diff --git a/addons/web/common/http.py b/addons/web/common/http.py
index 6c71e4696b5..93c8af711b3 100644
--- a/addons/web/common/http.py
+++ b/addons/web/common/http.py
@@ -568,6 +568,8 @@ class Root(object):
                         _logger.debug("Dispatching to %s %s %s", ps, c, meth)
                         return m
                 ps, _slash, meth = ps.rpartition('/')
+                if not ps and meth:
+                    ps = '/'
         return None
 
 class LibException(Exception):