diff --git a/util_test.go b/util_test.go
index 5a15a00..dcec77f 100644
--- a/util_test.go
+++ b/util_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package gophercloud
 
 import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	th "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/testhelper"
@@ -12,3 +15,71 @@
 	})
 	th.CheckNoErr(t, err)
 }
+
+func TestNormalizeURL(t *testing.T) {
+	urls := []string{
+		"NoSlashAtEnd",
+		"SlashAtEnd/",
+	}
+	expected := []string{
+		"NoSlashAtEnd/",
+		"SlashAtEnd/",
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < len(expected); i++ {
+		th.CheckEquals(t, expected[i], NormalizeURL(urls[i]))
+	}
+
+}
+
+func TestNormalizePathURL(t *testing.T) {
+	baseDir, _ := os.Getwd()
+
+	rawPath := "template.yaml"
+	basePath, _ := filepath.Abs(".")
+	result, _ := NormalizePathURL(basePath, rawPath)
+	expected := strings.Join([]string{"file:/", filepath.ToSlash(baseDir), "template.yaml"}, "/")
+	th.CheckEquals(t, expected, result)
+
+	rawPath = "http://www.google.com"
+	basePath, _ = filepath.Abs(".")
+	result, _ = NormalizePathURL(basePath, rawPath)
+	expected = "http://www.google.com"
+	th.CheckEquals(t, expected, result)
+
+	rawPath = "very/nested/file.yaml"
+	basePath, _ = filepath.Abs(".")
+	result, _ = NormalizePathURL(basePath, rawPath)
+	expected = strings.Join([]string{"file:/", filepath.ToSlash(baseDir), "very/nested/file.yaml"}, "/")
+	th.CheckEquals(t, expected, result)
+
+	rawPath = "very/nested/file.yaml"
+	basePath = "http://www.google.com"
+	result, _ = NormalizePathURL(basePath, rawPath)
+	expected = "http://www.google.com/very/nested/file.yaml"
+	th.CheckEquals(t, expected, result)
+
+	rawPath = "very/nested/file.yaml/"
+	basePath = "http://www.google.com/"
+	result, _ = NormalizePathURL(basePath, rawPath)
+	expected = "http://www.google.com/very/nested/file.yaml"
+	th.CheckEquals(t, expected, result)
+
+	rawPath = "very/nested/file.yaml"
+	basePath = "http://www.google.com/even/more"
+	result, _ = NormalizePathURL(basePath, rawPath)
+	expected = "http://www.google.com/even/more/very/nested/file.yaml"
+	th.CheckEquals(t, expected, result)
+
+	rawPath = "very/nested/file.yaml"
+	basePath = strings.Join([]string{"file:/", filepath.ToSlash(baseDir), "only/file/even/more"}, "/")
+	result, _ = NormalizePathURL(basePath, rawPath)
+	expected = strings.Join([]string{"file:/", filepath.ToSlash(baseDir), "only/file/even/more/very/nested/file.yaml"}, "/")
+	th.CheckEquals(t, expected, result)
+
+	rawPath = "very/nested/file.yaml/"
+	basePath = strings.Join([]string{"file:/", filepath.ToSlash(baseDir), "only/file/even/more"}, "/")
+	result, _ = NormalizePathURL(basePath, rawPath)
+	expected = strings.Join([]string{"file:/", filepath.ToSlash(baseDir), "only/file/even/more/very/nested/file.yaml"}, "/")
+	th.CheckEquals(t, expected, result)
+
+}