diff --git a/aio/src/app/shared/location.service.spec.ts b/aio/src/app/shared/location.service.spec.ts
index a42844bb85e..1fff1357b27 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/shared/location.service.spec.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/shared/location.service.spec.ts
@@ -436,6 +436,14 @@ describe('LocationService', () => {
         expect(result).toBe(false);
       });
 
+      it('local fragment-only URL', () => {
+        location.internalPath = '/some/path';
+        anchor.href = '#some-fragment';
+        const result = service.handleAnchorClick(anchor);
+        expect(service.go).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/some/path#some-fragment');
+        expect(result).toBe(false);
+      });
+
       it('local url with query params', () => {
         anchor.href = 'some/local/url?query=xxx&other=yyy';
         const result = service.handleAnchorClick(anchor);
diff --git a/aio/src/app/shared/location.service.ts b/aio/src/app/shared/location.service.ts
index 41d7ff6662c..0d314929362 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/shared/location.service.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/shared/location.service.ts
@@ -145,11 +145,16 @@ export class LocationService {
     }
 
     const { pathname, search, hash } = anchor;
-    const relativeUrl = pathname + search + hash;
+    // Fix in-page anchors that are supposed to point to fragments inside the page, but are resolved
+    // relative the the root path (`/`), due to the base URL being set to `/`.
+    // (See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/base#in-page_anchors.)
+    const isInPageAnchor = anchor.getAttribute('href')?.startsWith('#') ?? false;
+    const correctPathname = isInPageAnchor ? this.location.path() : pathname;
+    const relativeUrl = correctPathname + search + hash;
     this.urlParser.href = relativeUrl;
 
     // don't navigate if external link or has extension
-    if ( anchor.href !== this.urlParser.href ||
+    if ( (!isInPageAnchor && anchor.href !== this.urlParser.href) ||
          !/\/[^/.]*$/.test(pathname) ) {
       return true;
     }