diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 2003d5a47..99d43f6d9 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Features
 ~~~~~~~~
 
-- core/utils rebaseURL: Do not rebase if the base URL isn't absolute or doesn't start with an URL scheme.
+- core/utils rebaseURL: Change a relative base url to an absolute URL using window.location.
 - pat-push: New pattern for replacing html content on push events.
 - pat-scroll-box: New pattern for scrolling detection. Replaces the previous "scroll detection" module.
 - pat-inject: Rename undocumented ``selector`` property to ``defaultSelector``.
diff --git a/src/core/utils.js b/src/core/utils.js
index a7a815241..90098db28 100644
--- a/src/core/utils.js
+++ b/src/core/utils.js
@@ -182,11 +182,8 @@ define([
     // END: Taken from Underscore.js until here.
 
     function rebaseURL(base, url) {
-        if (
-            (base.indexOf("://") === -1 && base[0] !== "/") ||
-            url.indexOf("://") !== -1 ||
-            url[0] === "/" ||
-            url.indexOf("data:") === 0) {
+        base = new URL(base, window.location).href; // If base is relative make it absolute.
+        if (url.indexOf("://") !== -1 || url[0] === "/" || url.indexOf("data:") === 0) {
             return url;
         }
         return base.slice(0, base.lastIndexOf("/")+1) + url;
diff --git a/src/pat/inject/inject.js b/src/pat/inject/inject.js
index c2f6270d5..279b667ae 100644
--- a/src/pat/inject/inject.js
+++ b/src/pat/inject/inject.js
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ define([
             A: "href",
             FORM: "action",
             IMG: "data-pat-inject-rebase-src",
+            OBJECT: "data",
             SOURCE: "data-pat-inject-rebase-src",
             VIDEO: "data-pat-inject-rebase-src"
         },
@@ -828,22 +829,17 @@ define([
                 "$1src=\"\" data-pat-inject-rebase-$2="
             ).trim()).wrapAll("<div>").parent();
 
-            if (
-                base.indexOf("://") !== -1 ||
-                base[0] === "/"
-            ) {
-                $page.find(Object.keys(inject._rebaseAttrs).join(",")).each(function() {
-                    var $this = $(this),
-                        attrName = inject._rebaseAttrs[this.tagName],
-                        value = $this.attr(attrName);
-
-                    if (value && value.slice(0, 2) !== "@@" && value[0] !== "#" &&
-                        value.slice(0, 7) !== "mailto:" && value.slice(0, 11) !== "javascript:") {
-                        value = utils.rebaseURL(base, value);
-                        $this.attr(attrName, value);
-                    }
-                });
-            }
+            $page.find(Object.keys(inject._rebaseAttrs).join(",")).each(function() {
+                var $this = $(this),
+                    attrName = inject._rebaseAttrs[this.tagName],
+                    value = $this.attr(attrName);
+
+                if (value && value.slice(0, 2) !== "@@" && value[0] !== "#" &&
+                    value.slice(0, 7) !== "mailto:" && value.slice(0, 11) !== "javascript:") {
+                    value = utils.rebaseURL(base, value);
+                    $this.attr(attrName, value);
+                }
+            });
             // XXX: IE8 changes the order of attributes in html. The following
             // lines move data-pat-inject-rebase-src to src.
             $page.find("[data-pat-inject-rebase-src]").each(function() {
diff --git a/tests/specs/core/utils.js b/tests/specs/core/utils.js
index ca5568353..3b060fe7a 100644
--- a/tests/specs/core/utils.js
+++ b/tests/specs/core/utils.js
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ define(["underscore", "pat-utils"], function(_, utils) {
 
             it("Rebase with absolute base url", function() {
                 expect(
-                    utils.rebaseURL("/foo/", "me/page.html"))
-                    .toBe("/foo/me/page.html");
+                    utils.rebaseURL("/foo/", "me/page.html").indexOf("/foo/me/page.html") > 0)
+                    .toBe(true);
             });
 
-            it("Don't rebase with wrong base url", function() {
+            it("Rebase with relative base url", function() {
                 expect(
-                    utils.rebaseURL("example.com/foo/", "me/page.html"))
-                    .toBe("me/page.html");
+                    utils.rebaseURL("example.com/foo/", "me/page.html").indexOf('example.com/foo/me/page.html') > 0)
+                    .toBe(true);
             });
 
             it("Doesn't rebase data: urls", function() {