diff --git a/src/main/java/com/bettercloud/vault/VaultConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/bettercloud/vault/VaultConfig.java
index 7d4545fd..67f0ca25 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/bettercloud/vault/VaultConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/bettercloud/vault/VaultConfig.java
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ public VaultConfig build() throws VaultException {
         if (this.address == null) {
             final String addressFromEnv = environmentLoader.loadVariable(VAULT_ADDR);
             if (addressFromEnv != null) {
-                this.address = addressFromEnv;
+                address(addressFromEnv);
             } else {
                 throw new VaultException("No address is set");
             }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/bettercloud/vault/VaultConfigTests.java b/src/test/java/com/bettercloud/vault/VaultConfigTests.java
index 3a49a45b..2897b4d8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/bettercloud/vault/VaultConfigTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/bettercloud/vault/VaultConfigTests.java
@@ -106,6 +106,23 @@ public void testConfigConstructor_NormalizesAddress() throws VaultException {
         assertEquals("https://localhost:8200", config.getAddress());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test creating a new <code>VaultConfig</code> via its constructor, take address from environment and ensuring
+     * that addresses are normalized to not have a trailing slash.
+     *
+     * @throws VaultException
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testConfigConstructor_NormalizesAddressFromEnv() throws VaultException {
+        final MockEnvironmentLoader mock = new MockEnvironmentLoader();
+        mock.override("VAULT_ADDR", "https://localhost:8200/");
+
+        final VaultConfig config = new VaultConfig()
+                .environmentLoader(mock)
+                .build();
+        assertEquals("https://localhost:8200", config.getAddress());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Test creating a new <code>VaultConfig</code> via its constructor, passing null address and token values AND
      * having them unavailable in the environment variables too.  This should cause initialization failure.