diff --git a/lib/msf/core/exploit/http/client.rb b/lib/msf/core/exploit/http/client.rb
index 16009d39c2..271d670cdb 100644
--- a/lib/msf/core/exploit/http/client.rb
+++ b/lib/msf/core/exploit/http/client.rb
@@ -524,7 +524,10 @@ module Exploit::Remote::HttpClient
 	#
 	def target_uri
 		begin
-			URI(datastore['TARGETURI'])
+			# In case TARGETURI is empty, at least we default to '/'
+			u = datastore['TARGETURI']
+			u = "/" if u.nil? or u.empty?
+			URI(u)
 		rescue ::URI::InvalidURIError
 			print_error "Invalid URI: #{datastore['TARGETURI'].inspect}"
 			raise Msf::OptionValidateError.new(['TARGETURI'])