diff --git a/TUnit.Mocks.Http.Tests/MockHttpHandlerTests.cs b/TUnit.Mocks.Http.Tests/MockHttpHandlerTests.cs
index 6872794ed3..6376057178 100644
--- a/TUnit.Mocks.Http.Tests/MockHttpHandlerTests.cs
+++ b/TUnit.Mocks.Http.Tests/MockHttpHandlerTests.cs
@@ -559,4 +559,50 @@ public async Task FactoryDelegateSeesOriginalContentType()
 
         await Assert.That(capturedContentType).IsEqualTo("application/json");
     }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task MatchesByPath_AutoPrependsSlashWhenMissing()
+    {
+        using var client = Mock.HttpClient("https://my.domain/");
+        client.Handler.OnPost("my_endpoint").Respond(HttpStatusCode.Accepted);
+
+        var response = await client.PostAsync("my_endpoint", null);
+
+        await Assert.That(response.StatusCode).IsEqualTo(HttpStatusCode.Accepted);
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task MatchesByPathPrefix_AutoPrependsSlashWhenMissing()
+    {
+        using var client = Mock.HttpClient("http://localhost");
+        client.Handler.OnRequest(r => r.Method(HttpMethod.Get).PathStartsWith("api/v2"))
+            .Respond(HttpStatusCode.OK);
+
+        var response = await client.GetAsync("/api/v2/anything/here");
+
+        await Assert.That(response.StatusCode).IsEqualTo(HttpStatusCode.OK);
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task MatchesByPath_KeepsAbsoluteUrlAsIs()
+    {
+        using var client = Mock.HttpClient();
+        client.Handler.OnGet("https://my.domain/foo").Respond(HttpStatusCode.OK);
+
+        var response = await client.GetAsync("https://my.domain/foo");
+
+        await Assert.That(response.StatusCode).IsEqualTo(HttpStatusCode.OK);
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task MatchesByPath_RegexNotNormalized()
+    {
+        using var client = Mock.HttpClient("http://localhost");
+        client.Handler.OnRequest(r => r.Method(HttpMethod.Get).PathMatches(@"^/api/users/\d+$"))
+            .Respond(HttpStatusCode.OK);
+
+        var response = await client.GetAsync("/api/users/42");
+
+        await Assert.That(response.StatusCode).IsEqualTo(HttpStatusCode.OK);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/TUnit.Mocks.Http/RequestMatcher.cs b/TUnit.Mocks.Http/RequestMatcher.cs
index 88c4707a31..5a9d48d3ed 100644
--- a/TUnit.Mocks.Http/RequestMatcher.cs
+++ b/TUnit.Mocks.Http/RequestMatcher.cs
@@ -26,17 +26,24 @@ public RequestMatcher Method(HttpMethod method)
     /// <summary>Match requests to the exact path.</summary>
     public RequestMatcher Path(string path)
     {
-        _exactPath = path;
+        _exactPath = NormalizePath(path);
         return this;
     }
 
     /// <summary>Match requests whose path starts with the specified prefix.</summary>
     public RequestMatcher PathStartsWith(string prefix)
     {
-        _pathPrefix = prefix;
+        _pathPrefix = NormalizePath(prefix);
         return this;
     }
 
+    private static string NormalizePath(string value)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(value) || value[0] == '/') return value;
+        if (Uri.TryCreate(value, UriKind.Absolute, out _)) return value;
+        return "/" + value;
+    }
+
     /// <summary>Match requests whose path matches the regex pattern.</summary>
     public RequestMatcher PathMatches(string pattern)
     {