diff --git a/cmd/routers.go b/cmd/routers.go
index 43c2f0c57..18d0f5dcf 100644
--- a/cmd/routers.go
+++ b/cmd/routers.go
@@ -77,8 +77,9 @@ func newObjectLayer(storageDisks []StorageAPI) (ObjectLayer, error) {
 
 // configureServer handler returns final handler for the http server.
 func configureServerHandler(srvCmdConfig serverCmdConfig) (http.Handler, error) {
-	// Initialize router.
-	mux := router.NewRouter()
+	// Initialize router. `SkipClean(true)` stops gorilla/mux from
+	// normalizing URL path minio/minio#3256
+	mux := router.NewRouter().SkipClean(true)
 
 	// Initialize distributed NS lock.
 	if globalIsDistXL {
diff --git a/cmd/server_test.go b/cmd/server_test.go
index 461d76f0a..795ef2f94 100644
--- a/cmd/server_test.go
+++ b/cmd/server_test.go
@@ -1971,7 +1971,7 @@ func (s *TestSuiteCommon) TestGetObjectErrors(c *C) {
 	verifyError(c, response, "NoSuchKey", "The specified key does not exist.", http.StatusNotFound)
 
 	// request to download an object, but an invalid bucket name is set.
-	request, err = newTestSignedRequest("GET", getGetObjectURL(s.endPoint, "/getobjecterrors-.", objectName),
+	request, err = newTestSignedRequest("GET", getGetObjectURL(s.endPoint, "getobjecterrors-.", objectName),
 		0, nil, s.accessKey, s.secretKey, s.signer)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)