diff --git a/git-mv.perl b/git-mv.perl
index 17e35b0ac088f83bbcd6d104c77925cd69ded2bb..a21d87eea88d4b1e9a40e4e7f7b836374f566c70 100755
--- a/git-mv.perl
+++ b/git-mv.perl
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ ()
 my $argCount = scalar @ARGV;
 if (-d $ARGV[$argCount-1]) {
 	$dstDir = $ARGV[$argCount-1];
+	# remove any trailing slash
+	$dstDir =~ s/\/$//;
 	@srcArgs = @ARGV[0..$argCount-2];
 	
 	foreach $src (@srcArgs) {