diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 5ba3b1b4a1..0bd201a253 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -1494,11 +1494,13 @@ function get_my_url() {
 	return false;
 }
 
-function zrl($s) {
+function zrl($s,$force = false) {
 	if(! strlen($s))
 		return $s;
-	if(! strpos($s,'/profile/'))
+	if((! strpos($s,'/profile/')) && (! $force))
 		return $s;
+	if($force && substr($s,-1,1) !== '/')
+		$s = $s . '/';
 	$achar = strpos($s,'?') ? '&' : '?';
 	$mine = get_my_url();
 	if($mine and ! link_compare($mine,$s))
diff --git a/mod/directory.php b/mod/directory.php
index 7f18bd0268..3674388454 100644
--- a/mod/directory.php
+++ b/mod/directory.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function directory_content(&$a) {
 	$gdirpath = dirname(get_config('system','directory_submit_url'));
 	if(strlen($gdirpath)) {
 		$globaldir = '<ul><li><div id="global-directory-link"><a href="'
-		. $gdirpath . '">' . t('Global Directory') . '</a></div></li></ul>';
+		. zrl($gdirpath,true) . '">' . t('Global Directory') . '</a></div></li></ul>';
 	}
 
 	$admin = '';