diff --git a/src/firebase_functions/firestore_fn.py b/src/firebase_functions/firestore_fn.py
index b8ae498..122a82c 100644
--- a/src/firebase_functions/firestore_fn.py
+++ b/src/firebase_functions/firestore_fn.py
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ def example(event: Event[Change[DocumentSnapshot]]) -> None:
     options = FirestoreOptions(**kwargs)
 
     def on_document_written_inner_decorator(func: _C1):
-        document_pattern = _path_pattern.PathPattern(options.document)
+        document_pattern = _path_pattern.PathPattern(
+            _util.normalize_path(options.document))
 
         @_functools.wraps(func)
         def on_document_written_wrapped(raw: _ce.CloudEvent):
@@ -248,7 +249,8 @@ def example(event: Event[Change[DocumentSnapshot]]) -> None:
     options = FirestoreOptions(**kwargs)
 
     def on_document_updated_inner_decorator(func: _C1):
-        document_pattern = _path_pattern.PathPattern(options.document)
+        document_pattern = _path_pattern.PathPattern(
+            _util.normalize_path(options.document))
 
         @_functools.wraps(func)
         def on_document_updated_wrapped(raw: _ce.CloudEvent):
@@ -295,7 +297,8 @@ def example(event: Event[DocumentSnapshot]):
     options = FirestoreOptions(**kwargs)
 
     def on_document_created_inner_decorator(func: _C2):
-        document_pattern = _path_pattern.PathPattern(options.document)
+        document_pattern = _path_pattern.PathPattern(
+            _util.normalize_path(options.document))
 
         @_functools.wraps(func)
         def on_document_created_wrapped(raw: _ce.CloudEvent):
@@ -342,7 +345,8 @@ def example(event: Event[DocumentSnapshot]) -> None:
     options = FirestoreOptions(**kwargs)
 
     def on_document_deleted_inner_decorator(func: _C2):
-        document_pattern = _path_pattern.PathPattern(options.document)
+        document_pattern = _path_pattern.PathPattern(
+            _util.normalize_path(options.document))
 
         @_functools.wraps(func)
         def on_document_deleted_wrapped(raw: _ce.CloudEvent):
diff --git a/src/firebase_functions/private/util.py b/src/firebase_functions/private/util.py
index 49bf264..5838fcf 100644
--- a/src/firebase_functions/private/util.py
+++ b/src/firebase_functions/private/util.py
@@ -308,3 +308,10 @@ def firebase_config() -> None | FirebaseConfig:
             f'FIREBASE_CONFIG JSON string "{json_str}" is not valid json. {err}'
         ) from err
     return FirebaseConfig(storage_bucket=json_data.get("storageBucket"))
+
+
+def normalize_path(path: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Normalize a path string to a consistent format.
+    """
+    return path.strip("/")
diff --git a/tests/test_util.py b/tests/test_util.py
index e13fe1c..8a40f99 100644
--- a/tests/test_util.py
+++ b/tests/test_util.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 Internal utils tests.
 """
 from os import environ, path
-from firebase_functions.private.util import firebase_config
+from firebase_functions.private.util import firebase_config, normalize_path
 
 test_bucket = "python-functions-testing.appspot.com"
 test_config_file = path.join(path.dirname(path.realpath(__file__)),
@@ -40,3 +40,21 @@ def test_firebase_config_loads_from_env_file():
     environ["FIREBASE_CONFIG"] = test_config_file
     assert firebase_config().storage_bucket == test_bucket, (
         "Failure, firebase_config did not load from env variable.")
+
+
+def test_normalize_document_path():
+    """
+    Testing "document" path passed to Firestore event listener 
+    is normalized.
+    """
+    test_path = "/test/document/"
+    assert normalize_path(test_path) == "test/document", (
+        "Failure, path was not normalized.")
+
+    test_path1 = "//////test/document//////////"
+    assert normalize_path(test_path1) == "test/document", (
+        "Failure, path was not normalized.")
+
+    test_path2 = "test/document"
+    assert normalize_path(test_path2) == "test/document", (
+        "Failure, path should not be changed if it is already normalized.")