diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0c79acb5d1..bfa9d48775 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -375,11 +375,16 @@ These are the available config options for making requests. Only the `url` is re
   // `method` is the request method to be used when making the request
   method: 'get', // default
 
-  // `baseURL` will be prepended to `url` unless `url` is absolute.
+  // `baseURL` will be prepended to `url` unless `url` is absolute and option `allowAbsoluteUrls` is set to true.
   // It can be convenient to set `baseURL` for an instance of axios to pass relative URLs
   // to methods of that instance.
   baseURL: 'https://some-domain.com/api/',
 
+  // `allowAbsoluteUrls` determines whether or not absolute URLs will override a configured `baseUrl`.
+  // When set to true (default), absolute values for `url` will override `baseUrl`.
+  // When set to false, absolute values for `url` will always be prepended by `baseUrl`.
+  allowAbsoluteUrls: true,
+
   // `transformRequest` allows changes to the request data before it is sent to the server
   // This is only applicable for request methods 'PUT', 'POST', 'PATCH' and 'DELETE'
   // The last function in the array must return a string or an instance of Buffer, ArrayBuffer,
diff --git a/lib/core/Axios.js b/lib/core/Axios.js
index 6dd3c2cbd5..386dc0167a 100644
--- a/lib/core/Axios.js
+++ b/lib/core/Axios.js
@@ -97,6 +97,15 @@ class Axios {
       }
     }
 
+    // Set config.allowAbsoluteUrls
+    if (config.allowAbsoluteUrls !== undefined) {
+      // do nothing
+    } else if (this.defaults.allowAbsoluteUrls !== undefined) {
+      config.allowAbsoluteUrls = this.defaults.allowAbsoluteUrls;
+    } else {
+      config.allowAbsoluteUrls = true;
+    }
+
     validator.assertOptions(config, {
       baseUrl: validators.spelling('baseURL'),
       withXsrfToken: validators.spelling('withXSRFToken')
@@ -192,7 +201,7 @@ class Axios {
 
   getUri(config) {
     config = mergeConfig(this.defaults, config);
-    const fullPath = buildFullPath(config.baseURL, config.url);
+    const fullPath = buildFullPath(config.baseURL, config.url, config.allowAbsoluteUrls);
     return buildURL(fullPath, config.params, config.paramsSerializer);
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/core/buildFullPath.js b/lib/core/buildFullPath.js
index b60927c0a5..ba07b221df 100644
--- a/lib/core/buildFullPath.js
+++ b/lib/core/buildFullPath.js
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ import combineURLs from '../helpers/combineURLs.js';
  *
  * @returns {string} The combined full path
  */
-export default function buildFullPath(baseURL, requestedURL) {
-  if (baseURL && !isAbsoluteURL(requestedURL)) {
+export default function buildFullPath(baseURL, requestedURL, allowAbsoluteUrls) {
+  let isRelativeUrl = !isAbsoluteURL(requestedURL);
+  if (baseURL && isRelativeUrl || allowAbsoluteUrls == false) {
     return combineURLs(baseURL, requestedURL);
   }
   return requestedURL;
diff --git a/test/specs/core/buildFullPath.spec.js b/test/specs/core/buildFullPath.spec.js
index 8e6d8e93a5..2dfbe1bc94 100644
--- a/test/specs/core/buildFullPath.spec.js
+++ b/test/specs/core/buildFullPath.spec.js
@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@ describe('helpers::buildFullPath', function () {
     expect(buildFullPath('https://api.github.com', '/users')).toBe('https://api.github.com/users');
   });
 
-  it('should return the requestedURL when it is absolute', function () {
+  it('should not combine the URLs when the requestedURL is absolute', function () {
     expect(buildFullPath('https://api.github.com', 'https://api.example.com/users')).toBe('https://api.example.com/users');
   });
 
+  it('should combine the URLs when the requestedURL is absolute and allowAbsoluteUrls is false', function () {
+    expect(buildFullPath('https://api.github.com', 'https://api.example.com/users', false)).toBe('https://api.github.com/https://api.example.com/users');
+  });
+
   it('should not combine URLs when the baseURL is not configured', function () {
     expect(buildFullPath(undefined, '/users')).toBe('/users');
   });
diff --git a/test/specs/options.spec.js b/test/specs/options.spec.js
index 482838e216..482fcb23bd 100644
--- a/test/specs/options.spec.js
+++ b/test/specs/options.spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import AxiosHeaders from "../../lib/core/AxiosHeaders.js";
+// import AxiosHeaders from "../../lib/core/AxiosHeaders.js";
+// import isAbsoluteURL from '../../lib/helpers/isAbsoluteURL.js';
 
 describe('options', function () {
   beforeEach(function () {
@@ -63,8 +64,7 @@ describe('options', function () {
       baseURL: 'http://test.com/'
     });
 
-    instance.get('/foo');
-
+    instance.get('/foo')
     getAjaxRequest().then(function (request) {
       expect(request.url).toBe('http://test.com/foo');
       done();
@@ -100,6 +100,21 @@ describe('options', function () {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should combine the URLs if base url and request url exist and allowAbsoluteUrls is false', function (done) {
+    const instance = axios.create({
+      baseURL: 'http://someurl.com/',
+      allowAbsoluteUrls: false
+    });
+
+    instance.get('http://someotherurl.com/');
+
+    getAjaxRequest().then(function (request) {
+      expect(request.url).toBe('http://someotherurl.com/');
+      done();
+    });
+
+  });
+
   it('should change only the baseURL of the specified instance', function() {
     const instance1 = axios.create();
     const instance2 = axios.create();