diff --git a/src/restangular.js b/src/restangular.js
index 493a1f47..39c5c18d 100644
--- a/src/restangular.js
+++ b/src/restangular.js
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ module.provider('Restangular', function() {
     config.getUrlFromElem = function(elem) {
       return config.getFieldFromElem(config.restangularFields.selfLink, elem);
     };
-
+    
     config.useCannonicalId = _.isUndefined(config.useCannonicalId) ? false : config.useCannonicalId;
     object.setUseCannonicalId = function(value) {
       config.useCannonicalId = value;
@@ -557,7 +557,6 @@ module.provider('Restangular', function() {
         add += what;
         url += add;
       }
-
       if (this.config.suffix &&
         url.indexOf(this.config.suffix, url.length - this.config.suffix.length) === -1 &&
         !this.config.getUrlFromElem(current)) {
@@ -636,7 +635,9 @@ module.provider('Restangular', function() {
         var elemSelfLink = __this.config.getUrlFromElem(elem);
         if (elemSelfLink) {
           if (__this.config.isAbsoluteUrl(elemSelfLink)) {
-            return elemSelfLink;
+              return (__this.config.absoluteUrl && __this.config.absoluteUrl !== true) 
+                ?  __this.config.absoluteUrl.replace(/\/$/, '') + "/" + elemSelfLink.replace(/^\//, '')   //add the absolute URL to the start if set
+                : elemSelfLink; 
           } else {
             elemUrl = elemSelfLink;
           }
@@ -661,6 +662,8 @@ module.provider('Restangular', function() {
             }
           }
         }
+        //remove any trailing suffix from the url before concatinating new subresources
+        if (__this.config.suffix) acum =  acum.replace(new RegExp(__this.config.suffix + '$'), '');
 
         return acum.replace(/\/$/, '') + '/' + elemUrl;
 
diff --git a/test/restangularSpec.js b/test/restangularSpec.js
index 6dcad6ba..5a541766 100644
--- a/test/restangularSpec.js
+++ b/test/restangularSpec.js
@@ -24,10 +24,18 @@ describe("Restangular", function() {
         {from: "Anonymous", amount: 0.1416, id: 1, _links: {self: "/accountsHAL/paul/transactions/1"}}
       ], _links: {self: "/accountsHAL/paul"}}
     ];
+    
+    accountsModelWithSuffix = [
+      {id: 0, user: "Martin", amount: 42, transaction: [], href: "/accountsSuffix/martin.json"},
+      {id: 1, user: "Paul", amount: 3.1416, transaction: [
+        {from: "Martin", amount: 3, id: 0, href: "/accounts/paul/transactions/0.json"},
+        {from: "Anonymous", amount: 0.1416, id: 1, href: "/accounts/paul/transactions/1.json"}
+      ], href: "/accounts/paul.json"}
+    ];
 
     infoModel = {
       id: 0, text: "Some additional account information"
-    }
+    };
 
     newAccount = {id: 44, user: "First User", amount: 45, transactions: []};
 
@@ -63,6 +71,14 @@ describe("Restangular", function() {
       accountsHalModel[0] = angular.fromJson(data);
       return [200, data, ""];
     });
+    
+    $httpBackend.whenGET("/accountsSuffix").respond(accountsModelWithSuffix);
+    $httpBackend.whenGET("/accountsSuffix.json").respond(accountsModelWithSuffix);
+    $httpBackend.whenGET("/accountsSuffix/martin.json").respond(accountsModelWithSuffix[0]);
+    $httpBackend.whenPUT("/accountsSuffix/martin/transactions.json").respond(function(method, url, data) {
+      accountsModelWithSuffix[0].transaction = angular.fromJson(data);
+      return [200, data, ""];
+    });
 
     // Full URL
     $httpBackend.whenGET('http://accounts.com/all').respond(accountsModel);
@@ -745,6 +761,37 @@ describe("Restangular", function() {
       $httpBackend.flush();
     });
   });
+ 
+  describe("Self linking with suffix", function() {
+    it("Should allow for suffix in selfLinks", function() {
+      var linkRestangular = Restangular.withConfig(function(RestangularConfigurer) {
+        RestangularConfigurer.setRequestSuffix('.json');
+      });
+
+      var arr = linkRestangular.all('accountsSuffix').getList().$object;
+      $httpBackend.flush();
+      
+      var account = arr[0];
+      var transactions = account.all('transactions');
+      expect(transactions.getRestangularUrl()).toEqual("/accountsSuffix/martin/transactions");
+    });
+  });
+  
+  describe("Cross-site selfLinks", function() {
+    it("Should add the absolute URL to the self link", function() {
+      var linkRestangular = Restangular.withConfig(function(RestangularConfigurer) {
+          RestangularConfigurer.setRequestSuffix('.json');
+          RestangularConfigurer.setSelfLinkAbsoluteUrl('http://accounts.com/');
+      });
+
+      var arr = linkRestangular.all('accountsSuffix').getList().$object;
+      $httpBackend.flush();
+      
+      var account = arr[0];
+      expect(account.getRestangularUrl()).toEqual("http://accounts.com/accountsSuffix/martin.json");
+      expect(account.all('transactions').getRestangularUrl()).toEqual("http://accounts.com/accountsSuffix/martin/transactions");
+    });
+  });
 
   describe("Singe one (endpoint not expecting an id)", function() {
     it('does not use the id for single resource GET', function() {