diff --git a/frontend/dockerfile/dockerfile_test.go b/frontend/dockerfile/dockerfile_test.go
index e12c0dd88286..5274b7a87703 100644
--- a/frontend/dockerfile/dockerfile_test.go
+++ b/frontend/dockerfile/dockerfile_test.go
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ var allTests = integration.TestFuncs(
 	testNamedMultiplatformInputContext,
 	testNamedFilteredContext,
 	testEmptyDestDir,
+	testPreserveDestDirSlash,
 	testCopyLinkDotDestDir,
 	testCopyLinkEmptyDestDir,
 	testCopyChownCreateDest,
@@ -545,6 +546,42 @@ RUN cmd /V:on /C "set /p tfcontent=<testfile \
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
+func testPreserveDestDirSlash(t *testing.T, sb integration.Sandbox) {
+	f := getFrontend(t, sb)
+
+	dockerfile := []byte(integration.UnixOrWindows(
+		`
+FROM busybox
+COPY testfile /sample/
+RUN [ "$(cat /sample/testfile)" == "contents0" ]
+`,
+		`
+FROM nanoserver
+COPY testfile /sample/
+RUN cmd /V:on /C "set /p tfcontent=<\sample\testfile \
+	& if !tfcontent! NEQ contents0 (exit 1)"
+`,
+	))
+
+	dir := integration.Tmpdir(
+		t,
+		fstest.CreateFile("Dockerfile", dockerfile, 0600),
+		fstest.CreateFile("testfile", []byte("contents0"), 0600),
+	)
+
+	c, err := client.New(sb.Context(), sb.Address())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer c.Close()
+
+	_, err = f.Solve(sb.Context(), c, client.SolveOpt{
+		LocalMounts: map[string]fsutil.FS{
+			dockerui.DefaultLocalNameDockerfile: dir,
+			dockerui.DefaultLocalNameContext:    dir,
+		},
+	}, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
 func testCopyLinkDotDestDir(t *testing.T, sb integration.Sandbox) {
 	integration.SkipOnPlatform(t, "windows")
 	f := getFrontend(t, sb)
diff --git a/util/system/path.go b/util/system/path.go
index cdfff68007f5..e1a257faa701 100644
--- a/util/system/path.go
+++ b/util/system/path.go
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ func IsAbs(pth, inputOS string) bool {
 // which I am not sure is worth it.
 // \\.\C$\a     --> Fail
 func CheckSystemDriveAndRemoveDriveLetter(path string, inputOS string) (string, error) {
+
 	if inputOS == "" {
 		inputOS = "linux"
 	}
@@ -193,9 +194,11 @@ func CheckSystemDriveAndRemoveDriveLetter(path string, inputOS string) (string,
 	}
 
 	parts := strings.SplitN(path, ":", 2)
+
+	// we need to preserve the `/` or `\\` at the end because #5249
 	// Path does not have a drive letter. Just return it.
 	if len(parts) < 2 {
-		return ToSlash(filepath.Clean(path), inputOS), nil
+		return ToSlash(filepath.Clean(path), inputOS) + pathHasTrailingSlash(parts[0]), nil
 	}
 
 	// We expect all paths to be in C:
@@ -220,5 +223,16 @@ func CheckSystemDriveAndRemoveDriveLetter(path string, inputOS string) (string,
 	//
 	// We must return the second element of the split path, as is, without attempting to convert
 	// it to an absolute path. We have no knowledge of the CWD; that is treated elsewhere.
-	return ToSlash(filepath.Clean(parts[1]), inputOS), nil
+	return ToSlash(filepath.Clean(parts[1]), inputOS) + pathHasTrailingSlash(parts[1]), nil
+}
+
+// Checks if a path other than / or \\ has a trailing slash
+// at the end, and returns it to be retained after running
+// through the ToSlash(filepath.Clean()) functions which strips them off.
+// eg. "/sample/" -> "/sample".
+func pathHasTrailingSlash(path string) string {
+	if len(path) > 1 && (strings.HasSuffix(path, "/") || strings.HasSuffix(path, "\\")) {
+		return "/"
+	}
+	return ""
 }