diff --git a/grails-web-common/src/main/groovy/grails/web/pages/GroovyPagesUriService.java b/grails-web-common/src/main/groovy/grails/web/pages/GroovyPagesUriService.java
index 87e30b63fcc..2671c85f588 100644
--- a/grails-web-common/src/main/groovy/grails/web/pages/GroovyPagesUriService.java
+++ b/grails-web-common/src/main/groovy/grails/web/pages/GroovyPagesUriService.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public interface GroovyPagesUriService {
 
     String getTemplateURI(String controllerName, String templateName, boolean includeExtension);
 
-    String getAbsoluteTemplateURI(String templateName);
+    String getAbsoluteTemplateURI(String templateName, boolean includeExtension);
 
     String getAbsoluteViewURI(String viewName);
 
diff --git a/grails-web-common/src/main/groovy/org/grails/web/pages/GroovyPagesUriSupport.java b/grails-web-common/src/main/groovy/org/grails/web/pages/GroovyPagesUriSupport.java
index 8cf2429cf00..9213ba205e8 100644
--- a/grails-web-common/src/main/groovy/org/grails/web/pages/GroovyPagesUriSupport.java
+++ b/grails-web-common/src/main/groovy/org/grails/web/pages/GroovyPagesUriSupport.java
@@ -109,12 +109,13 @@ public String getTemplateURI(String controllerName, String templateName) {
      * Obtains the URI to a template using the controller name and template name
      * @param controllerName The controller name
      * @param templateName The template name
+     * @param includeExtension The flag to include the template extension
      * @return The template URI
      */
     @Override
     public String getTemplateURI(String controllerName, String templateName, boolean includeExtension) {
         if (templateName.startsWith(SLASH_STR)) {
-            return getAbsoluteTemplateURI(templateName);
+            return getAbsoluteTemplateURI(templateName, includeExtension);
         }
 
         FastStringWriter buf = new FastStringWriter();
@@ -147,9 +148,10 @@ public String getTemplateURI(String controllerName, String templateName, boolean
      * Used to resolve template names that are not relative to a controller.
      *
      * @param templateName The template name normally beginning with /
+     * @param includeExtension The flag to include the template extension
      * @return The template URI
      */
-    public String getAbsoluteTemplateURI(String templateName) {
+    public String getAbsoluteTemplateURI(String templateName, boolean includeExtension) {
         FastStringWriter buf = new FastStringWriter();
         String tmp = templateName.substring(1,templateName.length());
         if (tmp.indexOf(SLASH) > -1) {
@@ -163,7 +165,10 @@ public String getAbsoluteTemplateURI(String templateName) {
             buf.append(SLASH_UNDR);
             buf.append(templateName.substring(1,templateName.length()));
         }
-        String uri = buf.append(EXTENSION).toString();
+        if (includeExtension) {
+            buf.append(EXTENSION);
+        }
+        String uri = buf.toString();
         buf.close();
         return uri;
     }
diff --git a/grails-web-gsp/src/main/groovy/org/grails/web/gsp/io/GrailsConventionGroovyPageLocator.java b/grails-web-gsp/src/main/groovy/org/grails/web/gsp/io/GrailsConventionGroovyPageLocator.java
index 09577985858..6c48adb92a5 100644
--- a/grails-web-gsp/src/main/groovy/org/grails/web/gsp/io/GrailsConventionGroovyPageLocator.java
+++ b/grails-web-gsp/src/main/groovy/org/grails/web/gsp/io/GrailsConventionGroovyPageLocator.java
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ public GroovyPageScriptSource findTemplateInBinding(Object controller, String pl
         if (controller == null) {
             GrailsWebRequest webRequest = GrailsWebRequest.lookup();
             if (webRequest == null) {
-                return findPageInBinding(pluginName, uriService.getAbsoluteTemplateURI(templateName), binding);
+                return findPageInBinding(pluginName, uriService.getAbsoluteTemplateURI(templateName, true), binding);
             }
             return findPageInBinding(pluginName, uriService.getTemplateURI(webRequest.getControllerName(), templateName), binding);
         }
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ public GroovyPageScriptSource findTemplateInBinding(Object controller, String pl
     public GroovyPageScriptSource findTemplateInBinding(String templateName, TemplateVariableBinding binding) {
         GrailsWebRequest webRequest = GrailsWebRequest.lookup();
         if (webRequest == null) {
-            return findPageInBinding(uriService.getAbsoluteTemplateURI(templateName), binding);
+            return findPageInBinding(uriService.getAbsoluteTemplateURI(templateName, true), binding);
         }
         return findPageInBinding(uriService.getTemplateURI(webRequest.getControllerName(), templateName), binding);
     }
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ public GroovyPageScriptSource findTemplateInBinding(String templateName, Templat
     public GroovyPageScriptSource findTemplateInBinding(String pluginName, String templateName, TemplateVariableBinding binding) {
         GrailsWebRequest webRequest = GrailsWebRequest.lookup();
         if (webRequest == null) {
-            return findPageInBinding(pluginName, uriService.getAbsoluteTemplateURI(templateName), binding);
+            return findPageInBinding(pluginName, uriService.getAbsoluteTemplateURI(templateName, true), binding);
         }
         return findPageInBinding(pluginName, uriService.getTemplateURI(webRequest.getControllerName(), templateName), binding);
     }
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ public GroovyPageScriptSource findTemplateInBinding(String pluginName, String te
      * @return The script source
      */
     public GroovyPageScriptSource findTemplateByPath(String uri) {
-        return findPage(uriService.getAbsoluteTemplateURI(uri));
+        return findPage(uriService.getAbsoluteTemplateURI(uri, true));
     }
 
     protected String lookupRequestFormat() {