diff --git a/registry/config.go b/registry/config.go
index b1e3afe36c..84b0a63ad2 100644
--- a/registry/config.go
+++ b/registry/config.go
@@ -330,8 +330,8 @@ func ValidateMirror(val string) (string, error) {
 	if uri.Scheme != "http" && uri.Scheme != "https" {
 		return "", invalidParamf("invalid mirror: unsupported scheme %q in %q", uri.Scheme, uri)
 	}
-	if (uri.Path != "" && uri.Path != "/") || uri.RawQuery != "" || uri.Fragment != "" {
-		return "", invalidParamf("invalid mirror: path, query, or fragment at end of the URI %q", uri)
+	if uri.RawQuery != "" || uri.Fragment != "" {
+		return "", invalidParamf("invalid mirror: query or fragment at end of the URI %q", uri)
 	}
 	if uri.User != nil {
 		// strip password from output
diff --git a/registry/config_test.go b/registry/config_test.go
index 77f799df96..f68cfc61b2 100644
--- a/registry/config_test.go
+++ b/registry/config_test.go
@@ -142,21 +142,21 @@ func TestValidateMirror(t *testing.T) {
 		"https://127.0.0.1",
 		"http://127.0.0.1:5000",
 		"https://127.0.0.1:5000",
+		"http://mirror-1.example.com/v1/",
+		"https://mirror-1.example.com/v1/",
 	}
 
 	invalid := []string{
 		"!invalid!://%as%",
 		"ftp://mirror-1.example.com",
 		"http://mirror-1.example.com/?q=foo",
-		"http://mirror-1.example.com/v1/",
 		"http://mirror-1.example.com/v1/?q=foo",
 		"http://mirror-1.example.com/v1/?q=foo#frag",
 		"http://mirror-1.example.com?q=foo",
 		"https://mirror-1.example.com#frag",
 		"https://mirror-1.example.com/#frag",
 		"http://foo:bar@mirror-1.example.com/",
-		"https://mirror-1.example.com/v1/",
-		"https://mirror-1.example.com/v1/#",
+		"https://mirror-1.example.com/v1/#frag",
 		"https://mirror-1.example.com?q",
 	}