diff --git a/src/deparam.js b/src/deparam.js
index 45b41d1..80a6108 100644
--- a/src/deparam.js
+++ b/src/deparam.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ function toURLFragment(url) {
 	if (root.lastIndexOf("/") === root.length - 1 && url.indexOf("/") === 0) {
 		url = url.substr(1);
 	}
+	
 	return url;
 }
 
@@ -49,7 +50,11 @@ function canRoute_getRule(url) {
 }
 
 function canRoute_deparam(url) {
-
+	// Remove any trialing `/` to allow for pushstate to be deparamed properly
+	if (url.length > 1 && url.lastIndexOf("/") === url.length - 1) {
+		url = url.slice(0, -1);
+	}
+	
 	var route = canRoute_getRule(url),
 		querySeparator = bindingProxy.call("querySeparator"),
 		paramsMatcher = bindingProxy.call("paramsMatcher");
diff --git a/test/param-deparam-test.js b/test/param-deparam-test.js
index 08ad93b..0d6549d 100644
--- a/test/param-deparam-test.js
+++ b/test/param-deparam-test.js
@@ -326,6 +326,17 @@ QUnit.test("param / deparam / rule", function(assert) {
 					input: { page: "foo", section: "bar" },
 					output: "foo/bar"
 				},
+				{
+					method: "deparam",
+					input: "foo/bar",
+					output: { page: "foo", section: "bar" }
+				},
+				// handles trailing slash (`/`) in url
+				{
+					method: "deparam",
+					input: "foo/bar/",
+					output: { page: "foo", section: "bar" }
+				},
 				// handles falsey values
 				// handles ""
 				{
@@ -336,7 +347,7 @@ QUnit.test("param / deparam / rule", function(assert) {
 				{
 					method: "deparam",
 					input: "home/",
-					output: {}
+					output: { page: "home" }
 				},
 				{
 					method: "rule",