diff --git a/lib/template.html b/lib/template.html
index 46968b4..7e01a10 100644
--- a/lib/template.html
+++ b/lib/template.html
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
   <meta name="twitter:description" content="{{ seo_description }}" />
 
   {% if page.image %}
-    <meta name="twitter:image" content="{{ page.image | prepend: "/" | prepend: seo_url | escape }}" />
+    <meta name="twitter:image" content="{{ page.image | prepend: seo_url | escape }}" />
   {% endif %}
 
   {% if seo_author_twitter %}
diff --git a/spec/jekyll_seo_tag_spec.rb b/spec/jekyll_seo_tag_spec.rb
index 2e04f7d..a607758 100644
--- a/spec/jekyll_seo_tag_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jekyll_seo_tag_spec.rb
@@ -250,10 +250,10 @@ describe Jekyll::SeoTag do
 
       context 'with page.image' do
         let(:site) { make_site('twitter' => site_twitter, 'url' => 'http://example.invalid') }
-        let(:page) { make_page('image' => 'foo.png') }
+        let(:page) { make_page('image' => '/img/foo.png') }
 
         it 'outputs the image' do
-          expected = %r{<meta name="twitter:image" content="http://example.invalid/foo.png" />}
+          expected = %r{<meta name="twitter:image" content="http://example.invalid/img/foo.png" />}
           expect(output).to match(expected)
         end
       end