diff --git a/src/ng/location.js b/src/ng/location.js
index 6ec7d337794c..f06a5f811a7d 100644
--- a/src/ng/location.js
+++ b/src/ng/location.js
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ function encodePath(path) {
   return segments.join('/');
 }
 
-function parseAbsoluteUrl(absoluteUrl, locationObj) {
-  var parsedUrl = urlResolve(absoluteUrl);
+function parseAbsoluteUrl(absoluteUrl, locationObj, appBase) {
+  var parsedUrl = urlResolve(absoluteUrl, appBase);
 
   locationObj.$$protocol = parsedUrl.protocol;
   locationObj.$$host = parsedUrl.hostname;
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ function parseAbsoluteUrl(absoluteUrl, locationObj) {
 }
 
 
-function parseAppUrl(relativeUrl, locationObj) {
+function parseAppUrl(relativeUrl, locationObj, appBase) {
   var prefixed = (relativeUrl.charAt(0) !== '/');
   if (prefixed) {
     relativeUrl = '/' + relativeUrl;
   }
-  var match = urlResolve(relativeUrl);
+  var match = urlResolve(relativeUrl, appBase);
   locationObj.$$path = decodeURIComponent(prefixed && match.pathname.charAt(0) === '/' ?
       match.pathname.substring(1) : match.pathname);
   locationObj.$$search = parseKeyValue(match.search);
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function LocationHtml5Url(appBase, basePrefix) {
   this.$$html5 = true;
   basePrefix = basePrefix || '';
   var appBaseNoFile = stripFile(appBase);
-  parseAbsoluteUrl(appBase, this);
+  parseAbsoluteUrl(appBase, this, appBase);
 
 
   /**
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ function LocationHtml5Url(appBase, basePrefix) {
           appBaseNoFile);
     }
 
-    parseAppUrl(pathUrl, this);
+    parseAppUrl(pathUrl, this, appBase);
 
     if (!this.$$path) {
       this.$$path = '/';
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ function LocationHtml5Url(appBase, basePrefix) {
 function LocationHashbangUrl(appBase, hashPrefix) {
   var appBaseNoFile = stripFile(appBase);
 
-  parseAbsoluteUrl(appBase, this);
+  parseAbsoluteUrl(appBase, this, appBase);
 
 
   /**
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ function LocationHashbangUrl(appBase, hashPrefix) {
       throw $locationMinErr('ihshprfx', 'Invalid url "{0}", missing hash prefix "{1}".', url,
           hashPrefix);
     }
-    parseAppUrl(withoutHashUrl, this);
+    parseAppUrl(withoutHashUrl, this, appBase);
     this.$$compose();
   };
 
diff --git a/src/ng/urlUtils.js b/src/ng/urlUtils.js
index 51d40f9e662d..cba8981cbd27 100644
--- a/src/ng/urlUtils.js
+++ b/src/ng/urlUtils.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ var originUrl = urlResolve(window.location.href, true);
  *   | pathname      | The pathname, beginning with "/"
  *
  */
-function urlResolve(url) {
+function urlResolve(url, base) {
   var href = url,
       pathname;
 
@@ -92,10 +92,9 @@ function urlResolve(url) {
    * do not include drive names for routing.
    */
 
-  pathname = removeWindowsDriveName(urlParsingNode.pathname);
+  pathname = removeWindowsDriveName(urlParsingNode.pathname, url, base);
   pathname = (pathname.charAt(0) === '/') ? pathname : '/' + pathname;
 
-
   // urlParsingNode provides the UrlUtils interface - http://url.spec.whatwg.org/#urlutils
   return {
     href: urlParsingNode.href,
@@ -107,13 +106,6 @@ function urlResolve(url) {
     port: urlParsingNode.port,
     pathname: pathname
   };
-
-  function removeWindowsDriveName (path) {
-    var firstPathSegmentMatch;
-
-    firstPathSegmentMatch = windowsFilePathExp.exec(path);
-    return firstPathSegmentMatch ? firstPathSegmentMatch[1] : path;
-  }
 }
 
 
@@ -129,3 +121,23 @@ function urlIsSameOrigin(requestUrl) {
   return (parsed.protocol === originUrl.protocol &&
           parsed.host === originUrl.host);
 }
+
+function removeWindowsDriveName (path, url, base) {
+  var firstPathSegmentMatch;
+
+  //Get the relative path from the input URL.
+  if (url.indexOf(base) === 0) {
+    url = url.replace(base, '');
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * The input URL intentionally contains a
+   * first path segment that ends with a colon.
+   */
+  if (windowsFilePathExp.exec(url)) {
+    return path;
+  }
+
+  firstPathSegmentMatch = windowsFilePathExp.exec(path);
+  return firstPathSegmentMatch ? firstPathSegmentMatch[1] : path;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/ng/locationSpec.js b/test/ng/locationSpec.js
index abd995858f3a..ad565772f8bb 100644
--- a/test/ng/locationSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/locationSpec.js
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ describe('$location', function() {
       };
     }));
 
-
     afterEach(inject(function ($sniffer) {
       if ($sniffer.msie) return;
       //reset urlParsingNode
@@ -50,6 +49,14 @@ describe('$location', function() {
 
       expect(url.path()).toBe('/foo');
     });
+
+
+    it('should include the drive name if it was provided in the input url', function () {
+      url = new LocationHashbangUrl('file:///base', '#!');
+      url.$$parse('file:///base#!/C:/foo?a=b&c#hash');
+
+      expect(url.path()).toBe('/C:/foo');
+    });
   });