diff --git a/src/renderer/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs b/src/renderer/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs
index f12fd16875..b5ef228d34 100644
--- a/src/renderer/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs
+++ b/src/renderer/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ impl HtmlHandlebars {
         if let BookItem::Chapter(ref ch) = *item {
             let content = ch.content.clone();
             let content = utils::render_markdown(&content, ctx.html_config.curly_quotes);
-            print_content.push_str(&content);
+
+            let string_path = ch.path.parent().unwrap().display().to_string();
+
+            let fixed_content = utils::render_markdown_with_base(&ch.content, ctx.html_config.curly_quotes, &string_path);
+            print_content.push_str(&fixed_content);
 
             // Update the context with data for this file
             let path = ch
diff --git a/src/utils/mod.rs b/src/utils/mod.rs
index 31abe98cae..aacdb1c711 100644
--- a/src/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/src/utils/mod.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ pub fn id_from_content(content: &str) -> String {
     normalize_id(trimmed)
 }
 
-fn adjust_links(event: Event) -> Event {
+fn adjust_links<'a>(event: Event<'a>, with_base: &str) -> Event<'a> {
     lazy_static! {
         static ref HTTP_LINK: Regex = Regex::new("^https?://").unwrap();
         static ref MD_LINK: Regex = Regex::new("(?P<link>.*).md(?P<anchor>#.*)?").unwrap();
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ fn adjust_links(event: Event) -> Event {
     match event {
         Event::Start(Tag::Link(dest, title)) => {
             if !HTTP_LINK.is_match(&dest) {
+                let dest = if !with_base.is_empty() {
+                    format!("{}/{}", with_base, dest)
+                } else {
+                    dest.clone().into_owned()
+                };
+
                 if let Some(caps) = MD_LINK.captures(&dest) {
                     let mut html_link = [&caps["link"], ".html"].concat();
 
@@ -94,6 +100,10 @@ fn adjust_links(event: Event) -> Event {
 
 /// Wrapper around the pulldown-cmark parser for rendering markdown to HTML.
 pub fn render_markdown(text: &str, curly_quotes: bool) -> String {
+    render_markdown_with_base(text, curly_quotes, "")
+}
+
+pub fn render_markdown_with_base(text: &str, curly_quotes: bool, base: &str) -> String {
     let mut s = String::with_capacity(text.len() * 3 / 2);
 
     let mut opts = Options::empty();
@@ -104,7 +114,7 @@ pub fn render_markdown(text: &str, curly_quotes: bool) -> String {
     let mut converter = EventQuoteConverter::new(curly_quotes);
     let events = p
         .map(clean_codeblock_headers)
-        .map(adjust_links)
+        .map(|event| adjust_links(event, base))
         .map(|event| converter.convert(event));
 
     html::push_html(&mut s, events);