diff --git a/transport.go b/transport.go
index 5534d79..482a347 100644
--- a/transport.go
+++ b/transport.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -159,7 +160,8 @@ func (t *Transport) refreshToken(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not convert installation token parameters into json: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", fmt.Sprintf("%s/app/installations/%v/access_tokens", t.BaseURL, t.installationID), body)
+	requestURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/app/installations/%v/access_tokens", strings.TrimRight(t.BaseURL, "/"), t.installationID)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", requestURL, body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not create request: %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/transport_test.go b/transport_test.go
index eae5e1a..8b1653b 100644
--- a/transport_test.go
+++ b/transport_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -249,3 +250,97 @@ func TestRefreshTokenWithParameters(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("error calling RoundTrip: %v", err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestRefreshTokenWithTrailingSlashBaseURL(t *testing.T) {
+	installationTokenOptions := &github.InstallationTokenOptions{
+		RepositoryIDs: []int64{1234},
+		Permissions: &github.InstallationPermissions{
+			Contents: github.String("write"),
+			Issues:   github.String("read"),
+		},
+	}
+
+	tokenToBe := "token_string"
+
+	// Convert io.ReadWriter to String without deleting body data.
+	wantBody, _ := GetReadWriter(installationTokenOptions)
+	wantBodyBytes := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	wantBodyBytes.ReadFrom(wantBody)
+	wantBodyString := wantBodyBytes.String()
+
+	roundTripper := RoundTrip{
+		rt: func(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+			if strings.Contains(req.URL.Path, "//") {
+				return &http.Response{
+					Body:       ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("Forbidden\n")),
+					StatusCode: 401,
+				}, fmt.Errorf("Got simulated 401 Github Forbidden response")
+			}
+
+			if req.URL.Path == "test_endpoint/" && req.Header.Get("Authorization") == fmt.Sprintf("token %s", tokenToBe) {
+				return &http.Response{
+					Body:       ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("Beautiful\n")),
+					StatusCode: 200,
+				}, nil
+			}
+
+			// Convert io.ReadCloser to String without deleting body data.
+			var gotBodyBytes []byte
+			gotBodyBytes, _ = ioutil.ReadAll(req.Body)
+			req.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewBuffer(gotBodyBytes))
+			gotBodyString := string(gotBodyBytes)
+
+			// Compare request sent with request received.
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(wantBodyString, gotBodyString); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("HTTP body want->got: %s", diff)
+			}
+
+			// Return acceptable access token.
+			accessToken := accessToken{
+				Token:     tokenToBe,
+				ExpiresAt: time.Now(),
+				Repositories: []github.Repository{{
+					ID: github.Int64(1234),
+				}},
+				Permissions: github.InstallationPermissions{
+					Contents: github.String("write"),
+					Issues:   github.String("read"),
+				},
+			}
+			tokenReadWriter, err := GetReadWriter(accessToken)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("error converting token into io.ReadWriter: %+v", err)
+			}
+			tokenBody := ioutil.NopCloser(tokenReadWriter)
+			return &http.Response{
+				Body:       tokenBody,
+				StatusCode: 200,
+			}, nil
+		},
+	}
+
+	tr, err := New(roundTripper, appID, installationID, key)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("unexpected error:", err)
+	}
+	tr.InstallationTokenOptions = installationTokenOptions
+	tr.BaseURL = "http://localhost/github/api/v3/"
+
+	// Convert InstallationTokenOptions into a ReadWriter to pass as an argument to http.NewRequest.
+	body, err := GetReadWriter(installationTokenOptions)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error calling GetReadWriter: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "http://localhost/test_endpoint/", body)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("unexpected error:", err)
+	}
+	res, err := tr.RoundTrip(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error calling RoundTrip: %v", err)
+	}
+	if res.StatusCode != 200 {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected RoundTrip response code: %d", res.StatusCode)
+	}
+}