diff --git a/test_websocket.py b/test_websocket.py
index 55fa88f..9fa3163 100644
--- a/test_websocket.py
+++ b/test_websocket.py
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ class WebSocketTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(p[2], "/r")
         self.assertEquals(p[3], False)
 
+        p = ws._parse_url("ws://www.example.com/r/")
+        self.assertEquals(p[0], "www.example.com")
+        self.assertEquals(p[1], 80)
+        self.assertEquals(p[2], "/r/")
+        self.assertEquals(p[3], False)
+
         p = ws._parse_url("ws://www.example.com/")
         self.assertEquals(p[0], "www.example.com")
         self.assertEquals(p[1], 80)
diff --git a/websocket.py b/websocket.py
index c6cb217..5c0f2a4 100644
--- a/websocket.py
+++ b/websocket.py
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ def _parse_url(url):
         raise ValueError("url is invalid")
 
     scheme, url = url.split(":", 1)
-    url = url.rstrip("/")
 
     parsed = urlparse(url, scheme="http")
     if parsed.hostname: