diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/NativeEnvironmentRepository.java b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/NativeEnvironmentRepository.java
index 3159754c..a9a309da 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/NativeEnvironmentRepository.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/NativeEnvironmentRepository.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class NativeEnvironmentRepository implements EnvironmentRepository, Searc
 		this.defaultLabel = properties.getDefaultLabel();
 		this.failOnError = properties.getFailOnError();
 		this.order = properties.getOrder();
-		this.searchLocations = properties.getSearchLocations();
+		setSearchLocations(properties.getSearchLocations());
 		this.version = properties.getVersion();
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/resource/ResourceControllerTests.java b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/resource/ResourceControllerTests.java
index 0268bd45..50c5b884 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/resource/ResourceControllerTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/resource/ResourceControllerTests.java
@@ -344,4 +344,11 @@ public class ResourceControllerTests {
 		assertThat(resource).isEqualToIgnoringNewLines("foo: dev_bar/spam");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void setSearchLocationsAppendSlashByConstructor() {
+		final NativeEnvironmentProperties properties = new NativeEnvironmentProperties();
+		properties.setSearchLocations(new String[]{"classpath:/test"});
+		NativeEnvironmentRepository repo = new NativeEnvironmentRepository(this.context.getEnvironment(), properties);
+		assertThat(repo.getSearchLocations()[0]).isEqualTo("classpath:/test/");
+	}
 }