diff --git a/utoipa-swagger-ui/src/axum.rs b/utoipa-swagger-ui/src/axum.rs
index 22a31793..5315fc3f 100644
--- a/utoipa-swagger-ui/src/axum.rs
+++ b/utoipa-swagger-ui/src/axum.rs
@@ -44,9 +44,13 @@ where
 
         let handler = routing::get(serve_swagger_ui).layer(Extension(Arc::new(config)));
         let path: &str = swagger_ui.path.as_ref();
+        let slash_path = format!("{}/", path);
 
         router
-            .route(path, handler.clone())
+            .route(
+                path,
+                routing::get(|| async move { axum::response::Redirect::to(&slash_path) }),
+            )
             .route(&format!("{}/", path), handler.clone())
             .route(&format!("{}/*rest", path), handler)
     }