diff --git src/bp-core/bp-core-template.php src/bp-core/bp-core-template.php
index 23d294282..e4d402b5a 100644
--- src/bp-core/bp-core-template.php
+++ src/bp-core/bp-core-template.php
@@ -1950,7 +1950,10 @@ function bp_is_site_home() {
 		$home_url      = wp_parse_url( $home_url, PHP_URL_PATH );
 	}
 
-	return $home_url === $requested_url;
+	$requested_path = wp_parse_url( $requested_url, PHP_URL_PATH );
+	$home_path      = wp_parse_url( $home_url, PHP_URL_PATH );
+
+	return trailingslashit( (string) $home_path ) === trailingslashit( (string) $requested_path );
 }
 
 /**