diff --git a/config/module/detect.go b/config/module/detect.go
index 99b2af0a73..bdf54f9f80 100644
--- a/config/module/detect.go
+++ b/config/module/detect.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package module
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
+	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 // Detector defines the interface that an invalid URL or a URL with a blank
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ func init() {
 func Detect(src string, pwd string) (string, error) {
 	getForce, getSrc := getForcedGetter(src)
 
+	// Separate out the subdir if there is one, we don't pass that to detect
+	getSrc, subDir := getDirSubdir(getSrc)
+
 	u, err := url.Parse(getSrc)
 	if err == nil && u.Scheme != "" {
 		// Valid URL
@@ -51,6 +55,25 @@ func Detect(src string, pwd string) (string, error) {
 
 		var detectForce string
 		detectForce, result = getForcedGetter(result)
+		result, detectSubdir := getDirSubdir(result)
+
+		// If we have a subdir from the detection, then prepend it to our
+		// requested subdir.
+		if detectSubdir != "" {
+			if subDir != "" {
+				subDir = filepath.Join(detectSubdir, subDir)
+			} else {
+				subDir = detectSubdir
+			}
+		}
+		if subDir != "" {
+			u, err := url.Parse(result)
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", fmt.Errorf("Error parsing URL: %s", err)
+			}
+			u.Path += "//" + subDir
+			result = u.String()
+		}
 
 		// Preserve the forced getter if it exists. We try to use the
 		// original set force first, followed by any force set by the
diff --git a/config/module/detect_test.go b/config/module/detect_test.go
index 8f62f6618b..69a5a6fef7 100644
--- a/config/module/detect_test.go
+++ b/config/module/detect_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,24 @@ func TestDetect(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{"./foo", "/foo", "file:///foo/foo", false},
 		{"git::./foo", "/foo", "git::file:///foo/foo", false},
-		{"git::github.com/hashicorp/foo", "", "git::https://github.com/hashicorp/foo.git", false},
+		{
+			"git::github.com/hashicorp/foo",
+			"",
+			"git::https://github.com/hashicorp/foo.git",
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"./foo//bar",
+			"/foo",
+			"file:///foo/foo//bar",
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"git::github.com/hashicorp/foo//bar",
+			"",
+			"git::https://github.com/hashicorp/foo.git//bar",
+			false,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for i, tc := range cases {