diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/AnnotationMappingDiscoverer.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/AnnotationMappingDiscoverer.java
index b723877d..dfe3818c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/AnnotationMappingDiscoverer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/AnnotationMappingDiscoverer.java
@@ -109,7 +109,17 @@ public class AnnotationMappingDiscoverer implements MappingDiscoverer {
 			return typeMapping;
 		}
 
-		return typeMapping == null || "/".equals(typeMapping) ? mapping[0] : typeMapping + mapping[0];
+		return typeMapping == null || "/".equals(typeMapping) ? mapping[0] : join(typeMapping, mapping[0]);
+	}
+
+	private String join(String typeMapping, String mapping) {
+		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+
+		builder.append(typeMapping.endsWith("/") ? typeMapping.substring(0, typeMapping.length() - 1) : typeMapping);
+		builder.append('/');
+		builder.append(mapping.startsWith("/") ? mapping.substring(1) : mapping);
+
+		return builder.toString();
 	}
 
 	private String[] getMappingFrom(Annotation annotation) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/AnnotationMappingDiscovererUnitTest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/AnnotationMappingDiscovererUnitTest.java
index c45b4968..3b5e3beb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/AnnotationMappingDiscovererUnitTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/AnnotationMappingDiscovererUnitTest.java
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpEntity;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
 
 /**
  * Unit tests for {@link AnnotationMappingDiscoverer}.
@@ -97,6 +99,25 @@ public class AnnotationMappingDiscovererUnitTest {
 		assertThat(discoverer.getMapping(ChildWithTypeMapping.class, method), is("/child/parent"));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see #269
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void handlesSlashes() throws Exception {
+
+		Method method = ControllerWithoutSlashes.class.getMethod("noslash");
+		assertThat(discoverer.getMapping(method), is("slashes/noslash"));
+
+		method = ControllerWithoutSlashes.class.getMethod("withslash");
+		assertThat(discoverer.getMapping(method), is("slashes/withslash"));
+
+		method = ControllerWithTrailingSlashes.class.getMethod("noslash");
+		assertThat(discoverer.getMapping(method), is("trailing/noslash"));
+
+		method = ControllerWithTrailingSlashes.class.getMethod("withslash");
+		assertThat(discoverer.getMapping(method), is("trailing/withslash"));
+	}
+
 	@RequestMapping("/type")
 	interface MyController {
 
@@ -139,4 +160,24 @@ public class AnnotationMappingDiscovererUnitTest {
 
 	@RequestMapping("/child")
 	interface ChildWithTypeMapping extends ParentWithMethod {}
+
+	@RequestMapping("slashes")
+	interface ControllerWithoutSlashes {
+
+		@RequestMapping("noslash")
+		void noslash();
+
+		@RequestMapping("/withslash")
+		void withslash();
+	}
+
+	@RequestMapping("trailing/")
+	interface ControllerWithTrailingSlashes {
+
+		@RequestMapping("noslash")
+		void noslash();
+
+		@RequestMapping("/withslash")
+		void withslash();
+	}
 }