diff --git a/aws/s3/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/S3Connection.java b/aws/s3/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/S3Connection.java
index 7c78cc7081..afd4844e58 100644
--- a/aws/s3/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/S3Connection.java
+++ b/aws/s3/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/S3Connection.java
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@ public interface S3Connection {
    @Query(key = "acl")
    @XMLResponseParser(AccessControlListHandler.class)
    @ExceptionParser(ReturnNotFoundIfBucketDoesntExist.class)
+   @Path("/")
    Future<AccessControlList> getBucketACL(@HostPrefixParam String bucketName);
 
    /**