diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index d010c66..5e964c9 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-restricted-syntax */
 import { request } from 'undici';
-import { join } from 'path';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { URL } from 'node:url';
 import loader from '@eik/common-config-loader';
 import Asset from './asset.js';
 
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@ const trimSlash = (value = '') => {
     return value;
 };
 
+const ABSOLUTE_URL_REGEX = /^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\d+\-.]*?:/;
+
 const fetchImportMaps = async (urls = []) => {
     try {
         const maps = urls.map(async (map) => {
@@ -95,8 +98,17 @@ export default class NodeClient {
 
     file(file = '') {
         const base = this.base();
+        let value;
+        if (base && ABSOLUTE_URL_REGEX.test(base)) {
+            const baseURL = new URL(base);
+            const subPath = join(baseURL.pathname, file);
+            value = new URL(subPath, base).toString();
+        } else {
+            value = join(base, '/', file);
+        }
+
         return new Asset({
-            value: `${base}${file}`,
+            value
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index f91e0b7..fa1a82a 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -186,6 +186,47 @@ tap.test('Client - Retrieve a file path - Development mode is set to "true" - Ba
     t.end();
 });
 
+tap.test('Client - Retrieve a file path - Development mode is set to "true" - Base is set to absolute URL - file without starting slash', async (t) => {
+    const client = new NodeClient({
+        development: true,
+        base: 'http://localhost:7777/prefix/',
+        path: t.context.fixture,
+    });
+    await client.load();
+
+    const resolved = client.file('some/path/foo.js');
+
+    t.equal(resolved.value, 'http://localhost:7777/prefix/some/path/foo.js');
+    t.end();
+});
+
+tap.test('Client - Retrieve a file path - Development mode is set to "true" - Base is set to relative path - file without starting slash', async (t) => {
+    const client = new NodeClient({
+        development: true,
+        base: '/prefix/',
+        path: t.context.fixture,
+    });
+    await client.load();
+
+    const resolved = client.file('some/path/foo.js');
+
+    t.equal(resolved.value, '/prefix/some/path/foo.js');
+    t.end();
+});
+
+tap.test('Client - Retrieve a file path - Development mode is set to "true" - Base is unset - file without starting slash', async (t) => {
+    const client = new NodeClient({
+        development: true,
+        path: t.context.fixture,
+    });
+    await client.load();
+
+    const resolved = client.file('some/path/foo.js');
+
+    t.equal(resolved.value, '/some/path/foo.js');
+    t.end();
+});
+
 tap.test('Client - Load maps', async (t) => {
     const client = new NodeClient({
         loadMaps: true,