@@ -2053,10 +2053,26 @@
 		OFMutableString *ret = [[self mutableCopy] autorelease];
 
 		[ret appendString: OF_PATH_DELIMITER_STRING];
 		[ret appendString: component];
 
+		[ret makeImmutable];
+
+		return ret;
+	}
+}
+
+- (OFString *)stringByAppendingURLPathComponent: (OFString *)component
+{
+	if ([self hasSuffix: @"/"])
+		return [self stringByAppendingString: component];
+	else {
+		OFMutableString *ret = [[self mutableCopy] autorelease];
+
+		[ret appendString: @"/"];
+		[ret appendString: component];
+
 		[ret makeImmutable];
 
 		return ret;
 	}
 }