diff --git a/module_build_service/scm.py b/module_build_service/scm.py
index 58f0136d..79267cb3 100644
--- a/module_build_service/scm.py
+++ b/module_build_service/scm.py
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ class SCM(object):
                 raise Unauthorized(
                     '%s is not in the list of allowed SCMs' % url)
 
+        url = url.rstrip('/')
+
         self.url = url
 
         # once we have more than one SCM provider, we will need some more
diff --git a/tests/test_scm.py b/tests/test_scm.py
index 40ed1258..8e224804 100644
--- a/tests/test_scm.py
+++ b/tests/test_scm.py
@@ -65,3 +65,13 @@ class TestSCMModule(unittest.TestCase):
         fname = tempfile.mktemp(suffix='mbs-scm-test')
         scm.get_latest(branch='master; touch %s' % fname)
         assert not os.path.exists(fname), "%r exists!  Vulnerable." % fname
+
+    def test_local_extract_name(self):
+        scm = module_build_service.scm.SCM(repo_path)
+        target = 'testrepo'
+        assert scm.name == target, '%r != %r' % (scm.name, target)
+
+    def test_local_extract_name_trailing_slash(self):
+        scm = module_build_service.scm.SCM(repo_path + '/')
+        target = 'testrepo'
+        assert scm.name == target, '%r != %r' % (scm.name, target)