diff --git a/src/borg/archive.py b/src/borg/archive.py
index dcc85deef..f381d1c71 100644
--- a/src/borg/archive.py
+++ b/src/borg/archive.py
@@ -1277,12 +1277,16 @@ class FilesystemObjectProcessors:
     def create_helper(self, path, st, status=None, hardlinkable=True, strip_prefix=None):
         if strip_prefix is not None:
             assert not path.endswith("/")
-            if strip_prefix.startswith(path + "/"):
+            if path + "/" == strip_prefix:
+                # this is the directory the slashdot hack points to - archive it as the root.
+                path = "."
+            elif strip_prefix.startswith(path + "/"):
                 # still on a directory level that shall be stripped - do not create an item for this!
                 yield None, "x", False, None
                 return
-            # adjust path, remove stripped directory levels
-            path = path.removeprefix(strip_prefix)
+            else:
+                # adjust path, remove stripped directory levels
+                path = path.removeprefix(strip_prefix)
 
         sanitized_path = remove_dotdot_prefixes(path)
         item = Item(path=sanitized_path)
diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/create_cmd_test.py b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/create_cmd_test.py
index 498e02e89..b292bd0ff 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/create_cmd_test.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/create_cmd_test.py
@@ -1002,6 +1002,25 @@ def test_create_dotslash_hack(archivers, request):
     assert "secondB/thirdB" in output
 
 
+def test_create_dotslash_hack_root_metadata(archivers, request):
+    """Test that the slashdot hack archives the source directory metadata as the archive root."""
+    archiver = request.getfixturevalue(archivers)
+    os.makedirs(os.path.join(archiver.input_path, "first", "subdir"))
+    create_regular_file(archiver.input_path, "first/file1", contents=b"hello")
+    cmd(archiver, "repo-create", RK_ENCRYPTION)
+    cmd(archiver, "create", "test", "input/first/./")  # slashdot hack
+    output = cmd(archiver, "list", "test")
+    # the root directory "." must be in the archive (this was the bug in #9534).
+    lines = output.splitlines()
+    assert lines[0].endswith(" .")
+    # children of the slashdot target must be archived.
+    assert "subdir" in output
+    assert "file1" in output
+    # parent directories must NOT be in the archive.
+    assert "input" not in output
+    assert "first" not in output
+
+
 def test_log_json(archivers, request):
     archiver = request.getfixturevalue(archivers)
     create_test_files(archiver.input_path)