diff --git a/changelog/16443.txt b/changelog/16443.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86b43c684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/16443.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+secrets/kv: Fix `kv get` issue preventing the ability to read a secret when providing a leading slash
+```
diff --git a/command/kv_get.go b/command/kv_get.go
index ce4f60a76..3aca29d20 100644
--- a/command/kv_get.go
+++ b/command/kv_get.go
@@ -116,16 +116,16 @@ func (c *KVGetCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	mountFlagSyntax := (c.flagMount != "")
 
 	var (
-		mountPath   string
-		partialPath string
-		v2          bool
+		mountPath string
+		v2        bool
 	)
 
+	// Ignore leading slash
+	partialPath := strings.TrimPrefix(args[0], "/")
+
 	// Parse the paths and grab the KV version
 	if mountFlagSyntax {
 		// In this case, this arg is the secret path (e.g. "foo").
-		partialPath = args[0]
-
 		mountPath = sanitizePath(c.flagMount)
 		_, v2, err = isKVv2(mountPath, client)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -135,8 +135,6 @@ func (c *KVGetCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	} else {
 		// In this case, this arg is a path-like combination of mountPath/secretPath.
 		// (e.g. "secret/foo")
-		partialPath = args[0]
-
 		mountPath, v2, err = isKVv2(partialPath, client)
 		if err != nil {
 			c.UI.Error(err.Error())
diff --git a/command/kv_test.go b/command/kv_test.go
index 21df402a9..d3b131d43 100644
--- a/command/kv_test.go
+++ b/command/kv_test.go
@@ -458,6 +458,12 @@ func TestKVGetCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			append(baseV2ExpectedFields, "foo"),
 			0,
 		},
+		{
+			"v2_mount_flag_syntax_leading_slash",
+			[]string{"-mount", "kv", "/read/foo"},
+			append(baseV2ExpectedFields, "foo"),
+			0,
+		},
 		{
 			"v2_not_found",
 			[]string{"kv/nope/not/once/never"},
@@ -470,6 +476,12 @@ func TestKVGetCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			append(baseV2ExpectedFields, "foo"),
 			0,
 		},
+		{
+			"v2_read_leading_slash",
+			[]string{"/kv/read/foo"},
+			append(baseV2ExpectedFields, "foo"),
+			0,
+		},
 		{
 			"v2_read_version",
 			[]string{"--version", "1", "kv/read/foo"},