diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/path_util.c b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/path_util.c
index eb29f6e3838..82c74462ee3 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/path_util.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/path_util.c
@@ -1947,6 +1947,10 @@ int BLI_path_cmp_normalized(const char *p1, const char *p2)
   BLI_path_slash_native(norm_p1);
   BLI_path_slash_native(norm_p2);
 
+  /* One of the paths ending with a slash does not make them different, strip both. */
+  BLI_path_slash_rstrip(norm_p1);
+  BLI_path_slash_rstrip(norm_p2);
+
   BLI_path_normalize(norm_p1);
   BLI_path_normalize(norm_p2);
 
diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/tests/BLI_path_util_test.cc b/source/blender/blenlib/tests/BLI_path_util_test.cc
index e7940d69be8..3d5b7d2e28d 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/tests/BLI_path_util_test.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/tests/BLI_path_util_test.cc
@@ -155,6 +155,26 @@ TEST(path_util, Normalize_UnbalancedRelativeTrailing)
 
 /** \} */
 
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+/** \name Tests for: #BLI_path_cmp_normalized
+ *
+ * \note #BLI_path_normalize tests handle most of the corner cases.
+ * \{ */
+
+TEST(path_util, CompareNormalized)
+{
+  /* Trailing slash should not matter. */
+  EXPECT_EQ(BLI_path_cmp_normalized("/tmp/", "/tmp"), 0);
+  /* Slash direction should not matter. */
+  EXPECT_EQ(BLI_path_cmp_normalized("\\tmp\\", "/tmp/"), 0);
+  /* Empty paths should be supported. */
+  EXPECT_EQ(BLI_path_cmp_normalized("", ""), 0);
+
+  EXPECT_NE(BLI_path_cmp_normalized("A", "B"), 0);
+}
+
+/** \} */
+
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 /** \name Tests for: #BLI_path_parent_dir
  * \{ */