diff --git a/src/Appium.Net/Appium/Service/AppiumLocalService.cs b/src/Appium.Net/Appium/Service/AppiumLocalService.cs
index 5461fbefa..b66ef2cff 100644
--- a/src/Appium.Net/Appium/Service/AppiumLocalService.cs
+++ b/src/Appium.Net/Appium/Service/AppiumLocalService.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ public class AppiumLocalService : ICommandServer
         private readonly TimeSpan InitializationTimeout;
         private readonly IDictionary<string, string> EnvironmentForProcess;
         private Process Service;
+        private List<string> ArgsList;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates an instance of AppiumLocalService without special settings
@@ -40,11 +42,11 @@ public class AppiumLocalService : ICommandServer
         public static AppiumLocalService BuildDefaultService() => new AppiumServiceBuilder().Build();
 
         internal AppiumLocalService(
-            FileInfo nodeJS, 
-            string arguments, 
-            IPAddress ip, 
+            FileInfo nodeJS,
+            string arguments,
+            IPAddress ip,
             int port,
-            TimeSpan initializationTimeout, 
+            TimeSpan initializationTimeout,
             IDictionary<string, string> environmentForProcess)
         {
             NodeJS = nodeJS;
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ internal AppiumLocalService(
         /// <summary>
         /// The base URL for the managed appium server.
         /// </summary>
-        public Uri ServiceUrl => new Uri($"http://{IP.ToString()}:{Convert.ToString(Port)}/wd/hub");
+        public Uri ServiceUrl => new Uri($"http://{IP}:{Convert.ToString(Port)}");
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Event that can be used to capture the output of the service
@@ -131,7 +133,7 @@ private void DestroyProcess()
             {
                 Service.Kill();
             }
-            catch (Exception ignored)
+            catch
             {
             }
             finally
@@ -175,26 +177,80 @@ public bool IsRunning
             }
         }
 
-        private bool Ping(TimeSpan span)
+        private string GetArgsValue(string argStr)
         {
-            bool pinged = false;
+            int idx;
+            idx= ArgsList.IndexOf(argStr);
+            return ArgsList[idx + 1];
+        }
 
-            Uri status;
+        private string ParseBasePath()
+        {
+            if (ArgsList.Contains("--base-path"))
+            {
+                return GetArgsValue("--base-path");
+            }
+            else if (ArgsList.Contains("-pa"))
+            {
+                return GetArgsValue("-pa");
+            }
+            return AppiumServiceConstants.DefaultBasePath;
+        }
 
+        private void GenerateArgsList()
+        {
+           ArgsList = Arguments.Split(' ').ToList();
+        }
+        private Uri CreateStatusUrl()
+        {
+            Uri status;
             Uri service = ServiceUrl;
+
+            if (ArgsList == null)
+            {
+                GenerateArgsList();
+            }
+            string basePath = ParseBasePath();
+            bool defBasePath = basePath.Equals(AppiumServiceConstants.DefaultBasePath);
+
             if (service.IsLoopback || IP.ToString().Equals(AppiumServiceConstants.DefaultLocalIPAddress))
             {
-                status = new Uri("http://localhost:" + Convert.ToString(Port) + "/wd/hub/status");
+                var tmpStatus = "http://localhost:" + Convert.ToString(Port);
+                if (defBasePath)
+                {
+                    status = new Uri(tmpStatus + AppiumServiceConstants.StatusUrl);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    status = new Uri(tmpStatus + basePath + AppiumServiceConstants.StatusUrl);
+                }
             }
             else
             {
-                status = new Uri(service.ToString() + "/status");
+                if (defBasePath)
+                {
+                    status = new Uri(service, AppiumServiceConstants.StatusUrl);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    status = new Uri(service, basePath + AppiumServiceConstants.StatusUrl);
+                }
             }
+            return status;
+        }
+
+        private bool Ping(TimeSpan span)
+        {
+            bool pinged = false;
+
+            Uri status;
+
+            status = CreateStatusUrl();
 
-            DateTime endTime = DateTime.Now.Add(this.InitializationTimeout);
+            DateTime endTime = DateTime.Now.Add(span);
             while (!pinged & DateTime.Now < endTime)
             {
-                HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest) HttpWebRequest.Create(status);
+                HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(status);
                 HttpWebResponse response = null;
                 try
                 {
@@ -203,7 +259,7 @@ private bool Ping(TimeSpan span)
                         pinged = true;
                     }
                 }
-                catch (Exception e)
+                catch
                 {
                     pinged = false;
                 }
diff --git a/src/Appium.Net/Appium/Service/AppiumServiceConstants.cs b/src/Appium.Net/Appium/Service/AppiumServiceConstants.cs
index 02a20d144..c64ab7d57 100644
--- a/src/Appium.Net/Appium/Service/AppiumServiceConstants.cs
+++ b/src/Appium.Net/Appium/Service/AppiumServiceConstants.cs
@@ -37,9 +37,11 @@ public sealed class AppiumServiceConstants
         internal readonly static string Bash = "/bin/bash";
         internal readonly static string CmdExe = "cmd.exe";
         internal readonly static string Node = "node";
-
+      
         internal static readonly string DefaultLocalIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
         internal static readonly int DefaultAppiumPort = 4723;
+        internal static readonly string StatusUrl = "/status";
+        internal static readonly string DefaultBasePath = "/";
 
         internal static readonly string AppiumFolder = "appium";
         internal static readonly string BinFolder = "bin";
diff --git a/src/Appium.Net/Appium/Service/Options/GeneralOptionList.cs b/src/Appium.Net/Appium/Service/Options/GeneralOptionList.cs
index 853ddab30..55502cb46 100644
--- a/src/Appium.Net/Appium/Service/Options/GeneralOptionList.cs
+++ b/src/Appium.Net/Appium/Service/Options/GeneralOptionList.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace OpenQA.Selenium.Appium.Service.Options
     ///<summary>
     /// Here is the list of common Appium server arguments.
     /// All flags are optional, but some are required in conjunction with certain others.
-    /// The full list is available here: http://appium.io/slate/en/master/?ruby#appium-server-arguments
+    /// The full list is available here: https://appium.io/docs/en/writing-running-appium/server-args/
     /// </summary>
     public sealed class GeneralOptionList : BaseOptionList
     {
@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ public sealed class GeneralOptionList : BaseOptionList
         public static KeyValuePair<string, string> Shell(string value) =>
             GetKeyValuePair("--shell", value);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initial path segment where the Appium/WebDriver API will be hosted. Every endpoint will be behind this segment. <br/>
+        /// Default: for Appium 2.0: / ; for Appium 1: /wd/hub <br/>
+        /// Example: --base-path /my/path/prefix
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="value"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static KeyValuePair<string, string> BasePath(string value) =>
+            GetKeyValuePair("--base-path", value);
+
         ///<summary>
         /// callback IP Address (default: same as address) <br/>
         /// Sample <br/>
diff --git a/test/integration/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs b/test/integration/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
index d3397d2da..400c7e3eb 100644
--- a/test/integration/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
+++ b/test/integration/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 // </auto-generated>
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-namespace Appium.Net.Integration.Tests.Properties {
-    using System;
-    
-    
+namespace Appium.Net.Integration.Tests.Properties
+{
+
+
     /// <summary>
     ///   A strongly-typed resource class, for looking up localized strings, etc.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/test/integration/ServerTests/AppiumLocalServerLaunchingTest.cs b/test/integration/ServerTests/AppiumLocalServerLaunchingTest.cs
index 2b23ec1d1..8662eef3a 100644
--- a/test/integration/ServerTests/AppiumLocalServerLaunchingTest.cs
+++ b/test/integration/ServerTests/AppiumLocalServerLaunchingTest.cs
@@ -184,6 +184,24 @@ public void CheckAbilityToStartServiceUsingFlags()
             }
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void CheckAbilityToStartServiceUsingBasePathFlag()
+        {
+            AppiumLocalService service = null;
+            var args = new OptionCollector().AddArguments(GeneralOptionList.BasePath("/wd/hub"));
+            try
+            {
+                service = new AppiumServiceBuilder().WithArguments(args).Build();
+                service.Start();
+                Assert.IsTrue(service.IsRunning);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                service?.Dispose();
+            }
+        }
+
+
         [Test]
         public void CheckAbilityToStartServiceUsingCapabilities()
         {