diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/project/contributor/MultipleResourcesProjectContributor.java b/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/project/contributor/MultipleResourcesProjectContributor.java
index 34e41b2e..9a0fd780 100644
--- a/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/project/contributor/MultipleResourcesProjectContributor.java
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/project/contributor/MultipleResourcesProjectContributor.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.support.PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver;
 import org.springframework.util.FileCopyUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
  * A {@link ProjectContributor} that contributes all of the resources found beneath a root
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ public class MultipleResourcesProjectContributor implements ProjectContributor {
 	}
 
 	public MultipleResourcesProjectContributor(String rootResource, Predicate<String> executable) {
-		this.rootResource = rootResource;
+		this.rootResource = StringUtils.trimTrailingCharacter(rootResource, '/');
 		this.executable = executable;
 	}
 
diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/project/contributor/MultipleResourcesProjectContributorTests.java b/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/project/contributor/MultipleResourcesProjectContributorTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d74d665
--- /dev/null
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/project/contributor/MultipleResourcesProjectContributorTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2019 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package io.spring.initializr.generator.project.contributor;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for {@link MultipleResourcesProjectContributor}.
+ *
+ * @author Toon Geens
+ */
+class MultipleResourcesProjectContributorTests {
+
+	private static final String classLocation = MultipleResourcesProjectContributorTests.class.getPackage().getName()
+			.replace('.', '/');
+
+	private static final String classFile = MultipleResourcesProjectContributorTests.class.getSimpleName() + ".class";
+
+	@Test
+	void contribute(@TempDir Path directory) throws IOException {
+		String rootResource = "classpath:" + classLocation;
+		MultipleResourcesProjectContributor contributor = new MultipleResourcesProjectContributor(rootResource);
+
+		contributor.contribute(directory);
+
+		assertThat(directory.resolve(classFile)).exists();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void contributeWithTrailingSlash(@TempDir Path directory) throws IOException {
+		String rootResource = "classpath:" + classLocation + "/";
+		MultipleResourcesProjectContributor contributor = new MultipleResourcesProjectContributor(rootResource);
+
+		contributor.contribute(directory);
+
+		assertThat(directory.resolve(classFile)).exists();
+	}
+
+}