diff --git a/lib/alchemy/mount_point.rb b/lib/alchemy/mount_point.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/alchemy/mount_point.rb
+++ b/lib/alchemy/mount_point.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 module Alchemy
 
   # Returns alchemys mount point in current rails app.
-  def self.mount_point
+  # Pass false to not return a leading slash on empty mount point.
+  def self.mount_point(remove_leading_slash_if_blank = true)
     alchemy_routes = Rails.application.routes.named_routes[:alchemy]
     raise "Alchemy not mounted! Please mount Alchemy::Engine in your config/routes.rb file." if alchemy_routes.nil?
-    alchemy_routes.path.spec.to_s.gsub(/^\/$/, '')
+    mount_point = alchemy_routes.path.spec.to_s
+    if remove_leading_slash_if_blank && mount_point == "/"
+      mount_point.gsub(/^\/$/, '')
+    else
+      mount_point
+    end
   end
 
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
Adding remove_leading_slash_if_blank option to Alchemy.mount_point.