diff --git a/msal4j-sdk/src/main/java/com/microsoft/aad/msal4j/IMDSManagedIdentitySource.java b/msal4j-sdk/src/main/java/com/microsoft/aad/msal4j/IMDSManagedIdentitySource.java
index 10bbbf81..2358d025 100644
--- a/msal4j-sdk/src/main/java/com/microsoft/aad/msal4j/IMDSManagedIdentitySource.java
+++ b/msal4j-sdk/src/main/java/com/microsoft/aad/msal4j/IMDSManagedIdentitySource.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public IMDSManagedIdentitySource(MsalRequest msalRequest,
             }
 
             StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(environmentVariables.getEnvironmentVariable(Constants.AZURE_POD_IDENTITY_AUTHORITY_HOST));
-            builder.append("/" + IMDS_TOKEN_PATH);
+            builder.append(IMDS_TOKEN_PATH);
             try {
                 imdsEndpoint = new URI(builder.toString());
             } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
diff --git a/msal4j-sdk/src/test/java/com/microsoft/aad/msal4j/ManagedIdentityTests.java b/msal4j-sdk/src/test/java/com/microsoft/aad/msal4j/ManagedIdentityTests.java
index a3f35f94..5f6a5e36 100644
--- a/msal4j-sdk/src/test/java/com/microsoft/aad/msal4j/ManagedIdentityTests.java
+++ b/msal4j-sdk/src/test/java/com/microsoft/aad/msal4j/ManagedIdentityTests.java
@@ -366,6 +366,27 @@ void managedIdentityTest_DifferentScopes_RequestsNewToken(ManagedIdentitySourceT
     class ManagedIdentityBehaviorTests extends BaseManagedIdentityTest {
         //Tests covering specific behavior/scenarios/use cases/etc. for Managed Identity flows
 
+        @Test
+        void managedIdentityTest_AzurePodIdentityAuthorityHostBuildsImdsEndpointWithoutDoubleSlash() throws Exception {
+            String authorityHost = "http://127.0.0.1:80";
+            EnvironmentVariablesHelper environmentVariables = new EnvironmentVariablesHelper(IMDS, null);
+            environmentVariables.mockedEnvironmentVariables.put(
+                    Constants.AZURE_POD_IDENTITY_AUTHORITY_HOST, authorityHost);
+            ManagedIdentityApplication.setEnvironmentVariables(environmentVariables);
+            initHttpClientMock(IMDS);
+            initManagedIdentityApplication(ManagedIdentityId.systemAssigned());
+
+            when(httpClientMock.send(any()))
+                    .thenReturn(expectedResponse(HttpStatus.HTTP_OK,
+                            getSuccessfulResponse(ManagedIdentityTestConstants.RESOURCE)));
+
+            acquireTokenCommon(ManagedIdentityTestConstants.RESOURCE).get();
+
+            ArgumentCaptor<HttpRequest> captor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(HttpRequest.class);
+            verify(httpClientMock).send(captor.capture());
+            assertEquals("/metadata/identity/oauth2/token", captor.getValue().url().getPath());
+        }
+
         @ParameterizedTest
         @MethodSource("com.microsoft.aad.msal4j.ManagedIdentityTestDataProvider#createDataError")
         void managedIdentityTest_WithClaims(ManagedIdentitySourceType source, String endpoint) throws Exception {