diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 79c680ef7..5f5ccf218 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     * Added support to get image size for SVG vector images [#3533](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/pull/3533)
     * Added XSS check for uploaded SVG files before they get stored
     * Fixed phpstan issues (All level 2, Framework level 5)
+    * Added a `system.legacy_url_root_behavior` config option to enable legacy/broken `Utils::url()` behavior
 2. [](#bugfix)
     * Fixed `'mbstring' extension is not loaded` error, use Polyfill instead [#3504](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/pull/3504)
     * Fixed new `Utils::pathinfo()` and `Utils::basename()` being too strict for legacy use [#3542](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/issues/3542)
diff --git a/system/config/system.yaml b/system/config/system.yaml
index 2de075b26..9fba968a9 100644
--- a/system/config/system.yaml
+++ b/system/config/system.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ http_x_forwarded:                                # Configuration options for the
   host: false
   port: true
   ip: true
+legacy_url_root_behavior: false                  # Enable legacy root URL behavior that breaks URls with paths that match root
 
 languages:
   supported: []                                  # List of languages supported. eg: [en, fr, de]
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php
index 5ae819361..017c49822 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php
@@ -134,14 +134,15 @@ abstract class Utils
                 $resource = $locator->findResource($input, false);
             }
         } else {
-//            $root = $uri->rootUrl();
-//            $pattern = '/(' . '\\' . $root . '[\s\/])/';
-//            if (preg_match($pattern, $input, $matches)) {
-//                $input = static::replaceFirstOccurrence($matches[0], '', $input);
-//            }
+            // You can manually restore the old legacy behavior that does not produce expected results
+            if ($grav['config']->get('system.legacy_url_root_behavior', false)) {
+                $root = $uri->rootUrl();
+                if (static::startsWith($input, $root)) {
+                    $input = static::replaceFirstOccurrence($root, '', $input);
+                }
+            }
 
             $input = ltrim($input, '/');
-
             $resource = $input;
         }