diff --git a/docs/docs/SUMMARY.md b/docs/docs/SUMMARY.md
index c2f9915daf..95f4245e0f 100644
--- a/docs/docs/SUMMARY.md
+++ b/docs/docs/SUMMARY.md
@@ -960,6 +960,7 @@ search:
                     - [build_message](api/faststream/rabbit/testing/build_message.md)
                 - utils
                     - [build_url](api/faststream/rabbit/utils/build_url.md)
+                    - [build_virtual_host](api/faststream/rabbit/utils/build_virtual_host.md)
                     - [is_routing_exchange](api/faststream/rabbit/utils/is_routing_exchange.md)
             - redis
                 - [ListSub](api/faststream/redis/ListSub.md)
diff --git a/docs/docs/en/api/faststream/rabbit/utils/build_virtual_host.md b/docs/docs/en/api/faststream/rabbit/utils/build_virtual_host.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bab956290b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/docs/en/api/faststream/rabbit/utils/build_virtual_host.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+# 0.5 - API
+# 2 - Release
+# 3 - Contributing
+# 5 - Template Page
+# 10 - Default
+search:
+  boost: 0.5
+---
+
+::: faststream.rabbit.utils.build_virtual_host
diff --git a/faststream/rabbit/utils.py b/faststream/rabbit/utils.py
index 02da20e589..6011fc05cb 100644
--- a/faststream/rabbit/utils.py
+++ b/faststream/rabbit/utils.py
@@ -12,6 +12,18 @@
     from faststream.rabbit.schemas import RabbitExchange
 
 
+def build_virtual_host(
+    url: Union[str, "URL", None], virtualhost: Optional[str], path: str
+) -> str:
+    if (not url and not virtualhost) or virtualhost == "/":
+        return ""
+    elif virtualhost:
+        return virtualhost
+    else:
+        vh = path.replace("/", "", 1)
+        return vh
+
+
 def build_url(
     url: Union[str, "URL", None] = None,
     *,
@@ -36,7 +48,7 @@ def build_url(
         port=port or original_url.port or default_port,
         login=login or original_url.user or "guest",
         password=password or original_url.password or "guest",
-        virtualhost=virtualhost or original_url.path.replace("/", "", 1),
+        virtualhost=build_virtual_host(url, virtualhost, original_url.path),
         ssl=use_ssl,
         ssl_options=ssl_options,
         client_properties=client_properties,
diff --git a/tests/brokers/rabbit/test_connect.py b/tests/brokers/rabbit/test_connect.py
index ed756ad87e..61934ec043 100644
--- a/tests/brokers/rabbit/test_connect.py
+++ b/tests/brokers/rabbit/test_connect.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 from faststream.rabbit import RabbitBroker
 from faststream.security import SASLPlaintext
-from faststream.rabbit.utils import build_url
 from tests.brokers.base.connection import BrokerConnectionTestcase
 
 
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ def get_broker_args(self, settings):
         return {"url": settings.url}
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_init_connect_by_raw_data(self, settings):
+    async def test_connect_handover_config_to_init(self, settings):
         broker = self.broker(
             host=settings.host,
             port=settings.port,
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ async def test_init_connect_by_raw_data(self, settings):
         await broker.close()
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_connection_by_params(self, settings):
+    async def test_connect_handover_config_to_connect(self, settings):
         broker = self.broker()
         assert await broker.connect(
             host=settings.host,
@@ -42,34 +41,7 @@ async def test_connection_by_params(self, settings):
         await broker.close()
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_connect_merge_kwargs_with_priority(self, settings):
-        broker = self.broker(host="fake-host", port=5677)  # kwargs will be ignored
-        assert await broker.connect(
-            host=settings.host,
-            port=settings.port,
-            security=SASLPlaintext(
-                username=settings.login,
-                password=settings.password,
-            ),
-        )
-        await broker.close()
-
-    @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_connect_merge_args_and_kwargs_native(self, settings):
+    async def test_connect_handover_config_to_connect_override_init(self, settings):
         broker = self.broker("fake-url")  # will be ignored
         assert await broker.connect(url=settings.url)
         await broker.close()
-
-    @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-        "test_input,expected",
-        [
-            ("amqp://root:root@localhost:5672/vh", "amqp://root:root@localhost:5672/vh"),
-            ("amqp://root:root@localhost:5672/", "amqp://root:root@localhost:5672/"),
-            ("amqp://root:root@localhost:5672//vh", "amqp://root:root@localhost:5672//vh"),
-            ("amqp://root:root@localhost:5672/vh/vh2", "amqp://root:root@localhost:5672/vh/vh2"),
-            ("amqp://root:root@localhost:5672//vh/vh2", "amqp://root:root@localhost:5672//vh/vh2")
-        ]
-    )
-    async def test_build_url(self, test_input, expected):
-        assert str(build_url(test_input)) == expected
diff --git a/tests/brokers/rabbit/test_url_builder.py b/tests/brokers/rabbit/test_url_builder.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7148f28794
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/brokers/rabbit/test_url_builder.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+from typing import Any, Dict
+
+import pytest
+from yarl import URL
+
+from faststream.rabbit.utils import build_url
+
+
+class TestUrlBuilder:
+    def test_arg_priority_over_url(self, settings):
+        url = build_url(
+            url=settings.url,
+            host="host",
+            port=5673,
+            login="test",
+            password="test",  # pragma: allowlist secret
+            virtualhost="test",
+        )
+        assert url == URL("amqp://test:test@host:5673/test")
+
+    def test_ssl_overwrites_protocol(self, settings):
+        url = build_url(url=settings.url, ssl=True)
+        assert url == URL("amqps://guest:guest@localhost:5672/")
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("passed_url", "expected_url"),
+        [
+            pytest.param(
+                "amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672//",  # pragma: allowlist secret
+                URL("amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672//"),
+            ),
+            pytest.param(
+                "amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672//test",  # pragma: allowlist secret
+                URL("amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672//test"),
+            ),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_exotic_virtualhost_variants(self, passed_url: str, expected_url: URL):
+        url = build_url(passed_url)
+        assert url == expected_url
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("url_kwargs", "expected_url"),
+        [
+            pytest.param({}, URL("amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672/")),
+            pytest.param(
+                {"url": "fake", "virtualhost": "/", "host": "host"},
+                URL("amqp://guest:guest@host:5672/"),
+            ),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_unpack_args(self, url_kwargs: Dict[str, Any], expected_url: URL) -> None:
+        url = build_url(**url_kwargs)
+        assert url == expected_url