diff --git a/libraries/joomla/document/html/renderer/head.php b/libraries/joomla/document/html/renderer/head.php
index 372bd1be5b918..e8f0e2ef995d1 100644
--- a/libraries/joomla/document/html/renderer/head.php
+++ b/libraries/joomla/document/html/renderer/head.php
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public function fetchHead($document)
 
 		if (!empty($base))
 		{
-			$buffer .= $tab . '<base href="' . $document->getBase() . '" />' . $lnEnd;
+			$buffer .= $tab . '<base href="' . Juri::base() . '" />' . $lnEnd;
 		}
 
 		// Generate META tags (needs to happen as early as possible in the head)