diff --git a/.changeset/five-garlics-greet.md b/.changeset/five-garlics-greet.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8b1e1b123639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/five-garlics-greet.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@sveltejs/kit": patch
+---
+
+fix: respect the trailing slash option when navigating from the basepath root page
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js
index 33c9c54a6844..f71e93d6f149 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js
@@ -441,10 +441,19 @@ async function get_navigation_result_from_branch({
 }) {
 	/** @type {import('types').TrailingSlash} */
 	let slash = 'never';
-	for (const node of branch) {
-		if (node?.slash !== undefined) slash = node.slash;
+
+	// if `paths.base === '/a/b/c`, then the root route is always `/a/b/c/`, regardless of
+	// the `trailingSlash` route option, so that relative paths to JS and CSS work
+	if (base && (url.pathname === base || url.pathname === base + '/')) {
+		slash = 'always';
+	} else {
+		for (const node of branch) {
+			if (node?.slash !== undefined) slash = node.slash;
+		}
 	}
+
 	url.pathname = normalize_path(url.pathname, slash);
+
 	// eslint-disable-next-line
 	url.search = url.search; // turn `/?` into `/`
 
@@ -694,12 +703,7 @@ async function load_node({ loader, parent, url, params, route, server_data_node
 		server: server_data_node,
 		universal: node.universal?.load ? { type: 'data', data, uses } : null,
 		data: data ?? server_data_node?.data ?? null,
-		// if `paths.base === '/a/b/c`, then the root route is always `/a/b/c/`, regardless of
-		// the `trailingSlash` route option, so that relative paths to JS and CSS work
-		slash:
-			base && (url.pathname === base || url.pathname === base + '/')
-				? 'always'
-				: node.universal?.trailingSlash ?? server_data_node?.slash
+		slash: node.universal?.trailingSlash ?? server_data_node?.slash
 	};
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/kit/test/apps/options-2/src/routes/+page.svelte b/packages/kit/test/apps/options-2/src/routes/+page.svelte
index d6232afc0cc9..badacc8173d8 100644
--- a/packages/kit/test/apps/options-2/src/routes/+page.svelte
+++ b/packages/kit/test/apps/options-2/src/routes/+page.svelte
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@
 
 <p data-testid="base">base: {base}</p>
 <p data-testid="assets">assets: {assets}</p>
+
+<a href="{base}/hello" data-testid="link">Go to /hello</a>
diff --git a/packages/kit/test/apps/options-2/test/test.js b/packages/kit/test/apps/options-2/test/test.js
index 7defc47a6804..3f9514de8799 100644
--- a/packages/kit/test/apps/options-2/test/test.js
+++ b/packages/kit/test/apps/options-2/test/test.js
@@ -37,6 +37,21 @@ test.describe('paths', () => {
 		expect(await page.textContent('[data-testid="base"]')).toBe(`base: ${base}`);
 		expect(await page.textContent('[data-testid="assets"]')).toBe(`assets: ${base}`);
 	});
+
+	test('serves /basepath with trailing slash always', async ({ page }) => {
+		await page.goto('/basepath');
+		expect(new URL(page.url()).pathname).toBe('/basepath/');
+	});
+
+	test('respects trailing slash option when navigating from /basepath', async ({
+		page,
+		clicknav
+	}) => {
+		await page.goto('/basepath');
+		expect(new URL(page.url()).pathname).toBe('/basepath/');
+		await clicknav('[data-testid="link"]');
+		expect(new URL(page.url()).pathname).toBe('/basepath/hello');
+	});
 });
 
 test.describe('Service worker', () => {