diff --git a/src/app/FakeLib/EnvironmentHelper.fs b/src/app/FakeLib/EnvironmentHelper.fs
index 8c5dcee01f6..d52ee3def69 100644
--- a/src/app/FakeLib/EnvironmentHelper.fs
+++ b/src/app/FakeLib/EnvironmentHelper.fs
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ let environVar name = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable name
 
 /// Combines two path strings using Path.Combine
 let inline combinePaths path1 (path2 : string) = Path.Combine(path1, path2.TrimStart [| '\\'; '/' |])
+let inline combinePathsNoTrim path1 path2 = Path.Combine(path1, path2)
 
 /// Combines two path strings using Path.Combine
 let inline (@@) path1 path2 = combinePaths path1 path2
+let inline (</>) path1 path2 = combinePathsNoTrim path1 path2
 
 /// Retrieves all environment variables from the given target
 let environVars target = 
diff --git a/src/test/Test.FAKECore/EnvironmentHelperSpecs.cs b/src/test/Test.FAKECore/EnvironmentHelperSpecs.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9547876171a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/Test.FAKECore/EnvironmentHelperSpecs.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+using System.IO;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using Fake;
+using Machine.Specifications;
+
+namespace Test.FAKECore
+{
+    public class when_combining_paths
+    {
+        It should_strip_leading_slashes_when_using_combinePaths =
+            () => 
+            {
+                var testValues = new List<string[]> {
+                    new[]{"/test/path", "/of/the/thing", "/test/path" + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + "of/the/thing"},
+                    new[]{"/test/path", "of/the/thing", "/test/path" + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + "of/the/thing"},
+                };
+
+                if (Path.VolumeSeparatorChar != Path.DirectorySeparatorChar)
+                {
+                    var path2 = "X" + Path.VolumeSeparatorChar + "/test";
+                    testValues.Add(new[]{"/test/path", path2, path2});
+                }
+
+                foreach (var item in testValues)
+                {
+                    EnvironmentHelper.combinePaths(item[0], item[1]).ShouldEqual(item[2]);
+                }
+            };
+
+        It should_work_like_path_dot_combine_when_using_combinePathsNoTrim =
+            () => 
+            {
+                var testValues = new List<string[]> {
+                    new[]{"/test/path", "/of/the/thing", "/of/the/thing"},
+                    new[]{"/test/path", "of/the/thing", "/test/path" + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + "of/the/thing"},
+                };
+
+                if (Path.VolumeSeparatorChar != Path.DirectorySeparatorChar)
+                {
+                    var path2 = "X" + Path.VolumeSeparatorChar + "/test";
+                    testValues.Add(new[]{"/test/path", path2, path2});
+                }
+
+                foreach (var item in testValues)
+                {
+                    EnvironmentHelper.combinePathsNoTrim(item[0], item[1]).ShouldEqual(item[2]);
+                }
+            };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/Test.FAKECore/Test.FAKECore.csproj b/src/test/Test.FAKECore/Test.FAKECore.csproj
index 15a94b0f76f..c45fa5f3dc1 100644
--- a/src/test/Test.FAKECore/Test.FAKECore.csproj
+++ b/src/test/Test.FAKECore/Test.FAKECore.csproj
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
     <Compile Include="SideBySideSpecification\ReferencesScanningSpecs.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SideBySideSpecification\SpecsRemovementSpecs.cs" />
     <Compile Include="StringHelperSpecs.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="EnvironmentHelperSpecs.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MessageFiles\MessageFileSpecs.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ConfigFiles\ConfigSpecs.cs" />
     <Compile Include="AssemblyInfoSpecs.cs" />