diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e4e20d4..3cd616e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+<a name="3.1.0"></a>
+# [3.1.0](https://github.com/fczbkk/UrlMatch/compare/v3.0.0...v3.1.0) (2016-07-17)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* assume path always ends with optional trailing slash if missing([0662e33](https://github.com/fczbkk/UrlMatch/commit/0662e33))
+
+
+
 <a name="3.0.0"></a>
 # [3.0.0](https://github.com/fczbkk/UrlMatch/compare/v2.2.0...v3.0.0) (2016-05-31)
 
diff --git a/lib/path.js b/lib/path.js
index 08d5aac..2c68df1 100644
--- a/lib/path.js
+++ b/lib/path.js
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ var _class = function (_UrlPart) {
     key: 'sanitize_replacements',
     get: function get() {
       return [
+      // add trailing slash if path is empty
+      { substring: /^$/, replacement: '\/' },
+      // add trailing slash if path does not end with asterisk or trailing slash
+      { substring: /[^/*]$/, replacement: '$&\/' },
       // assume trailing slash at the end of path is optional
       { substring: /\/$/, replacement: '\\/?' }, { substring: /\/\*$/, replacement: '((\/?)|\/*)' },
       // allow letters, numbers, hyphens, dots, slashes and underscores
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b9877e2..e93c510 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@fczbkk/url-match",
   "title": "UrlMatch",
-  "version": "3.0.0",
+  "version": "3.1.0",
   "description": "JavaScript object for matching URLs against patterns.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",