"))), "<anyfile.txt>");
 
   uri = tl::URI ("scheme:");
   EXPECT_EQ (uri2string (uri), "<scheme>:");