1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/java/broker/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ConnectionOpenMethodHandler.java b/java/broker/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ConnectionOpenMethodHandler.java
index 88717c446b..c3b1ba3b5b 100644
--- a/java/broker/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ConnectionOpenMethodHandler.java
+++ b/java/broker/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ConnectionOpenMethodHandler.java
@@ -58,7 +58,16 @@ public class ConnectionOpenMethodHandler implements StateAwareMethodListener<Con
         AMQProtocolSession session = stateManager.getProtocolSession();
         ConnectionOpenBody body = evt.getMethod();
 
-        String virtualHostName = String.valueOf(body.virtualHost);
+        //ignore leading '/'
+        String virtualHostName;
+        if((body.virtualHost != null) && body.virtualHost.charAt(0) == '/')
+        {
+            virtualHostName = new StringBuilder(body.virtualHost.subSequence(1,body.virtualHost.length())).toString();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            virtualHostName = String.valueOf(body.virtualHost);
+        }
 
         VirtualHost virtualHost = stateManager.getVirtualHostRegistry().getVirtualHost(virtualHostName);