diff --git a/lib/jekyll/page.rb b/lib/jekyll/page.rb
index 2f7803d5..1adc00ad 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/page.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/page.rb
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ module Jekyll
       # sanitize url
       @url = url.split('/').reject{ |part| part =~ /^\.+$/ }.join('/')
       @url += "/" if url =~ /\/$/
+      @url.gsub!(/\A\//, '')
       @url
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/post.rb b/lib/jekyll/post.rb
index a7afa800..7a3294de 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/post.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/post.rb
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ module Jekyll
       # sanitize url
       @url = url.split('/').reject{ |part| part =~ /^\.+$/ }.join('/')
       @url += "/" if url =~ /\/$/
+      @url.gsub!(/\A\//, '')
       @url
     end