diff --git a/lib/phoenix/verified_routes.ex b/lib/phoenix/verified_routes.ex
index d43f5f3338..0012b2d700 100644
--- a/lib/phoenix/verified_routes.ex
+++ b/lib/phoenix/verified_routes.ex
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ defmodule Phoenix.VerifiedRoutes do
 
     statics =
       case Keyword.get(opts, :statics, []) do
-        list when is_list(list) -> list
+        list when is_list(list) -> Enum.map(list, &String.trim_trailing(&1, "/"))
         other -> raise ArgumentError, "expected statics to be a list, got: #{inspect(other)}"
       end
 
@@ -1076,8 +1076,12 @@ defmodule Phoenix.VerifiedRoutes do
     Module.get_attribute(env.module, name) || raise "expected @#{name} module attribute to be set"
   end
 
-  defp static_path?(path, statics) do
-    Enum.find(statics, &String.starts_with?(path, "/" <> &1))
+  # Statics must match whole segments, so "images" matches
+  # "/images/logo.png" but not "/images-gallery"
+  defp static_path?("/" <> path, statics) do
+    Enum.any?(statics, fn static ->
+      path == static or String.starts_with?(path, [static <> "/", static <> "#"])
+    end)
   end
 
   defp build_own_forward_path(conn, router, path) do
diff --git a/test/phoenix/verified_routes_test.exs b/test/phoenix/verified_routes_test.exs
index 8eaf56e42f..364ce57f84 100644
--- a/test/phoenix/verified_routes_test.exs
+++ b/test/phoenix/verified_routes_test.exs
@@ -255,6 +255,27 @@ defmodule Phoenix.VerifiedRoutesTest do
     assert PathPrefixes.images_baz() == "/images/baz"
   end
 
+  test ":statics match whole path segments" do
+    defmodule StaticSegments do
+      use Phoenix.VerifiedRoutes,
+        endpoint: unquote(@endpoint),
+        router: unquote(@router),
+        path_prefixes: [{__MODULE__, :locale, []}],
+        statics: ["fo", "images/icons", "fonts/"]
+
+      def locale, do: "en"
+      def foo, do: ~p"/foo"
+      def foo_url, do: url(~p"/foo")
+      def icon_url, do: url(~p"/images/icons/logo.png")
+      def font_url, do: url(~p"/fonts/inter.woff2")
+    end
+
+    assert StaticSegments.foo() == "/en/foo"
+    assert StaticSegments.foo_url() == "https://example.com/en/foo"
+    assert StaticSegments.icon_url() == "https://static.example.com/images/icons/logo.png"
+    assert StaticSegments.font_url() == "https://static.example.com/fonts/inter.woff2"
+  end
+
   test "unverified_path" do
     assert unverified_path(conn_with_script_name(), @router, "/posts") == "/api/posts"
     assert unverified_path(@endpoint, @router, "/posts") == "/posts"
@@ -734,6 +755,26 @@ defmodule Phoenix.VerifiedRoutesTest do
       :code.delete(__MODULE__.Unmatched)
     end
 
+    test "~p warns on unmatched path starting with a static name" do
+      warnings =
+        ExUnit.CaptureIO.capture_io(:stderr, fn ->
+          defmodule UnmatchedStatic do
+            use Phoenix.VerifiedRoutes,
+              endpoint: unquote(@endpoint),
+              router: unquote(@router),
+              statics: ["images"]
+
+            def test, do: ~p"/images-unknown"
+          end
+        end)
+
+      assert warnings =~
+               ~s|no route path for Phoenix.VerifiedRoutesTest.Router matches "/images-unknown"|
+    after
+      :code.purge(__MODULE__.UnmatchedStatic)
+      :code.delete(__MODULE__.UnmatchedStatic)
+    end
+
     test "~p warning location resolves to the current directory" do
       {_, diagnostics} =
         Code.with_diagnostics(fn ->