diff --git a/test/app/routes/index.html b/test/app/routes/index.html
index cb37b8c..b695afe 100644
--- a/test/app/routes/index.html
+++ b/test/app/routes/index.html
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 <a href='about'>about</a>
 <a href='slow-preload'>slow preload</a>
 <a href='redirect-from'>redirect</a>
+<a href='redirect-root'>redirect (root)</a>
 <a href='blog/nope'>broken link</a>
 <a href='blog/throw-an-error'>error link</a>
 <a href='credentials?creds=include'>credentials</a>
diff --git a/test/app/routes/redirect-root.html b/test/app/routes/redirect-root.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddd4b49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/app/routes/redirect-root.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<script>
+	export default {
+		preload() {
+			this.redirect(301, '/');
+		}
+	};
+</script>
diff --git a/test/common/test.js b/test/common/test.js
index c46751f..70bf890 100644
--- a/test/common/test.js
+++ b/test/common/test.js
@@ -436,6 +436,33 @@ function run({ mode, basepath = '' }) {
 					});
 			});
 
+			it('redirects on server (root)', () => {
+				return nightmare.goto(`${base}/redirect-root`)
+					.path()
+					.then(path => {
+						assert.equal(path, `${basepath}/`);
+					})
+					.then(() => nightmare.page.title())
+					.then(title => {
+						assert.equal(title, 'Great success!');
+					});
+			});
+
+			it('redirects in client (root)', () => {
+				return nightmare.goto(base)
+					.wait('[href="redirect-root"]')
+					.click('[href="redirect-root"]')
+					.wait(200)
+					.path()
+					.then(path => {
+						assert.equal(path, `${basepath}/`);
+					})
+					.then(() => nightmare.page.title())
+					.then(title => {
+						assert.equal(title, 'Great success!');
+					});
+			});
+
 			it('handles 4xx error on server', () => {
 				return nightmare.goto(`${base}/blog/nope`)
 					.path()