diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana/public/settings/app.html b/src/plugins/kibana/public/settings/app.html
index 6e13f42adb41..0d86dff90fd9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana/public/settings/app.html
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana/public/settings/app.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <div class="container-fluid">
       <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
         <li ng-repeat="section in sections" ng-class="section.class">
-          <a class="navbar-link" ng-href="{{section.url}}">{{section.display}}</a>
+          <a class="navbar-link" kbn-href="{{section.url}}">{{section.display}}</a>
         </li>
       </ul>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana/public/settings/sections/about/index.html b/src/plugins/kibana/public/settings/sections/about/index.html
index 393aa8429d06..537d98269abd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana/public/settings/sections/about/index.html
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana/public/settings/sections/about/index.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <div class="kbn-settings-about container" ng-controller="settingsAbout">
     <div class="col-md-4 col-md-offset-4 jumbotron">
       <center>
-        <img src='../plugins/kibana/settings/sections/about/barcode.svg' alt="Kibana Barcode Logo" width="128" height="128"><br>
+        <img kbn-src="/plugins/kibana/settings/sections/about/barcode.svg" alt="Kibana Barcode Logo" width="128" height="128"><br>
         <h1>Kibana</h1>
         <p>
           <table class="table table-condensed kbn-settings-about-versions">
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana/public/settings/sections/status/index.js b/src/plugins/kibana/public/settings/sections/status/index.js
index 9a82bc85fb75..4887afcacf4c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana/public/settings/sections/status/index.js
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana/public/settings/sections/status/index.js
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ define(function (require) {
     order: 3,
     name: 'status',
     display: 'Status',
-    url: '../status'
+    url: '/status'
   };
 });
diff --git a/src/plugins/statusPage/public/statusPage.js b/src/plugins/statusPage/public/statusPage.js
index 4daceba0d7c7..6189ec083258 100644
--- a/src/plugins/statusPage/public/statusPage.js
+++ b/src/plugins/statusPage/public/statusPage.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var notify = require('ui/notify');
 require('plugins/statusPage/statusPageMetric');
 require('plugins/statusPage/statusPage.less');
 
-require('ui/chrome')
+var chrome = require('ui/chrome')
 .setTabs([
   {
     id: '',
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ require('ui/chrome')
 
     // go ahead and get the info you want
     return $http
-    .get('./api/status')
+    .get(chrome.addBasePath('/api/status'))
     .then(function (resp) {
 
       if (ui.fetchError) {
diff --git a/src/ui/public/chrome/api/angular.js b/src/ui/public/chrome/api/angular.js
index 88af1b856b40..7ffae552c28c 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/chrome/api/angular.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/chrome/api/angular.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module.exports = function (chrome, internals) {
     .value('sessionId', Date.now())
     .value('esUrl', (function () {
       var a = document.createElement('a');
-      a.href = '../elasticsearch';
+      a.href = chrome.addBasePath('/elasticsearch');
       return a.href;
     }()))
     .directive('kbnChrome', function ($rootScope) {
diff --git a/src/ui/public/chrome/api/nav.js b/src/ui/public/chrome/api/nav.js
index d82522662458..329001091151 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/chrome/api/nav.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/chrome/api/nav.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-module.exports = function (chrome, internals) {
-  const { startsWith } = require('lodash');
+const { startsWith, isString } = require('lodash');
+import { parse, format } from 'url';
 
+export default function (chrome, internals) {
   chrome.getNavLinks = function () {
     return internals.nav;
   };
@@ -9,6 +10,30 @@ module.exports = function (chrome, internals) {
     return internals.appUrlStore.getItem(`lastSubUrl:${url}`);
   };
 
+  chrome.getBasePath = function () {
+    return internals.basePath || '';
+  };
+
+  chrome.addBasePath = function (url) {
+    var isUrl = url && isString(url);
+    if (!isUrl) return url;
+
+    var parsed = parse(url);
+    if (!parsed.host && parsed.pathname) {
+      if (parsed.pathname[0] === '/') {
+        parsed.pathname = chrome.getBasePath() + parsed.pathname;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return format({
+      protocol: parsed.protocol,
+      host: parsed.host,
+      pathname: parsed.pathname,
+      query: parsed.query,
+      hash: parsed.hash,
+    });
+  };
+
   internals.trackPossibleSubUrl = function (url) {
     for (const link of internals.nav) {
       if (startsWith(url, link.url)) {
diff --git a/src/ui/public/chrome/chrome.js b/src/ui/public/chrome/chrome.js
index e331e477ef15..eeed8a62ac73 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/chrome/chrome.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/chrome/chrome.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ var chrome = {};
 var internals = _.defaults(
   _.cloneDeep(metadata),
   {
+    basePath: '',
     rootController: null,
     rootTemplate: null,
     showAppsLink: null,
diff --git a/src/ui/public/directives/kbnHref.js b/src/ui/public/directives/kbnHref.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..26b0b4252df7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/public/directives/kbnHref.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import UiModules from 'ui/modules';
+import chrome from 'ui/chrome';
+import { words, camelCase, kebabCase } from 'lodash';
+
+export function kbnUrlDirective(name) {
+  const srcAttr = kebabCase(name);
+  const attr = kebabCase(words(name).slice(1));
+
+  UiModules
+  .get('kibana')
+  .directive(name, function (Private) {
+    return {
+      restrict: 'A',
+      link: function ($scope, $el, $attr) {
+        $attr.$observe(name, function (val) {
+          $attr.$set(attr, chrome.addBasePath(val));
+        });
+      }
+    };
+  });
+}
+
+kbnUrlDirective('kbnHref');
diff --git a/src/ui/public/directives/kbnSrc.js b/src/ui/public/directives/kbnSrc.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..93bbe6f776a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/public/directives/kbnSrc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { kbnUrlDirective } from './kbnHref';
+
+kbnUrlDirective('kbnSrc');