diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 55cbe898537c..837f889650c2 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -272,6 +272,11 @@
       <artifactId>oro</artifactId>
       <version>${oro.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jetty-proxy</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
       <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/historypage-template.html b/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/historypage-template.html
index a2b3826dd324..4b8644199967 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/historypage-template.html
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/historypage-template.html
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@
   <tbody>
   {{#applications}}
     <tr>
-      <td class="rowGroupColumn"><span title="{{id}}"><a href="/history/{{id}}/{{num}}/jobs/">{{id}}</a></span></td>
+      <td class="rowGroupColumn"><span title="{{id}}"><a href="{{uiroot}}/history/{{id}}/{{num}}/jobs/">{{id}}</a></span></td>
       <td class="rowGroupColumn">{{name}}</td>
       {{#attempts}}
-      <td class="attemptIDSpan"><a href="/history/{{id}}/{{attemptId}}/jobs/">{{attemptId}}</a></td>
+      <td class="attemptIDSpan"><a href="{{uiroot}}/history/{{id}}/{{attemptId}}/jobs/">{{attemptId}}</a></td>
       <td>{{startTime}}</td>
       <td>{{endTime}}</td>
       <td><span title="{{duration}}" class="durationClass">{{duration}}</span></td>
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/historypage.js b/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/historypage.js
index 177120aaa6c1..ae6d41faa0ce 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/historypage.js
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/historypage.js
@@ -141,7 +141,11 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
         }
       }
 
-      var data = {"applications": array}
+      var data = {
+        "uiroot": uiRoot,
+        "applications": array
+        }
+
       $.get("static/historypage-template.html", function(template) {
         historySummary.append(Mustache.render($(template).filter("#history-summary-template").html(),data));
         var selector = "#history-summary-table";
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/webui.js b/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/webui.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eb0b748a51ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/webui.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+var uiRoot = "";
+
+function setUIRoot(val) {
+    uiRoot = val;
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/UIUtils.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/UIUtils.scala
index 1aa85d60ea81..f7d37f6d9c6a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/UIUtils.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/UIUtils.scala
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ private[spark] object UIUtils extends Logging {
     <script src={prependBaseUri("/static/table.js")}></script>
     <script src={prependBaseUri("/static/additional-metrics.js")}></script>
     <script src={prependBaseUri("/static/timeline-view.js")}></script>
-    <script src={prependBaseUri("/static/log-view.js")}></script>
+    <script src={prependBaseUri("/static/webui.js")}></script>
+    <script>setUIRoot('{UIUtils.uiRoot}')</script>
   }
 
   def vizHeaderNodes: Seq[Node] = {
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/HistoryServerSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/HistoryServerSuite.scala
index ae3f5d9c012e..51efdd0778b5 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/HistoryServerSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/HistoryServerSuite.scala
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import com.codahale.metrics.Counter
 import com.google.common.io.{ByteStreams, Files}
 import org.apache.commons.io.{FileUtils, IOUtils}
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.{FileStatus, FileSystem, Path}
+import org.eclipse.jetty.proxy.ProxyServlet
+import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.{ServletContextHandler, ServletHolder}
 import org.json4s.JsonAST._
 import org.json4s.jackson.JsonMethods
 import org.json4s.jackson.JsonMethods._
@@ -258,8 +260,7 @@ class HistoryServerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with Matchers
     getContentAndCode("foobar")._1 should be (HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND)
   }
 
-  test("relative links are prefixed with uiRoot (spark.ui.proxyBase)") {
-    val proxyBaseBeforeTest = System.getProperty("spark.ui.proxyBase")
+  test("static relative links are prefixed with uiRoot (spark.ui.proxyBase)") {
     val uiRoot = Option(System.getenv("APPLICATION_WEB_PROXY_BASE")).getOrElse("/testwebproxybase")
     val page = new HistoryPage(server)
     val request = mock[HttpServletRequest]
@@ -267,7 +268,6 @@ class HistoryServerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with Matchers
     // when
     System.setProperty("spark.ui.proxyBase", uiRoot)
     val response = page.render(request)
-    System.setProperty("spark.ui.proxyBase", Option(proxyBaseBeforeTest).getOrElse(""))
 
     // then
     val urls = response \\ "@href" map (_.toString)
@@ -275,6 +275,80 @@ class HistoryServerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with Matchers
     all (siteRelativeLinks) should startWith (uiRoot)
   }
 
+  test("ajax rendered relative links are prefixed with uiRoot (spark.ui.proxyBase)") {
+    val uiRoot = "/testwebproxybase"
+    System.setProperty("spark.ui.proxyBase", uiRoot)
+
+    server.stop()
+
+    val conf = new SparkConf()
+      .set("spark.history.fs.logDirectory", logDir.getAbsolutePath)
+      .set("spark.history.fs.update.interval", "0")
+      .set("spark.testing", "true")
+
+    provider = new FsHistoryProvider(conf)
+    provider.checkForLogs()
+    val securityManager = new SecurityManager(conf)
+
+    server = new HistoryServer(conf, provider, securityManager, 18080)
+    server.initialize()
+    server.bind()
+
+    val port = server.boundPort
+
+    val servlet = new ProxyServlet {
+      override def rewriteTarget(request: HttpServletRequest): String = {
+        // servlet acts like a proxy that redirects calls made on
+        // spark.ui.proxyBase context path to the normal servlet handlers operating off "/"
+        val sb = request.getRequestURL()
+
+        if (request.getQueryString() != null) {
+          sb.append(s"?${request.getQueryString()}")
+        }
+
+        val proxyidx = sb.indexOf(uiRoot)
+        sb.delete(proxyidx, proxyidx + uiRoot.length).toString
+      }
+    }
+
+    val contextHandler = new ServletContextHandler
+    val holder = new ServletHolder(servlet)
+    contextHandler.setContextPath(uiRoot)
+    contextHandler.addServlet(holder, "/")
+    server.attachHandler(contextHandler)
+
+    implicit val webDriver: WebDriver = new HtmlUnitDriver(true) {
+      getWebClient.getOptions.setThrowExceptionOnScriptError(false)
+    }
+
+    try {
+      val url = s"http://localhost:$port"
+
+      go to s"$url$uiRoot"
+
+      // expect the ajax call to finish in 5 seconds
+      implicitlyWait(org.scalatest.time.Span(5, org.scalatest.time.Seconds))
+
+      // once this findAll call returns, we know the ajax load of the table completed
+      findAll(ClassNameQuery("odd"))
+
+      val links = findAll(TagNameQuery("a"))
+        .map(_.attribute("href"))
+        .filter(_.isDefined)
+        .map(_.get)
+        .filter(_.startsWith(url)).toList
+
+      // there are atleast some URL links that were generated via javascript,
+      // and they all contain the spark.ui.proxyBase (uiRoot)
+      links.length should be > 4
+      all(links) should startWith(url + uiRoot)
+    } finally {
+      contextHandler.stop()
+      quit()
+    }
+
+  }
+
   test("incomplete apps get refreshed") {
 
     implicit val webDriver: WebDriver = new HtmlUnitDriver
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d97f348f6d54..ac2ec0e66e10 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -431,6 +431,12 @@
         <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
         <version>${commons.httpcore.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jetty-proxy</artifactId>
+        <version>${jetty.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
         <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>