diff --git a/tika-parsers/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/parser/ocr/TesseractOCRConfig.java b/tika-parsers/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/parser/ocr/TesseractOCRConfig.java
index ba00c20494..c6ff21cc96 100644
--- a/tika-parsers/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/parser/ocr/TesseractOCRConfig.java
+++ b/tika-parsers/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/parser/ocr/TesseractOCRConfig.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.Serializable;
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ public enum OUTPUT_TYPE {
     private int enableImageProcessing = 0;
 
     // Path to ImageMagick program, if not on system path.
-    private String ImageMagickPath = "";
+    private String imageMagickPath = "";
 
     // resolution of processed image (in dpi).
     private int density = 300;
@@ -198,14 +199,19 @@ public String getTesseractPath() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Set the path to the Tesseract executable, needed if it is not on system path.
+     * Set the path to the Tesseract executable's directory, needed if it is not on system path.
      * <p>
      * Note that if you set this value, it is highly recommended that you also
      * set the path to the 'tessdata' folder using {@link #setTessdataPath}.
      * </p>
      */
     public void setTesseractPath(String tesseractPath) {
-        this.tesseractPath = FilenameUtils.normalize(tesseractPath);
+
+        tesseractPath = FilenameUtils.normalize(tesseractPath);
+        if (!tesseractPath.isEmpty() && !tesseractPath.endsWith(File.separator))
+            tesseractPath += File.separator;
+
+        this.tesseractPath = tesseractPath;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -221,7 +227,11 @@ public String getTessdataPath() {
      * (such as when Tesseract is built from source), it may be located elsewhere.
      */
     public void setTessdataPath(String tessdataPath) {
-        this.tessdataPath = FilenameUtils.normalize(tessdataPath);
+        tessdataPath = FilenameUtils.normalize(tessdataPath);
+        if (!tessdataPath.isEmpty() && !tessdataPath.endsWith(File.separator))
+            tessdataPath += File.separator;
+
+        this.tessdataPath = tessdataPath;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -515,21 +525,25 @@ public void setResize(int resize) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return path to ImageMagick file.
-     * @see #setImageMagickPath(String ImageMagickPath)
+     * @return path to ImageMagick executable directory.
+     * @see #setImageMagickPath(String imageMagickPath)
      */
     public String getImageMagickPath() {
 
-        return ImageMagickPath;
+        return imageMagickPath;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Set the path to the ImageMagick executable, needed if it is not on system path.
+     * Set the path to the ImageMagick executable directory, needed if it is not on system path.
      *
-     * @param ImageMagickPath to ImageMagick file.
+     * @param imageMagickPath to ImageMagick executable directory.
      */
-    public void setImageMagickPath(String ImageMagickPath) {
-        this.ImageMagickPath = FilenameUtils.normalize(ImageMagickPath);
+    public void setImageMagickPath(String imageMagickPath) {
+        imageMagickPath = FilenameUtils.normalize(imageMagickPath);
+        if (!imageMagickPath.isEmpty() && !imageMagickPath.endsWith(File.separator))
+            imageMagickPath += File.separator;
+
+        this.imageMagickPath = imageMagickPath;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tika-parsers/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/parser/ocr/TesseractOCRParser.java b/tika-parsers/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/parser/ocr/TesseractOCRParser.java
index 5bd2badba7..4d81023d33 100644
--- a/tika-parsers/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/parser/ocr/TesseractOCRParser.java
+++ b/tika-parsers/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/parser/ocr/TesseractOCRParser.java
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ public boolean hasTesseract(TesseractOCRConfig config) {
             TESSERACT_PRESENT.clear();
         }
         //check that the parent directory exists
-        if (! Files.isDirectory(Paths.get(config.getTesseractPath()))) {
+        if (! config.getTesseractPath().isEmpty() &&
+                ! Files.isDirectory(Paths.get(config.getTesseractPath()))) {
             TESSERACT_PRESENT.put(tesseract, false);
             return false;
         }
@@ -178,7 +179,8 @@ private boolean hasImageMagick(TesseractOCRConfig config) {
             IMAGE_MAGICK_PRESENT.clear();
         }
         //check that directory exists
-        if (! Files.isDirectory(Paths.get(config.getImageMagickPath()))) {
+        if (!config.getImageMagickPath().isEmpty() &&
+                ! Files.isDirectory(Paths.get(config.getImageMagickPath()))) {
             IMAGE_MAGICK_PRESENT.put(ImageMagick, false);
             return false;
         }
@@ -378,7 +380,7 @@ private void processImage(File scratchFile, TesseractOCRConfig config) throws IO
                 "-density", Integer.toString(config.getDensity()),
                 "-depth ", Integer.toString(config.getDepth()),
                 "-colorspace", config.getColorspace(),
-                " -filter ", config.getFilter(),
+                "-filter", config.getFilter(),
                 "-resize", config.getResize() + "%",
                 "-rotate", angle,
                 scratchFile.getAbsolutePath(),
diff --git a/tika-parsers/src/test/java/org/apache/tika/parser/ocr/TesseractOCRConfigTest.java b/tika-parsers/src/test/java/org/apache/tika/parser/ocr/TesseractOCRConfigTest.java
index 7517f7b1c2..a4bd515c5d 100644
--- a/tika-parsers/src/test/java/org/apache/tika/parser/ocr/TesseractOCRConfigTest.java
+++ b/tika-parsers/src/test/java/org/apache/tika/parser/ocr/TesseractOCRConfigTest.java
@@ -219,7 +219,33 @@ public void testBogusPathCheck() {
         //allow path that doesn't actually exist
         TesseractOCRConfig config = new TesseractOCRConfig();
         config.setTesseractPath("blahdeblahblah");
-        assertEquals("blahdeblahblah", config.getTesseractPath());
+        assertEquals("blahdeblahblah"+File.separator, config.getTesseractPath());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testTrailingSlashInPathBehavior() {
+
+        TesseractOCRConfig config = new TesseractOCRConfig();
+        config.setTesseractPath("blah");
+        assertEquals("blah"+File.separator, config.getTesseractPath());
+        config.setTesseractPath("blah"+File.separator);
+        assertEquals("blah"+File.separator, config.getTesseractPath());
+        config.setTesseractPath("");
+        assertEquals("", config.getTesseractPath());
+
+        config.setTessdataPath("blahdata");
+        assertEquals("blahdata"+File.separator, config.getTessdataPath());
+        config.setTessdataPath("blahdata"+File.separator);
+        assertEquals("blahdata"+File.separator, config.getTessdataPath());
+        config.setTessdataPath("");
+        assertEquals("", config.getTessdataPath());
+
+        config.setImageMagickPath("imagemagickpath");
+        assertEquals("imagemagickpath"+File.separator, config.getImageMagickPath());
+        config.setImageMagickPath("imagemagickpath"+File.separator);
+        assertEquals("imagemagickpath"+File.separator, config.getImageMagickPath());
+        config.setImageMagickPath("");
+        assertEquals("", config.getImageMagickPath());
     }
 
     @Test(expected=IllegalArgumentException.class)