diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 64e6bbf..812840a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+- [Bug: Normalize both url path and capability substring for endpoint authorization #170](https://github.com/xmidt-org/bascule/issues/170)
 
 ## [v0.11.3]
 - [Remove deprecated sallust code #167](https://github.com/xmidt-org/bascule/pull/167)
diff --git a/basculechecks/endpointchecks.go b/basculechecks/endpointchecks.go
index 6eeed75..abf005c 100644
--- a/basculechecks/endpointchecks.go
+++ b/basculechecks/endpointchecks.go
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ type RegexEndpointCheck struct {
 // there to be an endpoint regular expression and an http method - separated by
 // a colon. The expected format of a capability is: <prefix><endpoint
 // regex>:<method>
+// Note, the endpoint url path and the capabilities substring (used for authorization)
+// will be normalized to have a leading `/` if missing.
 func NewRegexEndpointCheck(prefix string, acceptAllMethod string) (RegexEndpointCheck, error) {
 	matchPrefix, err := regexp.Compile("^" + prefix + "(.+):(.+?)$")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -97,12 +99,12 @@ func (r RegexEndpointCheck) Authorized(capability string, urlToMatch string, met
 		return false
 	}
 
-	re, err := regexp.Compile(matches[1]) //url regex that capability grants access to
+	re, err := regexp.Compile(urlPathNormalization(matches[1])) //url regex that capability grants access to
 	if err != nil {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	matchIdxs := re.FindStringIndex(urlToMatch)
+	matchIdxs := re.FindStringIndex(urlPathNormalization(urlToMatch))
 	if matchIdxs == nil || matchIdxs[0] != 0 {
 		return false
 	}
@@ -114,3 +116,13 @@ func (r RegexEndpointCheck) Authorized(capability string, urlToMatch string, met
 func (e RegexEndpointCheck) Name() string {
 	return "regex"
 }
+
+// urlPathNormalization returns an url path with a leading `/` if missing,
+// otherwise the same unmodified url path is returned.
+func urlPathNormalization(url string) string {
+	if url[0] == '/' {
+		return url
+	}
+
+	return "/" + url
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 07f9b6f..492c770 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.11.2 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.19.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.10.0 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/dig v1.16.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/dig v1.16.1 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.9.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.5.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.5.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.4.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.6.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230110181048-76db0878b65f // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230117162540-28d6b9783ac4 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.52.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ad04c7c..5cba34f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -587,8 +587,8 @@ go.uber.org/atomic v1.10.0 h1:9qC72Qh0+3MqyJbAn8YU5xVq1frD8bn3JtD2oXtafVQ=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.10.0/go.mod h1:LUxbIzbOniOlMKjJjyPfpl4v+PKK2cNJn91OQbhoJI0=
 go.uber.org/dig v1.10.0/go.mod h1:X34SnWGr8Fyla9zQNO2GSO2D+TIuqB14OS8JhYocIyw=
 go.uber.org/dig v1.15.0/go.mod h1:pKHs0wMynzL6brANhB2hLMro+zalv1osARTviTcqHLM=
-go.uber.org/dig v1.16.0 h1:O48QoUEj4ePocypAIE5jz+SrxVdG/izHM1CZ/Yjrwww=
-go.uber.org/dig v1.16.0/go.mod h1:557JTAUZT5bUK0SvCwikmLPPtdQhfvLYtO5tJgQSbnk=
+go.uber.org/dig v1.16.1 h1:+alNIBsl0qfY0j6epRubp/9obgtrObRAc5aD+6jbWY8=
+go.uber.org/dig v1.16.1/go.mod h1:557JTAUZT5bUK0SvCwikmLPPtdQhfvLYtO5tJgQSbnk=
 go.uber.org/fx v1.13.1/go.mod h1:bREWhavnedxpJeTq9pQT53BbvwhUv7TcpsOqcH4a+3w=
 go.uber.org/fx v1.18.1/go.mod h1:g0V1KMQ66zIRk8bLu3Ea5Jt2w/cHlOIp4wdRsgh0JaY=
 go.uber.org/fx v1.19.1 h1:JwYIYAQzXBuBBwSZ1/tn/95pnQO/Sp3yE8lWj9eSAzI=
@@ -972,8 +972,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20210226172003-ab064af71705/go.mod h1:FWY/as6D
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20210602131652-f16073e35f0c/go.mod h1:UODoCrxHCcBojKKwX1terBiRUaqAsFqJiF615XL43r0=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20210917145530-b395a37504d4/go.mod h1:eFjDcFEctNawg4eG61bRv87N7iHBWyVhJu7u1kqDUXY=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20211118181313-81c1377c94b1/go.mod h1:5CzLGKJ67TSI2B9POpiiyGha0AjJvZIUgRMt1dSmuhc=
-google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230110181048-76db0878b65f h1:BWUVssLB0HVOSY78gIdvk1dTVYtT1y8SBWtPYuTJ/6w=
-google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230110181048-76db0878b65f/go.mod h1:RGgjbofJ8xD9Sq1VVhDM1Vok1vRONV+rg+CjzG4SZKM=
+google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230117162540-28d6b9783ac4 h1:yF0uHwqqYt2tIL2F4hxRWA1ZFX43SEunWAK8MnQiclk=
+google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230117162540-28d6b9783ac4/go.mod h1:RGgjbofJ8xD9Sq1VVhDM1Vok1vRONV+rg+CjzG4SZKM=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.19.0/go.mod h1:mqu4LbDTu4XGKhr4mRzUsmM4RtVoemTSY81AxZiDr8c=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.20.1/go.mod h1:10oTOabMzJvdu6/UiuZezV6QK5dSlG84ov/aaiqXj38=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.21.1/go.mod h1:oYelfM1adQP15Ek0mdvEgi9Df8B9CZIaU1084ijfRaM=