diff --git a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/dash/mpd/MediaPresentationDescriptionFetcher.java b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/dash/mpd/MediaPresentationDescriptionFetcher.java
index 82e91c52dfb..da294190f78 100644
--- a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/dash/mpd/MediaPresentationDescriptionFetcher.java
+++ b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/dash/mpd/MediaPresentationDescriptionFetcher.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 import com.google.android.exoplayer.ParserException;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer.util.ManifestFetcher;
 
+import android.net.Uri;
+
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -57,9 +59,9 @@ public MediaPresentationDescriptionFetcher(
 
   @Override
   protected MediaPresentationDescription parse(InputStream stream, String inputEncoding,
-      String contentId) throws IOException, ParserException {
+      String contentId, Uri baseUrl) throws IOException, ParserException {
     try {
-      return parser.parseMediaPresentationDescription(stream, inputEncoding, contentId);
+      return parser.parseMediaPresentationDescription(stream, inputEncoding, contentId, baseUrl);
     } catch (XmlPullParserException e) {
       throw new ParserException(e);
     }
diff --git a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/dash/mpd/MediaPresentationDescriptionParser.java b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/dash/mpd/MediaPresentationDescriptionParser.java
index d14fd05f09e..18a00f99ac7 100644
--- a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/dash/mpd/MediaPresentationDescriptionParser.java
+++ b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/dash/mpd/MediaPresentationDescriptionParser.java
@@ -64,14 +64,15 @@ public MediaPresentationDescriptionParser() {
    * @param inputStream The stream from which to parse the manifest.
    * @param inputEncoding The encoding of the input.
    * @param contentId The content id of the media.
+   * @param baseUrl The url that any relative urls defined within the manifest are relative to.
    * @return The parsed manifest.
    * @throws IOException If a problem occurred reading from the stream.
    * @throws XmlPullParserException If a problem occurred parsing the stream as xml.
    * @throws ParserException If a problem occurred parsing the xml as a DASH mpd.
    */
   public MediaPresentationDescription parseMediaPresentationDescription(InputStream inputStream,
-      String inputEncoding, String contentId) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException,
-      ParserException {
+      String inputEncoding, String contentId, Uri baseUrl) throws XmlPullParserException,
+      IOException, ParserException {
     XmlPullParser xpp = xmlParserFactory.newPullParser();
     xpp.setInput(inputStream, inputEncoding);
     int eventType = xpp.next();
@@ -79,11 +80,12 @@ public MediaPresentationDescription parseMediaPresentationDescription(InputStrea
       throw new ParserException(
           "inputStream does not contain a valid media presentation description");
     }
-    return parseMediaPresentationDescription(xpp, contentId);
+    return parseMediaPresentationDescription(xpp, contentId, baseUrl);
   }
 
   private MediaPresentationDescription parseMediaPresentationDescription(XmlPullParser xpp,
-      String contentId) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
+      String contentId, Uri parentBaseUrl) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
+    Uri baseUrl = parentBaseUrl;
     long duration = parseDurationMs(xpp, "mediaPresentationDuration");
     long minBufferTime = parseDurationMs(xpp, "minBufferTime");
     String typeString = xpp.getAttributeValue(null, "type");
@@ -93,8 +95,10 @@ private MediaPresentationDescription parseMediaPresentationDescription(XmlPullPa
     List<Period> periods = new ArrayList<Period>();
     do {
       xpp.next();
-      if (isStartTag(xpp, "Period")) {
-        periods.add(parsePeriod(xpp, contentId, duration));
+      if (isStartTag(xpp, "BaseURL")) {
+        baseUrl = parseBaseUrl(xpp, parentBaseUrl);
+      } else if (isStartTag(xpp, "Period")) {
+        periods.add(parsePeriod(xpp, contentId, baseUrl, duration));
       }
     } while (!isEndTag(xpp, "MPD"));
 
@@ -102,8 +106,9 @@ private MediaPresentationDescription parseMediaPresentationDescription(XmlPullPa
         periods);
   }
 
-  private Period parsePeriod(XmlPullParser xpp, String contentId, long mediaPresentationDuration)
-      throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
+  private Period parsePeriod(XmlPullParser xpp, String contentId, Uri parentBaseUrl,
+      long mediaPresentationDuration) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
+    Uri baseUrl = parentBaseUrl;
     int id = parseInt(xpp, "id");
     long start = parseDurationMs(xpp, "start", 0);
     long duration = parseDurationMs(xpp, "duration", mediaPresentationDuration);
@@ -115,8 +120,10 @@ private Period parsePeriod(XmlPullParser xpp, String contentId, long mediaPresen
     long presentationTimeOffset = 0;
     do {
       xpp.next();
-      if (isStartTag(xpp, "AdaptationSet")) {
-        adaptationSets.add(parseAdaptationSet(xpp, contentId, start, duration,
+      if (isStartTag(xpp, "BaseURL")) {
+        baseUrl = parseBaseUrl(xpp, parentBaseUrl);
+      } else if (isStartTag(xpp, "AdaptationSet")) {
+        adaptationSets.add(parseAdaptationSet(xpp, contentId, baseUrl, start, duration,
             segmentTimelineList));
       } else if (isStartTag(xpp, "SegmentList")) {
         segmentStartNumber = parseInt(xpp, "startNumber");
@@ -151,9 +158,10 @@ private List<Segment.Timeline> parsePeriodSegmentList(
     return segmentTimelineList;
   }
 
-  private AdaptationSet parseAdaptationSet(XmlPullParser xpp, String contentId, long periodStart,
-      long periodDuration, List<Segment.Timeline> segmentTimelineList)
+  private AdaptationSet parseAdaptationSet(XmlPullParser xpp, String contentId, Uri parentBaseUrl,
+      long periodStart, long periodDuration, List<Segment.Timeline> segmentTimelineList)
       throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
+    Uri baseUrl = parentBaseUrl;
     int id = -1;
     int contentType = AdaptationSet.TYPE_UNKNOWN;
 
@@ -175,7 +183,9 @@ private AdaptationSet parseAdaptationSet(XmlPullParser xpp, String contentId, lo
     do {
       xpp.next();
       if (contentType != AdaptationSet.TYPE_UNKNOWN) {
-        if (isStartTag(xpp, "ContentProtection")) {
+        if (isStartTag(xpp, "BaseURL")) {
+          baseUrl = parseBaseUrl(xpp, parentBaseUrl);
+        } else if (isStartTag(xpp, "ContentProtection")) {
           if (contentProtections == null) {
             contentProtections = new ArrayList<ContentProtection>();
           }
@@ -187,8 +197,8 @@ private AdaptationSet parseAdaptationSet(XmlPullParser xpp, String contentId, lo
               : "audio".equals(contentTypeString) ? AdaptationSet.TYPE_AUDIO
               : AdaptationSet.TYPE_UNKNOWN;
         } else if (isStartTag(xpp, "Representation")) {
-          representations.add(parseRepresentation(xpp, contentId, periodStart, periodDuration,
-              mimeType, segmentTimelineList));
+          representations.add(parseRepresentation(xpp, contentId, baseUrl, periodStart,
+              periodDuration, mimeType, segmentTimelineList));
         }
       }
     } while (!isEndTag(xpp, "AdaptationSet"));
@@ -208,9 +218,10 @@ protected ContentProtection parseContentProtection(XmlPullParser xpp)
     return new ContentProtection(schemeUriId, null);
   }
 
-  private Representation parseRepresentation(XmlPullParser xpp, String contentId, long periodStart,
-      long periodDuration, String parentMimeType, List<Segment.Timeline> segmentTimelineList)
-      throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
+  private Representation parseRepresentation(XmlPullParser xpp, String contentId, Uri parentBaseUrl,
+      long periodStart, long periodDuration, String parentMimeType,
+      List<Segment.Timeline> segmentTimelineList) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
+    Uri baseUrl = parentBaseUrl;
     String id = xpp.getAttributeValue(null, "id");
     int bandwidth = parseInt(xpp, "bandwidth") / 8;
     int audioSamplingRate = parseInt(xpp, "audioSamplingRate");
@@ -222,7 +233,6 @@ private Representation parseRepresentation(XmlPullParser xpp, String contentId,
       mimeType = parentMimeType;
     }
 
-    String representationUrl = null;
     long indexStart = -1;
     long indexEnd = -1;
     long initializationStart = -1;
@@ -232,8 +242,7 @@ private Representation parseRepresentation(XmlPullParser xpp, String contentId,
     do {
       xpp.next();
       if (isStartTag(xpp, "BaseURL")) {
-        xpp.next();
-        representationUrl = xpp.getText();
+        baseUrl = parseBaseUrl(xpp, parentBaseUrl);
       } else if (isStartTag(xpp, "AudioChannelConfiguration")) {
         numChannels = Integer.parseInt(xpp.getAttributeValue(null, "value"));
       } else if (isStartTag(xpp, "SegmentBase")) {
@@ -249,15 +258,14 @@ private Representation parseRepresentation(XmlPullParser xpp, String contentId,
       }
     } while (!isEndTag(xpp, "Representation"));
 
-    Uri uri = Uri.parse(representationUrl);
     Format format = new Format(id, mimeType, width, height, numChannels, audioSamplingRate,
         bandwidth);
     if (segmentList == null) {
-      return new Representation(contentId, -1, format, uri, DataSpec.LENGTH_UNBOUNDED,
+      return new Representation(contentId, -1, format, baseUrl, DataSpec.LENGTH_UNBOUNDED,
           initializationStart, initializationEnd, indexStart, indexEnd, periodStart,
           periodDuration);
     } else {
-      return new SegmentedRepresentation(contentId, format, uri, initializationStart,
+      return new SegmentedRepresentation(contentId, format, baseUrl, initializationStart,
           initializationEnd, indexStart, indexEnd, periodStart, periodDuration, segmentList);
     }
   }
@@ -321,7 +329,7 @@ private long parseDurationMs(XmlPullParser xpp, String name) {
     return parseDurationMs(xpp, name, -1);
   }
 
-  private long parseDurationMs(XmlPullParser xpp, String name, long defaultValue) {
+  private static long parseDurationMs(XmlPullParser xpp, String name, long defaultValue) {
     String value = xpp.getAttributeValue(null, name);
     if (value != null) {
       Matcher matcher = DURATION.matcher(value);
@@ -340,4 +348,16 @@ private long parseDurationMs(XmlPullParser xpp, String name, long defaultValue)
     return defaultValue;
   }
 
+  private static Uri parseBaseUrl(XmlPullParser xpp, Uri parentBaseUrl)
+      throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
+    xpp.next();
+    String newBaseUrlText = xpp.getText();
+    Uri newBaseUri = Uri.parse(newBaseUrlText);
+    if (newBaseUri.isAbsolute()) {
+      return newBaseUri;
+    } else {
+      return parentBaseUrl.buildUpon().appendEncodedPath(newBaseUrlText).build();
+    }
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/SmoothStreamingManifestFetcher.java b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/SmoothStreamingManifestFetcher.java
index 192020f3e9f..f19a054346a 100644
--- a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/SmoothStreamingManifestFetcher.java
+++ b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/smoothstreaming/SmoothStreamingManifestFetcher.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 import com.google.android.exoplayer.ParserException;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer.util.ManifestFetcher;
 
+import android.net.Uri;
+
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ public SmoothStreamingManifestFetcher(ManifestCallback<SmoothStreamingManifest>
 
   @Override
   protected SmoothStreamingManifest parse(InputStream stream, String inputEncoding,
-      String contentId) throws IOException, ParserException {
+      String contentId, Uri baseUrl) throws IOException, ParserException {
     try {
       return parser.parse(stream, inputEncoding);
     } catch (XmlPullParserException e) {
diff --git a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/util/ManifestFetcher.java b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/util/ManifestFetcher.java
index bcf19890afa..5e362f4671e 100644
--- a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/util/ManifestFetcher.java
+++ b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/util/ManifestFetcher.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import com.google.android.exoplayer.ParserException;
 
+import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.AsyncTask;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -84,14 +85,15 @@ public ManifestFetcher(ManifestCallback<T> callback, int timeoutMillis) {
   protected final T doInBackground(String... data) {
     try {
       contentId = data.length > 1 ? data[1] : null;
-      URL url = new URL(data[0]);
+      String urlString = data[0];
       String inputEncoding = null;
       InputStream inputStream = null;
       try {
-        HttpURLConnection connection = configureHttpConnection(url);
+        Uri baseUrl = Util.parseBaseUri(urlString);
+        HttpURLConnection connection = configureHttpConnection(new URL(urlString));
         inputStream = connection.getInputStream();
         inputEncoding = connection.getContentEncoding();
-        return parse(inputStream, inputEncoding, contentId);
+        return parse(inputStream, inputEncoding, contentId, baseUrl);
       } finally {
         if (inputStream != null) {
           inputStream.close();
@@ -119,11 +121,13 @@ protected final void onPostExecute(T manifest) {
    * @param stream The input stream to read.
    * @param inputEncoding The encoding of the input stream.
    * @param contentId The content id of the media.
+   * @param baseUrl Required where the manifest contains urls that are relative to a base url. May
+   *     be null where this is not the case.
    * @throws IOException If an error occurred loading the data.
    * @throws ParserException If an error occurred parsing the loaded data.
    */
-  protected abstract T parse(InputStream stream, String inputEncoding, String contentId) throws
-      IOException, ParserException;
+  protected abstract T parse(InputStream stream, String inputEncoding, String contentId,
+      Uri baseUrl) throws IOException, ParserException;
 
   private HttpURLConnection configureHttpConnection(URL url) throws IOException {
     HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
diff --git a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/util/Util.java b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/util/Util.java
index ee328ba8b0d..5ebd400133d 100644
--- a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/util/Util.java
+++ b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/util/Util.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 import com.google.android.exoplayer.upstream.DataSource;
 
+import android.net.Uri;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -115,6 +117,17 @@ public static String toLowerInvariant(String text) {
     return text == null ? null : text.toLowerCase(Locale.US);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Like {@link Uri#parse(String)}, but discards the part of the uri that follows the final
+   * forward slash.
+   *
+   * @param uriString An RFC 2396-compliant, encoded uri.
+   * @return The parsed base uri.
+   */
+  public static Uri parseBaseUri(String uriString) {
+    return Uri.parse(uriString.substring(0, uriString.lastIndexOf('/')));
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the index of the largest value in an array that is less than (or optionally equal to)
    * a specified key.