diff --git a/components/com_wrapper/tmpl/wrapper/default.xml b/components/com_wrapper/tmpl/wrapper/default.xml
index 7f8f5a304bcfa..697171d22ab93 100644
--- a/components/com_wrapper/tmpl/wrapper/default.xml
+++ b/components/com_wrapper/tmpl/wrapper/default.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 				type="url"
 				validate="url"
 				filter="url"
+				relative="true"
 				label="COM_WRAPPER_FIELD_URL_LABEL"
 				required="true"
 			/>
diff --git a/modules/mod_wrapper/mod_wrapper.xml b/modules/mod_wrapper/mod_wrapper.xml
index b44cd4c9ea3e4..53215aab19742 100644
--- a/modules/mod_wrapper/mod_wrapper.xml
+++ b/modules/mod_wrapper/mod_wrapper.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 					type="url"
 					validate="url"
 					filter="url"
+					relative="true"
 					label="MOD_WRAPPER_FIELD_URL_LABEL"
 					required="true"
 				/>