diff --git a/debian/debian_config_common.py b/debian/debian_config_common.py
index 1c98a83..40bba1a 100644
--- a/debian/debian_config_common.py
+++ b/debian/debian_config_common.py
@@ -272,6 +272,14 @@ MIDDLEWARE = (
     'hobo.middleware.maintenance.MaintenanceMiddleware',
 ) + MIDDLEWARE
 
+if 'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware' in MIDDLEWARE:
+    common_middleware_index = MIDDLEWARE.index('django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware')
+    MIDDLEWARE = (
+        MIDDLEWARE[:common_middleware_index]
+        + ('hobo.middleware.common.HoboCommonMiddleware',)
+        + MIDDLEWARE[common_middleware_index + 1 :]
+    )
+
 if PROJECT_NAME != 'wcs':
     MIDDLEWARE = ('hobo.middleware.RobotsTxtMiddleware',) + MIDDLEWARE
 
diff --git a/hobo/middleware/common.py b/hobo/middleware/common.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5572d42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hobo/middleware/common.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import django
+from django.http import JsonResponse
+from django.middleware.common import CommonMiddleware
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+
+
+class HoboCommonMiddleware(CommonMiddleware):
+    def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.will_redirect_with_slash = False
+        return super().__call__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def should_redirect_with_slash(self, request):
+        self.will_redirect_with_slash = super().should_redirect_with_slash(request)
+        return self.will_redirect_with_slash
+
+    def forbid_redirect(self, request, response):
+        return bool(
+            self.will_redirect_with_slash
+            and isinstance(response, self.response_redirect_class)
+            and request.path_info.startswith('/api/')
+            and request.method in ("POST", "PUT", "PATCH")
+        )
+
+    def process_request(self, request):
+        response = super().process_request(request)
+        if self.forbid_redirect(request, response):
+            return JsonResponse({'err': 1, 'err_desc': _('URL must end with a slash.')}, status=404)
+        return response
+
+    def process_response(self, request, response):
+        response = super().process_response(request, response)
+        if self.forbid_redirect(request, response):
+            return JsonResponse({'err': 1, 'err_desc': _('URL must end with a slash.')}, status=404)
+        return response
diff --git a/tests/settings.py b/tests/settings.py
index 52a9de8..9b10d98 100644
--- a/tests/settings.py
+++ b/tests/settings.py
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ MIDDLEWARE = MIDDLEWARE + (
     'hobo.middleware.maintenance.MaintenanceMiddleware',
 )
 
+common_middleware_index = MIDDLEWARE.index('django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware')
+MIDDLEWARE = (
+    MIDDLEWARE[:common_middleware_index]
+    + ('hobo.middleware.common.HoboCommonMiddleware',)
+    + MIDDLEWARE[common_middleware_index + 1 :]
+)
+
 HOBO_MANAGER_HOMEPAGE_URL_VAR = 'portal_agent_url'
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
diff --git a/tests/test_middlewares.py b/tests/test_middlewares.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2dd751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_middlewares.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+def test_common_middleware(db, django_app_factory):
+    app = django_app_factory(csrf_checks=False)
+
+    resp = app.get('/api/health/', status=200)
+    assert 'data' in resp.json
+
+    resp = app.get('/api/health', status=301)
+    assert resp.location == '/api/health/'
+
+    for method in (app.post, app.put, app.patch):
+        resp = method('/api/health/', status=200)
+        assert 'data' in resp.json
+
+        resp = method('/api/health', status=404)
+        assert resp.json == {'err': 1, 'err_desc': 'URL must end with a slash.'}
diff --git a/tests/test_version.py b/tests/test_version.py
index 41f465c..fe3cb4d 100644
--- a/tests/test_version.py
+++ b/tests/test_version.py
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ def test_version_middleware(settings, client):
     # disable apt_cache to get stable test results
     hobo.scrutiny.wsgi.middleware.apt_cache = None
 
-    settings.MIDDLEWARE = ('hobo.middleware.version.VersionMiddleware',) + settings.MIDDLEWARE
+    settings.MIDDLEWARE = ('hobo.middleware.version.VersionMiddleware',) + tuple(settings.MIDDLEWARE)
     json_response = client.get('/__version__').json()
     assert set(json_response.keys()) == set(['pytest', 'pytest-django'])