diff --git a/.changeset/lazy-pugs-refuse.md b/.changeset/lazy-pugs-refuse.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7707628b8902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lazy-pugs-refuse.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/adapter-netlify': patch
+---
+
+fix: strip trailing slashes from prerendered paths in the edge function exclude list, so the root page is served statically when using a base path
diff --git a/packages/adapter-netlify/index.js b/packages/adapter-netlify/index.js
index cd8ff0521324..db7d43fea1ef 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-netlify/index.js
+++ b/packages/adapter-netlify/index.js
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ async function generate_edge_functions({ builder }) {
 		// Contains static files
 		`/${builder.getAppPath()}/immutable/*`,
 		`/${builder.getAppPath()}/version.json`,
-		...builder.prerendered.paths,
+		// the base root and `trailingSlash: 'always'` pages are recorded with a trailing slash
+		...builder.prerendered.paths.map((path) => (path === '/' ? path : path.replace(/\/$/, ''))),
 		...Array.from(assets).flatMap((asset) => {
 			if (asset.endsWith('/index.html')) {
 				const dir = asset.replace(/\/index\.html$/, '');