diff --git a/lib/pageflow/zencoder_video_output_definition.rb b/lib/pageflow/zencoder_video_output_definition.rb
index abd63babd3..391bd8ba32 100644
--- a/lib/pageflow/zencoder_video_output_definition.rb
+++ b/lib/pageflow/zencoder_video_output_definition.rb
@@ -350,17 +350,17 @@ def hls_stream_definitions
       [
         {
           source: 'hls-medium',
-          path: video_file.hls_medium.url(host: :hls_origin, default_protocol: 'http'),
+          path: video_file.hls_medium.url_relative_to(video_file.hls_playlist),
           bandwidth: 1769
         },
         {
           source: 'hls-low',
-          path: video_file.hls_low.url(host: :hls_origin, default_protocol: 'http'),
+          path: video_file.hls_low.url_relative_to(video_file.hls_playlist),
           bandwidth: 619
         },
         {
           source: 'hls-high',
-          path: video_file.hls_high.url(host: :hls_origin, default_protocol: 'http'),
+          path: video_file.hls_high.url_relative_to(video_file.hls_playlist),
           bandwidth: 3538
         }
       ] + hls_highdef_stream_definitions
@@ -371,12 +371,12 @@ def hls_highdef_stream_definitions
       [
         {
           source: 'hls-fullhd',
-          path: video_file.hls_fullhd.url(host: :hls_origin, default_protocol: 'http'),
+          path: video_file.hls_fullhd.url_relative_to(video_file.hls_playlist),
           bandwidth: 8575
         },
         {
           source: 'hls-4k',
-          path: video_file.hls_4k.url(host: :hls_origin, default_protocol: 'http'),
+          path: video_file.hls_4k.url_relative_to(video_file.hls_playlist),
           bandwidth: 32000
         }
       ]
diff --git a/spec/pageflow/zencoder_video_output_definition_spec.rb b/spec/pageflow/zencoder_video_output_definition_spec.rb
index ac671eb947..3026400043 100644
--- a/spec/pageflow/zencoder_video_output_definition_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/pageflow/zencoder_video_output_definition_spec.rb
@@ -108,13 +108,32 @@ module Pageflow
       end
 
       it 'uses relative urls in dash playlist' do
-        video_file = build(:video_file, :with_highdef_encoding)
+        video_file = build_stubbed(:video_file, :with_highdef_encoding)
         definition = ZencoderVideoOutputDefinition.new(video_file)
 
         expect(definition).to have_output
           .with_label('dash-playlist')
           .with_all_streams_having(path: a_relative_url)
       end
+
+      it 'uses relative urls in hls playlist' do
+        video_file = build_stubbed(:video_file, :with_highdef_encoding)
+        definition = ZencoderVideoOutputDefinition.new(video_file)
+
+        expect(definition).to have_output
+          .with_label('hls-playlist')
+          .with_all_streams_having(path: a_relative_url)
+      end
+
+      it 'uses absolute urls in smil playlist' do
+        video_file = build_stubbed(:video_file, :with_highdef_encoding)
+        definition = ZencoderVideoOutputDefinition.new(video_file)
+        definition.skip_smil = false
+
+        expect(definition).to have_output
+          .with_format('highwinds')
+          .with_all_streams_having(path: an_absolute_url)
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/support/matchers/have_output.rb b/spec/support/matchers/have_output.rb
index 4784c92071..08b4d3ebf1 100644
--- a/spec/support/matchers/have_output.rb
+++ b/spec/support/matchers/have_output.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
     output_matchers[:label] = label
   end
 
+  chain :with_format do |format|
+    output_matchers[:format] = format
+  end
+
   chain :with_stream do |stream_attributes|
     output_matchers[:streams] = array_including(hash_including(stream_attributes))
   end
diff --git a/spec/support/matchers/url_matchers.rb b/spec/support/matchers/url_matchers.rb
index 08aa947c8a..49a4b658d4 100644
--- a/spec/support/matchers/url_matchers.rb
+++ b/spec/support/matchers/url_matchers.rb
@@ -12,3 +12,16 @@
 end
 
 RSpec::Matchers.alias_matcher :a_relative_url, :be_relative_url
+
+RSpec::Matchers.define :be_absolute_url do
+  match do |url|
+    begin
+      uri = URI.parse(url)
+      uri.host.present? && uri.scheme.present?
+    rescue URI::InvalidURIError
+      false
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+RSpec::Matchers.alias_matcher :an_absolute_url, :be_absolute_url