diff --git a/GCDWebServer/Core/GCDWebServerConnection.m b/GCDWebServer/Core/GCDWebServerConnection.m
index 1781696..cfee31b 100644
--- a/GCDWebServer/Core/GCDWebServerConnection.m
+++ b/GCDWebServer/Core/GCDWebServerConnection.m
@@ -300,6 +300,9 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
             GWS_DCHECK(requestURL);
           }
           NSString* urlPath = requestURL ? CFBridgingRelease(CFURLCopyPath((CFURLRef)requestURL)) : nil;  // Don't use -[NSURL path] which strips the ending slash
+          if (urlPath == nil) {
+            urlPath = @"/";  // CFURLCopyPath() returns NULL for a relative URL with path "//" contrary to -[NSURL path] which returns "/"
+          }
           NSString* requestPath = urlPath ? GCDWebServerUnescapeURLString(urlPath) : nil;
           NSString* queryString = requestURL ? CFBridgingRelease(CFURLCopyQueryString((CFURLRef)requestURL, NULL)) : nil;  // Don't use -[NSURL query] to make sure query is not unescaped;
           NSDictionary* requestQuery = queryString ? GCDWebServerParseURLEncodedForm(queryString) : @{};