diff --git a/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp b/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp
index c2e446ed..c5d6ce0f 100644
--- a/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp
+++ b/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ class horizon::wsgi::apache (
   }
 
   ensure_resource('apache::vhost', $vhost_conf_name, merge ($default_vhost_conf, $extra_params, {
-    redirectmatch_regexp => $root_url ? { '/' => undef, default => $redirect_match },
-    redirectmatch_dest   => $root_url ? { '/' => undef, default => $redirect_url },
+    redirectmatch_regexp => $root_url ? { '' => undef, '/' => undef, default => $redirect_match },
+    redirectmatch_dest   => $root_url ? { '' => undef, '/' => undef, default => $redirect_url },
   }))
   ensure_resource('apache::vhost', $vhost_ssl_conf_name, merge ($default_vhost_conf, $extra_params, {
     access_log_file      => 'horizon_ssl_access.log',
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ class horizon::wsgi::apache (
     ensure               => $ensure_ssl_vhost,
     wsgi_daemon_process  => 'horizon-ssl',
     wsgi_process_group   => 'horizon-ssl',
-    redirectmatch_regexp => $root_url ? { '/' => undef, default => '^/$' },
-    redirectmatch_dest   => $root_url ? { '/' => undef, default => $root_url },
+    redirectmatch_regexp => $root_url ? { '' => undef, '/' => undef, default => '^/$' },
+    redirectmatch_dest   => $root_url ? { '' => undef, '/' => undef, default => $root_url },
   }))
 
 }
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/empty-root-url-495e1f1f47372f47.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/empty-root-url-495e1f1f47372f47.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd23ecb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/empty-root-url-495e1f1f47372f47.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - Fixes wrong apache vhost config when root_url is empty
diff --git a/spec/classes/horizon_wsgi_apache_spec.rb b/spec/classes/horizon_wsgi_apache_spec.rb
index eb24dce0..d76c0879 100644
--- a/spec/classes/horizon_wsgi_apache_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/horizon_wsgi_apache_spec.rb
@@ -195,6 +195,24 @@ describe 'horizon::wsgi::apache' do
         end
       end
 
+      context 'with root_url set to empty' do
+        before do
+          params.merge!({
+            :root_url => '',
+          })
+        end
+
+        it 'should not configure redirectmatch' do
+          is_expected.to_not contain_apache__vhost('horizon_vhost').with(
+            'redirectmatch_regexp' => '(.*)',
+            'redirectmatch_dest'   => '/'
+          )
+          is_expected.to_not contain_apache__vhost('horizon_ssl_vhost').with(
+            'redirectmatch_regexp' => '^/$',
+            'redirectmatch_dest'   => ''
+          )
+        end
+      end
 
     end
   end