diff --git a/extensions/vertx-web/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/vertx/web/SimpleRouteTest.java b/extensions/vertx-web/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/vertx/web/SimpleRouteTest.java
index fd473f125dabc..2248f480f5c2c 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx-web/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/vertx/web/SimpleRouteTest.java
+++ b/extensions/vertx-web/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/vertx/web/SimpleRouteTest.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public class SimpleRouteTest {
     @Test
     public void testSimpleRoute() {
         RestAssured.when().get("/hello").then().statusCode(200).body(is("Hello world!"));
+        RestAssured.when().get("/no-slash").then().statusCode(200).body(is("Hello world!"));
         RestAssured.when().get("/rx-hello").then().statusCode(200).body(is("Hello world!"));
         RestAssured.when().get("/bzuk").then().statusCode(200).body(is("Hello world!"));
         RestAssured.when().get("/hello-event-bus?name=ping").then().statusCode(200).body(is("Hello PING!"));
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ static class SimpleBean {
 
         @Route(path = "/hello")
         @Route(path = "/foo")
+        @Route(path = "no-slash")
         void hello(RoutingContext context) {
             String name = context.request().getParam("name");
             context.response().setStatusCode(200).end("Hello " + (name != null ? name : "world") + "!");
diff --git a/extensions/vertx-web/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/web/runtime/VertxWebRecorder.java b/extensions/vertx-web/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/web/runtime/VertxWebRecorder.java
index a5c54e8de51e9..ffc08969aa4fb 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx-web/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/web/runtime/VertxWebRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/vertx-web/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/web/runtime/VertxWebRecorder.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public io.vertx.ext.web.Route apply(Router router) {
                 if (!routeAnnotation.regex().isEmpty()) {
                     route = router.routeWithRegex(routeAnnotation.regex());
                 } else if (!routeAnnotation.path().isEmpty()) {
-                    route = router.route(routeAnnotation.path());
+                    route = router.route(ensureStartWithSlash(routeAnnotation.path()));
                 } else {
                     route = router.route();
                 }
@@ -92,4 +92,13 @@ public void handle(RoutingContext event) {
             }
         };
     }
+
+    private String ensureStartWithSlash(String path) {
+        if (path.startsWith("/")) {
+            return path;
+        } else {
+            return "/" + path;
+        }
+    }
+
 }