diff --git a/src/core/render/compiler/image.js b/src/core/render/compiler/image.js
index 982e5e55ed..f6f8209111 100644
--- a/src/core/render/compiler/image.js
+++ b/src/core/render/compiler/image.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export const imageCompiler = ({ renderer, contentBase, router }) =>
       attrs.push(`id="${config.id}"`);
     }
 
-    if (!isAbsolutePath(href)) {
+    if (!isAbsolutePath(href, config.absolute)) {
       url = getPath(contentBase, getParentPath(router.getCurrentPath()), href);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/core/router/util.js b/src/core/router/util.js
index b4a85d89e1..6cf92df2b5 100644
--- a/src/core/router/util.js
+++ b/src/core/router/util.js
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ export function stringifyQuery(obj, ignores = []) {
   return qs.length ? `?${qs.join('&')}` : '';
 }
 
-export const isAbsolutePath = cached(path => {
+export const isAbsolutePath = (path = '', absoluteConfig = false) => {
+  return !!absoluteConfig || absolutePath(path);
+};
+
+const absolutePath = cached(path => {
   return /(:|(\/{2}))/g.test(path);
 });
 
diff --git a/test/integration/render.test.js b/test/integration/render.test.js
index f1335a0642..b8889704c9 100644
--- a/test/integration/render.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/render.test.js
@@ -128,6 +128,14 @@ describe('render', function () {
       );
     });
 
+    test('absolute', async function () {
+      const output = window.marked("![alt text](/imageUrl ':absolute')");
+
+      expect(output).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
+        `"<p><img src=\\"/imageUrl\\" data-origin=\\"/imageUrl\\" alt=\\"alt text\\"></p>"`
+      );
+    });
+
     test('no-zoom', async function () {
       const output = window.marked("![alt text](http://imageUrl ':no-zoom')");