diff --git a/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/base/link-element-base.txt b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/base/link-element-base.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..664c0908e5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/base/link-element-base.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+   document background: rgb(255, 0, 0)
diff --git a/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/base/link-element-base.html b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/base/link-element-base.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e5ceeadd22d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/base/link-element-base.html
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+    <head>
+        <base href="..">
+        <link rel="stylesheet" href="body-background-color-red.css">
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <script src="include.js"></script>
+        <script>
+            test(() => {
+                window.onload = () => {
+                    println("document background: " + getComputedStyle(document.body).backgroundColor);
+                };
+            });
+        </script>
+    </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLLinkElement.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLLinkElement.cpp
index 76927c56847..a241db5f712 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLLinkElement.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLLinkElement.cpp
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ HTMLLinkElement::LinkProcessingOptions HTMLLinkElement::create_link_options()
     // referrer policy                  the state of el's referrerpolicy content attribute
     options.referrer_policy = ReferrerPolicy::from_string(get_attribute(AttributeNames::referrerpolicy).value_or(""_string)).value_or(ReferrerPolicy::ReferrerPolicy::EmptyString);
     // FIXME: source set                       el's source set
-    // base URL                         document's URL
-    options.base_url = document.url();
+    // base URL                         document's document base URL
+    options.base_url = document.base_url();
     // origin                           document's origin
     options.origin = document.origin();
     // environment                      document's relevant settings object
