diff --git a/packages/ember-application/lib/system/application-instance.js b/packages/ember-application/lib/system/application-instance.js
index 6d451f58e62..b850ea9ef68 100644
--- a/packages/ember-application/lib/system/application-instance.js
+++ b/packages/ember-application/lib/system/application-instance.js
@@ -278,10 +278,13 @@ const ApplicationInstance = EngineInstance.extend({
       }
     };
 
+    let location = get(router, 'location');
+
     // Keeps the location adapter's internal URL in-sync
-    get(router, 'location').setURL(url);
+    location.setURL(url);
 
-    return router.handleURL(url).then(handleResolve, handleReject);
+    // getURL returns the set url with the rootURL stripped off
+    return router.handleURL(location.getURL()).then(handleResolve, handleReject);
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/ember-routing/lib/location/history_location.js b/packages/ember-routing/lib/location/history_location.js
index 36b5a992c85..eb0ed1e8d69 100644
--- a/packages/ember-routing/lib/location/history_location.js
+++ b/packages/ember-routing/lib/location/history_location.js
@@ -74,8 +74,10 @@ export default EmberObject.extend({
     rootURL = rootURL.replace(/\/$/, '');
     baseURL = baseURL.replace(/\/$/, '');
 
-    // remove baseURL and rootURL from path
-    var url = path.replace(baseURL, '').replace(rootURL, '');
+    // remove baseURL and rootURL from start of path
+    var url = path
+      .replace(new RegExp('^' + baseURL), '')
+      .replace(new RegExp('^' + rootURL), '');
 
     var search = location.search || '';
     url += search;
diff --git a/packages/ember-routing/lib/location/none_location.js b/packages/ember-routing/lib/location/none_location.js
index 968b3604b45..ee31b1a610c 100644
--- a/packages/ember-routing/lib/location/none_location.js
+++ b/packages/ember-routing/lib/location/none_location.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { assert } from 'ember-metal/debug';
 import { get } from 'ember-metal/property_get';
 import { set } from 'ember-metal/property_set';
 import EmberObject from 'ember-runtime/system/object';
@@ -22,15 +23,38 @@ export default EmberObject.extend({
   implementation: 'none',
   path: '',
 
+  detect() {
+    let rootURL = this.rootURL;
+
+    assert('rootURL must end with a trailing forward slash e.g. "/app/"',
+                 rootURL.charAt(rootURL.length - 1) === '/');
+  },
+
+  /**
+    Will be pre-pended to path.
+
+    @private
+    @property rootURL
+    @default '/'
+  */
+  rootURL: '/',
+
   /**
-    Returns the current path.
+    Returns the current path without `rootURL`.
 
     @private
     @method getURL
     @return {String} path
   */
   getURL() {
-    return get(this, 'path');
+    let path = get(this, 'path');
+    let rootURL = get(this, 'rootURL');
+
+    // remove trailing slashes if they exists
+    rootURL = rootURL.replace(/\/$/, '');
+
+    // remove rootURL from url
+    return path.replace(new RegExp('^' + rootURL), '');
   },
 
   /**
@@ -83,9 +107,13 @@ export default EmberObject.extend({
     @return {String} url
   */
   formatURL(url) {
-    // The return value is not overly meaningful, but we do not want to throw
-    // errors when test code renders templates containing {{action href=true}}
-    // helpers.
-    return url;
+    let rootURL = get(this, 'rootURL');
+
+    if (url !== '') {
+      // remove trailing slashes if they exists
+      rootURL = rootURL.replace(/\/$/, '');
+    }
+
+    return rootURL + url;
   }
 });
diff --git a/packages/ember-routing/tests/location/history_location_test.js b/packages/ember-routing/tests/location/history_location_test.js
index fa29652c5e0..ad36620196b 100644
--- a/packages/ember-routing/tests/location/history_location_test.js
+++ b/packages/ember-routing/tests/location/history_location_test.js
@@ -172,6 +172,40 @@ QUnit.test('HistoryLocation.getURL() returns the current url, excluding both roo
   equal(location.getURL(), '/foo/bar');
 });
 
+QUnit.test('HistoryLocation.getURL() returns the current url, does not remove rootURL if its not at start of url', function() {
+  expect(1);
+
+  HistoryTestLocation.reopen({
+    init() {
+      this._super(...arguments);
+
+      set(this, 'location', mockBrowserLocation('/foo/bar/baz'));
+      set(this, 'rootURL', '/bar/');
+    }
+  });
+
+  createLocation();
+
+  equal(location.getURL(), '/foo/bar/baz');
+});
+
+QUnit.test('HistoryLocation.getURL() returns the current url, does not remove baseURL if its not at start of url', function() {
+  expect(1);
+
+  HistoryTestLocation.reopen({
+    init() {
+      this._super(...arguments);
+
+      set(this, 'location', mockBrowserLocation('/foo/bar/baz'));
+      set(this, 'baseURL', '/bar/');
+    }
+  });
+
+  createLocation();
+
+  equal(location.getURL(), '/foo/bar/baz');
+});
+
 QUnit.test('HistoryLocation.getURL() includes location.search', function() {
   expect(1);
 
diff --git a/packages/ember-routing/tests/location/none_location_test.js b/packages/ember-routing/tests/location/none_location_test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9f17a13863b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ember-routing/tests/location/none_location_test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { set } from 'ember-metal/property_set';
+import run from 'ember-metal/run_loop';
+import NoneLocation from 'ember-routing/location/none_location';
+
+var NoneTestLocation, location;
+
+function createLocation(options) {
+  if (!options) { options = {}; }
+  location = NoneTestLocation.create(options);
+}
+
+QUnit.module('Ember.NoneLocation', {
+  setup() {
+    NoneTestLocation = NoneLocation.extend({});
+  },
+
+  teardown() {
+    run(function() {
+      if (location) { location.destroy(); }
+    });
+  }
+});
+
+QUnit.test('NoneLocation.formatURL() returns the current url always appending rootURL', function() {
+  expect(1);
+
+  NoneTestLocation.reopen({
+    init() {
+      this._super(...arguments);
+      set(this, 'rootURL', '/en/');
+    }
+  });
+
+  createLocation();
+
+  equal(location.formatURL('/foo/bar'), '/en/foo/bar');
+});
+
+QUnit.test('NoneLocation.getURL() returns the current path minus rootURL', function() {
+  expect(1);
+
+  NoneTestLocation.reopen({
+    init() {
+      this._super(...arguments);
+      set(this, 'rootURL', '/foo/');
+      set(this, 'path', '/foo/bar');
+    }
+  });
+
+  createLocation();
+
+  equal(location.getURL(), '/bar');
+});
+
+QUnit.test('NonoLocation.getURL() will remove the rootURL only from the beginning of a url', function() {
+  expect(1);
+
+  NoneTestLocation.reopen({
+    init() {
+      this._super(...arguments);
+      set(this, 'rootURL', '/bar/');
+      set(this, 'path', '/foo/bar/baz');
+    }
+  });
+
+  createLocation();
+
+  equal(location.getURL(), '/foo/bar/baz');
+});