diff --git a/luigi/server.py b/luigi/server.py
index f8c226d65c..50948624d3 100644
--- a/luigi/server.py
+++ b/luigi/server.py
@@ -271,7 +271,13 @@ def get(self, name):
 
 class RootPathHandler(BaseTaskHistoryHandler):
     def get(self):
-        self.redirect("/static/visualiser/index.html")
+        # we omit the leading slash in case the visualizer is behind a different
+        # path (as in a reverse proxy setup)
+        #
+        # For example, if luigi is behind my.app.com/my/luigi/, we want / to
+        # redirect relative (so it goes to my.app.com/my/luigi/static/visualizer/index.html)
+        # instead of absolute (which would be my.app.com/static/visualizer/index.html)
+        self.redirect("static/visualiser/index.html")
 
     def head(self):
         """HEAD endpoint for health checking the scheduler"""
diff --git a/test/server_test.py b/test/server_test.py
index 23000f1c94..f142523e3a 100644
--- a/test/server_test.py
+++ b/test/server_test.py
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ def test_404(self):
     def test_api_404(self):
         self._test_404('/api/foo')
 
+    def test_root_redirect(self):
+        response = self.fetch("/", follow_redirects=False)
+        self.assertEqual(response.code, 302)
+        self.assertEqual(response.headers['Location'], 'static/visualiser/index.html')  # assert that doesnt beging with leading slash !
+
     def test_api_preflight_cors_headers(self):
         response = self.fetch('/api/graph', method='OPTIONS', headers={'Origin': 'foo'})
         headers = dict(response.headers)