diff --git a/lib/gollum/frontend/app.rb b/lib/gollum/frontend/app.rb
index 28a804d7..30895f28 100644
--- a/lib/gollum/frontend/app.rb
+++ b/lib/gollum/frontend/app.rb
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ module Precious
     end
 
     get '/' do
-      show_page_or_file('Home')
+      redirect File.join(settings.wiki_options[:base_path].to_s, 'Home')
     end
 
     # path is set to name if path is nil.
diff --git a/test/test_app.rb b/test/test_app.rb
index dc273926..8a609ef7 100644
--- a/test/test_app.rb
+++ b/test/test_app.rb
@@ -249,6 +249,20 @@ context "Frontend" do
     assert_equal page1.version.sha, page2.version.sha
   end
 
+  test "redirects from 'base_path' or 'base_path/' to 'base_path/Home'" do
+    Precious::App.set(:wiki_options, {})
+    get "/"
+    assert_match "http://example.org/Home", last_response.headers['Location']
+
+    Precious::App.set(:wiki_options, { :base_path => '/wiki' })
+    get "/"
+    assert_match "http://example.org/wiki/Home", last_response.headers['Location']
+
+    Precious::App.set(:wiki_options, { :base_path => '/wiki/' })
+    get "/"
+    assert_match "http://example.org/wiki/Home", last_response.headers['Location']
+  end
+
   def app
     Precious::App
   end