diff --git a/oc-includes/osclass/controller/search.php b/oc-includes/osclass/controller/search.php
index e6f5b4f0bd..2a2814830a 100755
--- a/oc-includes/osclass/controller/search.php
+++ b/oc-includes/osclass/controller/search.php
@@ -30,8 +30,15 @@ function __construct()
             if( preg_match('/^index\.php/', $this->uri)>0) {
                 // search url without permalinks params
             } else {
-                $this->uri = preg_replace('|/$|', '', $this->uri);
                 // redirect if it ends with a slash NOT NEEDED ANYMORE, SINCE WE CHECK WITH osc_search_url
+                // dev-101: apparently, we do! In some cases / urls are not redirected!
+                // quick & dirty test fix (not final!)
+                if( preg_match('|/$|', $this->uri) ) {
+                    $redirectURL = osc_base_url() . $this->uri;
+                    $redirectURL = preg_replace('|/$|', '', $redirectURL);
+                    $this->redirectTo($redirectURL, 301);
+                }
+                $this->uri = preg_replace('|/$|', '', $this->uri);
                 if(($this->uri!=osc_get_preference('rewrite_search_url') && stripos($this->uri, osc_get_preference('rewrite_search_url') . '/')===false) && osc_rewrite_enabled() && !Params::existParam('sFeed')) {
                     // clean GET html params
                     $this->uri = preg_replace('/(\/?)\?.*$/', '', $this->uri);