diff --git a/src/lib/patterns.go b/src/lib/patterns.go
index 1e210fbb8..743eac3c5 100644
--- a/src/lib/patterns.go
+++ b/src/lib/patterns.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var (
 	// V2BlobUploadURLRe is the regular expression for matching the request to v2 handler to upload a blob, the upload uuid currently is not put into a group
 	V2BlobUploadURLRe = regexp.MustCompile(fmt.Sprintf(`^/v2/(?P<%s>%s)/blobs/uploads[/a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.=]*$`, RepositorySubexp, reference.NameRegexp.String()))
 	// V2CatalogURLRe is the regular expression for mathing the request to v2 handler to list catalog
-	V2CatalogURLRe = regexp.MustCompile(`^/v2/_catalog$`)
+	V2CatalogURLRe = regexp.MustCompile(`^/v2/_catalog/?$`)
 )
 
 // MatchManifestURLPattern checks whether the provided path matches the manifest URL pattern,
diff --git a/src/lib/patterns_test.go b/src/lib/patterns_test.go
index 5060f2307..20e698dac 100644
--- a/src/lib/patterns_test.go
+++ b/src/lib/patterns_test.go
@@ -66,3 +66,26 @@ func TestMatchBlobUploadURLPattern(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(t, ok)
 	assert.Equal(t, "library/hello-world", repository)
 }
+
+func TestMatchCatalogURLPattern(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		url   string
+		match bool
+	}{
+		{
+			url:   "/v2/_catalog",
+			match: true,
+		},
+		{
+			url:   "/v2/_catalog/",
+			match: true,
+		},
+		{
+			url:   "/v2/_catalog/xxx",
+			match: false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		assert.Equal(t, c.match, len(V2CatalogURLRe.FindStringSubmatch(c.url)) == 1)
+	}
+}