diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Routing/UrlHelper.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Routing/UrlHelper.cs
index 418eea5360..2fbd47a17c 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Routing/UrlHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Routing/UrlHelper.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Routing
     /// </summary>
     public class UrlHelper : IUrlHelper
     {
+        internal const string UseRelaxedLocalRedirectValidationSwitch = "Switch.Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.UseRelaxedLocalRedirectValidation";
 
         // Perf: Share the StringBuilder object across multiple calls of GenerateURL for this UrlHelper
         private StringBuilder _stringBuilder;
@@ -102,14 +103,53 @@ public virtual string Action(UrlActionContext actionContext)
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public virtual bool IsLocalUrl(string url)
         {
-            return
-                !string.IsNullOrEmpty(url) &&
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(url))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // Allows "/" or "/foo" but not "//" or "/\".
+            if (url[0] == '/')
+            {
+                // url is exactly "/"
+                if (url.Length == 1)
+                {
+                    return true;
+                }
+
+                // url doesn't start with "//" or "/\"
+                if (url[1] != '/' && url[1] != '\\')
+                {
+                    return true;
+                }
+
+                return false;                    
+            }
+
+            // Allows "~/" or "~/foo" but not "~//" or "~/\".
+            if (url[0] == '~' && url.Length > 1 && url[1] == '/')
+            {
+                // url is exactly "~/"
+                if (url.Length == 2)
+                {
+                    return true;
+                }
+
+                // url doesn't start with "~//" or "~/\"
+                if (url[2] != '/' && url[2] != '\\')
+                {
+                    return true;
+                }
 
-                // Allows "/" or "/foo" but not "//" or "/\".
-                ((url[0] == '/' && (url.Length == 1 || (url[1] != '/' && url[1] != '\\'))) ||
+                if (AppContext.TryGetSwitch(UseRelaxedLocalRedirectValidationSwitch, out var relaxedLocalRedirectValidation) && relaxedLocalRedirectValidation)
+                {
+                    return true;
+                }
 
-                // Allows "~/" or "~/foo".
-                (url.Length > 1 && url[0] == '~' && url[1] == '/'));
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return false;
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/LocalRedirectResultTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/LocalRedirectResultTest.cs
index 0409d15052..3c7876d94c 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/LocalRedirectResultTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/LocalRedirectResultTest.cs
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ public void Execute_ReturnsExpectedValues()
         }
 
         [Theory]
+        [InlineData("", "//", "/test")]
+        [InlineData("", "/\\", "/test")]
+        [InlineData("", "//foo", "/test")]
+        [InlineData("", "/\\foo", "/test")]
         [InlineData("", "Home/About", "/Home/About")]
         [InlineData("/myapproot", "http://www.example.com", "/test")]
         public void Execute_Throws_ForNonLocalUrl(
@@ -109,6 +113,44 @@ public void Execute_ReturnsExpectedValues()
                 exception.Message);
         }
 
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("", "~//", "//")]
+        [InlineData("", "~/\\", "/\\")]
+        [InlineData("", "~//foo", "//foo")]
+        [InlineData("", "~/\\foo", "/\\foo")]
+        public void Execute_Throws_ForNonLocalUrlTilde(
+            string appRoot,
+            string contentPath,
+            string expectedPath)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var httpResponse = new Mock<HttpResponse>();
+            httpResponse.Setup(o => o.Redirect(expectedPath, false))
+                        .Verifiable();
+
+            var httpContext = GetHttpContext(appRoot, contentPath, expectedPath, httpResponse.Object);
+            var actionContext = GetActionContext(httpContext);
+            var result = new LocalRedirectResult(contentPath);
+
+            var relaxedLocalRedirectValidation = false;
+            var success = AppContext.TryGetSwitch(UrlHelper.UseRelaxedLocalRedirectValidationSwitch, out relaxedLocalRedirectValidation);
+
+            // Act & Assert
+            if (relaxedLocalRedirectValidation)
+            {
+                result.ExecuteResult(actionContext);
+                httpResponse.Verify();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                var exception = Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => result.ExecuteResult(actionContext));
+                Assert.Equal(
+                    "The supplied URL is not local. A URL with an absolute path is considered local if it does not " +
+                    "have a host/authority part. URLs using virtual paths ('~/') are also local.",
+                    exception.Message);
+            }
+        }
+
         private static ActionContext GetActionContext(HttpContext httpContext)
         {
             var routeData = new RouteData();
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Routing/UrlHelperTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Routing/UrlHelperTest.cs
index 563cfd2410..7a98bdd427 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Routing/UrlHelperTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Routing/UrlHelperTest.cs
@@ -261,6 +261,60 @@ public void IsLocalUrl_RejectsInvalidUrls(string url)
             Assert.False(result);
         }
 
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("~//www.example.com")]
+        [InlineData("~//www.example.com?")]
+        [InlineData("~//www.example.com:80")]
+        [InlineData("~//www.example.com/foobar.html")]
+        [InlineData("~///www.example.com")]
+        [InlineData("~//////www.example.com")]
+        public void IsLocalUrl_RejectsTokenUrlsWithMissingSchemeName(string url)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var helper = CreateUrlHelper("www.mysite.com");
+
+            // Act
+            var result = helper.IsLocalUrl(url);
+
+            // Assert
+            var relaxedLocalRedirectValidation = false;
+            var success = AppContext.TryGetSwitch(UrlHelper.UseRelaxedLocalRedirectValidationSwitch, out relaxedLocalRedirectValidation);
+
+            if (relaxedLocalRedirectValidation)
+            {
+                Assert.True(result);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Assert.False(result);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("~/\\")]
+        [InlineData("~/\\foo")]
+        public void IsLocalUrl_RejectsInvalidTokenUrls(string url)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var helper = CreateUrlHelper("www.mysite.com");
+
+            // Act
+            var result = helper.IsLocalUrl(url);
+
+            // Assert
+            var relaxedLocalRedirectValidation = false;
+            var success = AppContext.TryGetSwitch(UrlHelper.UseRelaxedLocalRedirectValidationSwitch, out relaxedLocalRedirectValidation);
+
+            if (relaxedLocalRedirectValidation)
+            {
+                Assert.True(result);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Assert.False(result);
+            }
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void RouteUrlWithDictionary()
         {