diff --git a/src/types/mlflow.jl b/src/types/mlflow.jl
index 65f7c96..9d2e7aa 100644
--- a/src/types/mlflow.jl
+++ b/src/types/mlflow.jl
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ struct MLFlow
             apiroot = ENV["MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI"]
         end
 
+        # Automatically append /api to the tracking URI if missing to match standard MLflow REST paths.
+        if !endswith(apiroot, "/api") && !endswith(apiroot, "/api/")
+            apiroot = endswith(apiroot, "/") ? apiroot * "api" : apiroot * "/api"
+        end
+
         if haskey(ENV, "MLFLOW_TRACKING_USERNAME")
             @warn "The provided username will be ignored as MLFLOW_TRACKING_USERNAME is set."
             username = ENV["MLFLOW_TRACKING_USERNAME"]
diff --git a/test/types/mlflow.jl b/test/types/mlflow.jl
index ff4fcbd..6c6bc13 100644
--- a/test/types/mlflow.jl
+++ b/test/types/mlflow.jl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
         instance = MLFlow("test", 2.0, Dict(), nothing, nothing)
 
-        @test instance.apiroot == "test"
+        @test instance.apiroot == "test/api"
         @test instance.apiversion == 2.0
         @test instance.headers == Dict()
         @test isnothing(instance.username)
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
         instance = MLFlow("test")
 
-        @test instance.apiroot == "test"
+        @test instance.apiroot == "test/api"
         @test instance.apiversion == 2.0
         @test instance.headers == Dict()
         @test isnothing(instance.username)
@@ -71,4 +71,24 @@
         @test_throws ErrorException MLFlow(; username="test", password="test",
             headers=Dict("Authorization" => "Basic $encoded_credentials"))
     end
+
+    @testset "appending /api to tracking uri" begin
+        delete!(ENV, "MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI")
+        
+        instance_no_slash = MLFlow("https://dagshub.com/user/repo.mlflow")
+        @test instance_no_slash.apiroot == "https://dagshub.com/user/repo.mlflow/api"
+
+        instance_with_slash = MLFlow("https://dagshub.com/user/repo.mlflow/")
+        @test instance_with_slash.apiroot == "https://dagshub.com/user/repo.mlflow/api"
+        
+        instance_already_api = MLFlow("https://dagshub.com/user/repo.mlflow/api")
+        @test instance_already_api.apiroot == "https://dagshub.com/user/repo.mlflow/api"
+
+        instance_already_api_slash = MLFlow("https://dagshub.com/user/repo.mlflow/api/")
+        @test instance_already_api_slash.apiroot == "https://dagshub.com/user/repo.mlflow/api/"
+
+        if !isnothing(mlflow_tracking_uri)
+            ENV["MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI"] = mlflow_tracking_uri
+        end
+    end
 end