diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Uri.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Uri.php
index 994ab0174..ccf6118c3 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Uri.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Uri.php
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ protected function createFromEnvironment(array $env)
         }
 
         // Build path.
-        $request_uri = $env['REQUEST_URI'] ?? '';
+        $request_uri = $env['REQUEST_URI'] ?? '/';
         $this->path = rawurldecode(parse_url('http://example.com' . $request_uri, PHP_URL_PATH));
 
         // Build query string.