diff --git a/backbone.js b/backbone.js
index 5f18acf9..b5f1fea5 100644
--- a/backbone.js
+++ b/backbone.js
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@
   };
 
   // Cached regex for cleaning leading hashes and slashes .
-  var routeStripper = /^[#\/]/;
+  var routeStripper = /^[#/]/;
 
   // Cached regex for detecting MSIE.
   var isExplorer = /msie [\w.]+/;
diff --git a/test/router.js b/test/router.js
index 79c19313..989eb026 100644
--- a/test/router.js
+++ b/test/router.js
@@ -200,4 +200,12 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     }
   });
 
+  test("#933, #908 - leading slash", function() {
+    var history = new Backbone.History();
+    history.options = {root: '/root'};
+    equal(history.getFragment('/root/foo'), 'foo');
+    history.options.root = '/root/';
+    equal(history.getFragment('/root/foo'), 'foo');
+  });
+
 });