diff --git a/packages/router/src/hooks/useRoute.spec.tsx b/packages/router/src/hooks/useRoute.spec.tsx
index 8ec6452b..37017d5c 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/hooks/useRoute.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/router/src/hooks/useRoute.spec.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ describe('Test useRoute fn', () => {
           routesById: {
             '/': { id: '/' },
             '/about': { id: '/about' },
-            '/posts/': { id: '/posts/' }, // posts/index
+            '/posts': { id: '/posts' }, // posts/index
             '/posts/[post]': { id: '/posts/[post]' },
             '/posts/defined-post': { id: '/posts/defined-post' },
             '/posts/[post]/[comment]': { id: '/posts/[post]/[comment]' },
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe('Test useRoute fn', () => {
     expect(useRoute('/')?.id).toBe('/')
     expect(useRoute('/not-found')?.id).toBe(undefined)
     expect(useRoute('/about')?.id).toBe('/about')
-    expect(useRoute('/posts/')?.id).toBe('/posts/')
+    expect(useRoute('/posts/')?.id).toBe('/posts')
     expect(useRoute('/posts/dynamic-post')?.id).toBe('/posts/[post]')
     expect(useRoute('/posts/defined-post')?.id).toBe('/posts/defined-post')
     expect(useRoute('/posts/dynamic-post/dynamic-comment')?.id).toBe(
diff --git a/packages/router/src/hooks/useRoute.tsx b/packages/router/src/hooks/useRoute.tsx
index 3124057d..8f48a24a 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/hooks/useRoute.tsx
+++ b/packages/router/src/hooks/useRoute.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,18 @@ import { useInternalRouter } from './useInternalRouter'
 
 const DYNAMIC_PATH_REGEX = /\[(.*?)\]/
 
+/**
+ * In order to correctly handle pathnames that might finish with a slash
+ * we first sanitize them by removing the final slash.
+ */
+export function sanitizePathname(pathname: string): string {
+  if (pathname.endsWith('/') && pathname !== '/') {
+    return pathname.substring(0, pathname.length - 1)
+  }
+
+  return pathname
+}
+
 /*
  * This hook is also implemented on server side to match the bundle
  * file to load at the first rendering.
@@ -14,6 +26,8 @@ const DYNAMIC_PATH_REGEX = /\[(.*?)\]/
 export default function useRoute(pathname?: string): Route | undefined {
   if (!pathname) return
 
+  pathname = sanitizePathname(pathname)
+
   const { routesById } = useInternalRouter()
 
   if (routesById[pathname]) return routesById[pathname]