diff --git a/inc/template.php b/inc/template.php
index 8b39529c5b..7f3c68534d 100644
--- a/inc/template.php
+++ b/inc/template.php
@@ -369,7 +369,11 @@ function tpl_metaheaders($alt = true) {
             } else {
                 $head['meta'][] = array('name'=> 'robots', 'content'=> 'noindex,nofollow');
             }
-            $head['link'][] = array('rel'=> 'canonical', 'href'=> wl($ID, '', true, '&'));
+            $canonicalUrl = wl($ID, '', true, '&');
+            if ($ID == $conf['start']) {
+                $canonicalUrl = DOKU_URL;
+            }
+            $head['link'][] = array('rel'=> 'canonical', 'href'=> $canonicalUrl);
         } else {
             $head['meta'][] = array('name'=> 'robots', 'content'=> 'noindex,follow');
         }