diff --git a/src/create-route-map.js b/src/create-route-map.js
index 6e48e683f..4077392a1 100644
--- a/src/create-route-map.js
+++ b/src/create-route-map.js
@@ -57,8 +57,12 @@ function addRouteRecord (
     )
   }
 
-  const normalizedPath = normalizePath(path, parent)
   const pathToRegexpOptions: PathToRegexpOptions = route.pathToRegexpOptions || {}
+  const normalizedPath = normalizePath(
+    path,
+    parent,
+    pathToRegexpOptions.strict
+  )
 
   if (typeof route.caseSensitive === 'boolean') {
     pathToRegexpOptions.sensitive = route.caseSensitive
@@ -157,8 +161,8 @@ function compileRouteRegex (path: string, pathToRegexpOptions: PathToRegexpOptio
   return regex
 }
 
-function normalizePath (path: string, parent?: RouteRecord): string {
-  path = path.replace(/\/$/, '')
+function normalizePath (path: string, parent?: RouteRecord, strict?: boolean): string {
+  if (!strict) path = path.replace(/\/$/, '')
   if (path[0] === '/') return path
   if (parent == null) return path
   return cleanPath(`${parent.path}/${path}`)
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/create-map.spec.js b/test/unit/specs/create-map.spec.js
index 8e0c42ada..9d8e62f36 100644
--- a/test/unit/specs/create-map.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/specs/create-map.spec.js
@@ -145,5 +145,23 @@ describe('Creating Route Map', function () {
 
       expect(nameMap.foo.regex.ignoreCase).toBe(false)
     })
+
+    it('keeps trailing slashes with strict mode', function () {
+      const { pathList } = createRouteMap([
+        {
+          path: '/foo/',
+          component: Foo,
+          pathToRegexpOptions: {
+            strict: true
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          path: '/bar/',
+          component: Foo
+        }
+      ])
+
+      expect(pathList).toEqual(['/foo/', '/bar'])
+    })
   })
 })