diff --git a/config templates/config/umbracoSettings.config b/config templates/config/umbracoSettings.config
index 030d64bcfa..a64f3c6b50 100644
--- a/config templates/config/umbracoSettings.config	
+++ b/config templates/config/umbracoSettings.config	
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@
   <requestHandler>
     <!-- this will ensure that urls are unique when running with multiple root nodes -->
     <useDomainPrefixes>false</useDomainPrefixes>
+    <!-- this will add a trailing slash (/) to urls when in directory url mode -->
+    <addTrailingSlash>true</addTrailingSlash>
     <urlReplacing removeDoubleDashes="true">
       <char org=" ">-</char>
       <char org="&quot;"></char>
diff --git a/umbraco/businesslogic/UmbracoSettings.cs b/umbraco/businesslogic/UmbracoSettings.cs
index 4df3d5f30c..6f5d1f0688 100644
--- a/umbraco/businesslogic/UmbracoSettings.cs
+++ b/umbraco/businesslogic/UmbracoSettings.cs
@@ -229,6 +229,35 @@ namespace umbraco
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// This will add a trailing slash (/) to urls when in directory url mode
+        /// NOTICE: This will always return false if Directory Urls in not active
+        /// </summary>
+        public static bool AddTrailingSlash
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    if (GlobalSettings.UseDirectoryUrls)
+                    {
+                        bool result;
+                        if (bool.TryParse(GetKey("/settings/requestHandler/addTrailingSlash"), out result))
+                            return result;
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+                catch
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a value indicating whether umbraco will use ASP.NET MasterPages for rendering instead of its propriatary templating system.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/umbraco/presentation/library.cs b/umbraco/presentation/library.cs
index 3bdd530eb2..b5ed0a2623 100644
--- a/umbraco/presentation/library.cs
+++ b/umbraco/presentation/library.cs
@@ -564,6 +564,8 @@ namespace umbraco
             else
             {
                 tempUrl = baseUrl + tempUrl;
+                if (UmbracoSettings.AddTrailingSlash)
+                    tempUrl += "/";
             }
             return tempUrl;
         }