diff --git a/backend/webdav/chunking.go b/backend/webdav/chunking.go
index 36daab450..4660e9493 100644
--- a/backend/webdav/chunking.go
+++ b/backend/webdav/chunking.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"path"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/lib/readers"
@@ -41,10 +40,6 @@ func (f *Fs) setUploadChunkSize(cs fs.SizeSuffix) (old fs.SizeSuffix, err error)
 	return
 }
 
-func (f *Fs) getChunksUploadURL() string {
-	return strings.Replace(f.endpointURL, "/dav/files/", "/dav/uploads/", 1)
-}
-
 func (o *Object) getChunksUploadDir() (string, error) {
 	hasher := md5.New()
 	_, err := hasher.Write([]byte(o.filePath()))
@@ -55,12 +50,16 @@ func (o *Object) getChunksUploadDir() (string, error) {
 	return uploadDir, nil
 }
 
-func (f *Fs) verifyChunkConfig() error {
-	if f.opt.ChunkSize != 0 && !validateNextCloudChunkedURL.MatchString(f.endpointURL) {
-		return errors.New("chunked upload with nextcloud must use /dav/files/USER endpoint not /webdav")
+func (f *Fs) getChunksUploadURL() (string, error) {
+	submatch := nextCloudURLRegex.FindStringSubmatch(f.endpointURL)
+	if submatch == nil {
+		return "", errors.New("the remote url looks incorrect. Note that nextcloud chunked uploads require you to use the /dav/files/USER endpoint instead of /webdav")
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	baseURL, user := submatch[1], submatch[2]
+	chunksUploadURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/dav/uploads/%s/", baseURL, user)
+
+	return chunksUploadURL, nil
 }
 
 func (o *Object) shouldUseChunkedUpload(src fs.ObjectInfo) bool {
diff --git a/backend/webdav/webdav.go b/backend/webdav/webdav.go
index 397cd0b92..ed562bb98 100644
--- a/backend/webdav/webdav.go
+++ b/backend/webdav/webdav.go
@@ -569,7 +569,8 @@ func (f *Fs) fetchAndSetBearerToken() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-var validateNextCloudChunkedURL = regexp.MustCompile(`^.*/dav/files/[^/]+/?$`)
+// The WebDAV url can optionally be suffixed with a path. This suffix needs to be ignored for determining the temporary upload directory of chunks.
+var nextCloudURLRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^(.*)/dav/files/([^/]+)`)
 
 // setQuirks adjusts the Fs for the vendor passed in
 func (f *Fs) setQuirks(ctx context.Context, vendor string) error {
@@ -592,11 +593,18 @@ func (f *Fs) setQuirks(ctx context.Context, vendor string) error {
 		f.propsetMtime = true
 		f.hasOCSHA1 = true
 		f.canChunk = true
-		if err := f.verifyChunkConfig(); err != nil {
-			return err
+
+		if f.opt.ChunkSize == 0 {
+			fs.Logf(nil, "Chunked uploads are disabled because nextcloud_chunk_size is set to 0")
+		} else {
+			chunksUploadURL, err := f.getChunksUploadURL()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			f.chunksUploadURL = chunksUploadURL
+			fs.Logf(nil, "Chunks temporary upload directory: %s", f.chunksUploadURL)
 		}
-		f.chunksUploadURL = f.getChunksUploadURL()
-		fs.Logf(nil, "Chunks temporary upload directory: %s", f.chunksUploadURL)
 	case "sharepoint":
 		// To mount sharepoint, two Cookies are required
 		// They have to be set instead of BasicAuth