Index: canonical.php
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--- canonical.php	(revision 9187)
+++ canonical.php	(working copy)
@@ -213,8 +213,10 @@
 	}
 
 	// Always trailing slash the 'home' URL
-	if ( $redirect['path'] == $user_home['path'] )
+	if ( $redirect['path'] == $user_home['path'] ) 
 		$redirect['path'] = trailingslashit($redirect['path']);
+    else if ( is_front_page() && empty($redirect['path']) ) 
+		$redirect['path'] = '/';
 
 	// Ignore differences in host capitalization, as this can lead to infinite redirects
 	if ( strtolower($original['host']) == strtolower($redirect['host']) )