diff --git a/lib/config/index.js b/lib/config/index.js
index 7826716e4..0705d5ae0 100644
--- a/lib/config/index.js
+++ b/lib/config/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var url = require('url'),
-    path = require('path'),
+var path = require('path'),
     format = require('util').format,
     fs = require('fs'),
     yaml = require('js-yaml'),
@@ -110,7 +109,10 @@ module.exports = inherit({
     },
 
     getAbsoluteUrl: function getAbsoluteUrl(relUrl) {
-        return url.resolve(this.rootUrl, relUrl);
+        return [
+            this.rootUrl.replace(/\/$/, ''),
+            relUrl.replace(/^\//, '')
+        ].join('/');
     },
 
     getScreenshotsDir: function(suite, state) {
diff --git a/test/config.test.js b/test/config.test.js
index 5e6408d39..483ff08bd 100644
--- a/test/config.test.js
+++ b/test/config.test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ var Config = require('../lib/config'),
     GeminiError = require('../lib/errors/gemini-error'),
     createSuite = require('../lib/suite').create,
     sinon = require('sinon'),
-    extend = require('node.extend');
+    extend = require('node.extend'),
+    _ = require('lodash');
 
 describe('config', function() {
     beforeEach(function() {
@@ -607,13 +608,24 @@ describe('config', function() {
     });
 
     describe('getAbsoluteUrl', function() {
+        function mkConfig(data) {
+            return new Config(_.extend({projectRoot: '/'}, data));
+        }
+
         it('should resolve url relative to root', function() {
-            var config = new Config({
-                projectRoot: '/',
-                rootUrl: 'http://example.com/path/'
-            });
+            var config = mkConfig({rootUrl: 'http://example.com/path/'});
             config.getAbsoluteUrl('sub/path').must.be('http://example.com/path/sub/path');
         });
+
+        it('should ignore slash at the end of the root', function() {
+            var config = mkConfig({rootUrl: 'http://example.com/path'});
+            config.getAbsoluteUrl('sub/path').must.be('http://example.com/path/sub/path');
+        });
+
+        it('should ignore slash at the begining of the passed relUrl', function() {
+            var config = mkConfig({rootUrl: 'http://example.com/path/'});
+            config.getAbsoluteUrl('/sub/path').must.be('http://example.com/path/sub/path');
+        });
     });
 
     describe('getScreenshotsDir', function() {