diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index e684b1f4bd..2f0516a80f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ CHANGELOG
 * bug-fix: Unit Tests: Improve unit test runtime
 * bug-fix: Estimators: Fix attach for LDA
 * bug-fix: Estimators: allow code_location to have no key prefix
+* bug-fix: Local Mode: Fix s3 training data download when there is a trailing slash
+
 
 1.4.1
 =====
diff --git a/src/sagemaker/local/image.py b/src/sagemaker/local/image.py
index f4a6d74837..432567484b 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/local/image.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/local/image.py
@@ -267,7 +267,8 @@ def _download_folder(self, bucket_name, prefix, target):
 
         for obj_sum in bucket.objects.filter(Prefix=prefix):
             obj = s3.Object(obj_sum.bucket_name, obj_sum.key)
-            file_path = os.path.join(target, obj_sum.key[len(prefix) + 1:])
+            s3_relative_path = obj_sum.key[len(prefix):].lstrip('/')
+            file_path = os.path.join(target, s3_relative_path)
 
             try:
                 os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(file_path))
@@ -275,7 +276,6 @@ def _download_folder(self, bucket_name, prefix, target):
                 if exc.errno != errno.EEXIST:
                     raise
                 pass
-
             obj.download_file(file_path)
 
     def _prepare_training_volumes(self, data_dir, input_data_config, hyperparameters):
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_image.py b/tests/unit/test_image.py
index 0d3b490104..e32f9427e6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_image.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_image.py
@@ -366,6 +366,15 @@ def test_download_folder(makedirs):
     calls = [call(os.path.join('/tmp', 'train/train_data.csv')),
              call(os.path.join('/tmp', 'train/validation_data.csv'))]
     obj_mock.download_file.assert_has_calls(calls)
+    obj_mock.reset_mock()
+
+    # Testing with a trailing slash for the prefix.
+    sagemaker_container._download_folder(BUCKET_NAME, '/prefix/', '/tmp')
+    obj_mock.download_file.assert_called()
+    calls = [call(os.path.join('/tmp', 'train/train_data.csv')),
+             call(os.path.join('/tmp', 'train/validation_data.csv'))]
+
+    obj_mock.download_file.assert_has_calls(calls)
 
 
 def test_ecr_login_non_ecr():