diff --git a/optimade/server/config.py b/optimade/server/config.py
index ffc61dd94..6d0b9d003 100644
--- a/optimade/server/config.py
+++ b/optimade/server/config.py
@@ -273,6 +273,17 @@ def set_implementation_version(cls, v):
         res.update(v)
         return res
 
+    @validator("root_path", pre=False)
+    def remove_end_slashes(cls, value: str) -> str:
+        """Remove ending slashes from root_path"""
+        if isinstance(value, str):
+            while value.endswith("/"):
+                value = value[:-1]
+            while value.startswith("/"):
+                value = value[1:]
+            value = f"/{value}"
+        return value
+
     @root_validator(pre=True)
     def use_real_mongo_override(cls, values):
         """Overrides the `database_backend` setting with MongoDB and
diff --git a/optimade/server/routers/utils.py b/optimade/server/routers/utils.py
index 45ecdefcd..e1c12a5e2 100644
--- a/optimade/server/routers/utils.py
+++ b/optimade/server/routers/utils.py
@@ -185,10 +185,11 @@ def get_base_url(
         if isinstance(parsed_url_request, str)
         else parsed_url_request
     )
+    root_path = CONFIG.root_path.rstrip("/") if CONFIG.root_path else ""
     return (
         CONFIG.base_url.rstrip("/")
         if CONFIG.base_url
-        else f"{parsed_url_request.scheme}://{parsed_url_request.netloc}"
+        else f"{parsed_url_request.scheme}://{parsed_url_request.netloc}{root_path}"
     )
 
 
@@ -213,9 +214,10 @@ def get_entries(
         query = urllib.parse.parse_qs(request.url.query)
         query["page_offset"] = int(query.get("page_offset", [0])[0]) + len(results)
         urlencoded = urllib.parse.urlencode(query, doseq=True)
-        base_url = get_base_url(request.url)
+        root_path = CONFIG.root_path.rstrip("/") if CONFIG.root_path else ""
+        url = f"{get_base_url(request.url)}{request.url.path.replace(root_path, '')}"
 
-        links = ToplevelLinks(next=f"{base_url}{request.url.path}?{urlencoded}")
+        links = ToplevelLinks(next=f"{url}?{urlencoded}")
     else:
         links = ToplevelLinks(next=None)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_config.json b/tests/test_config.json
index 683fd248d..7bc725eca 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.json
+++ b/tests/test_config.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     "debug": false,
     "default_db": "test_server",
     "base_url": "http://example.org",
+    "root_path": "custom_root_path/",
     "implementation": {
         "name": "Example implementation",
         "source_url": "https://github.com/Materials-Consortia/optimade-python-tools",