diff --git a/ckan/controllers/storage.py b/ckan/controllers/storage.py
index c60eb6148d6..19dd64554a1 100644
--- a/ckan/controllers/storage.py
+++ b/ckan/controllers/storage.py
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ def get_metadata(self, label):
                             qualified=False
                             )
             if url.startswith('/'):
-                url = config.get('ckan.site_url','') + url
+                url = config.get('ckan.site_url','').rstrip('/') + '/' + url
 
         if not self.ofs.exists(bucket, label):
             abort(404)