diff --git a/docs/config.rst b/docs/config.rst
index 535353d..3a7af5a 100644
--- a/docs/config.rst
+++ b/docs/config.rst
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ The value of ``root`` is used as prefix for all data types.
 
 You can use this to optionally specify on what domains the rendered tiles are accessible. This can be used for basic load-balancing or to bypass browser's limit for the number of connections per domain.
 
+``baseURL``
+-----------
+
+When you run the tile server server behind a load-balancer, the automatic URL generators wont't have the required information to build URLs which point to the correct LB endpoint.
+
+Also, if your load balancer is forwarding a HTTPS connection to the non-HTTPS ``tileserver-gl``, setting the ``baseURL`` is indispensable.
+
+Not compatible with the ``domains`` option.
+
+
 ``formatQuality``
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/public/resources/index.css b/public/resources/index.css
index 4392232..e9238d1 100644
--- a/public/resources/index.css
+++ b/public/resources/index.css
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 @font-face {
   font-family: 'OpenSans';
-  src: url('/fonts/OpenSans-Regular.ttf');
+  src: url('fonts/OpenSans-Regular.ttf');
   font-weight: normal;
   font-style: normal;
 }
 @font-face {
   font-family: 'OpenSans';
-  src: url('/fonts/OpenSans-Italic.ttf');
+  src: url('fonts/OpenSans-Italic.ttf');
   font-weight: normal;
   font-style: italic;
 }
 @font-face {
   font-family: 'OpenSans';
-  src: url('/fonts/OpenSans-Bold.ttf');
+  src: url('fonts/OpenSans-Bold.ttf');
   font-weight: bold;
   font-style: normal;
 }
@@ -149,21 +149,21 @@ footer a {
 body {
   background-repeat:no-repeat !important;
   background-size: contain !important;
-  background-image: url(/images/header-map-640px.png);
+  background-image: url(images/header-map-640px.png);
 }
 @media only screen and (min-width: 641px) {
   body {
-    background-image: url(/images/header-map-1280px.png);
+    background-image: url(images/header-map-1280px.png);
   }
 }
 @media only screen and (min-width: 1281px) {
   body {
-    background-image: url(/images/header-map-1600px.png);
+    background-image: url(images/header-map-1600px.png);
   }
 }
 @media only screen and (min-width: 1601px) {
   body {
-    background-image: url(/images/header-map-2560px.png);
+    background-image: url(images/header-map-2560px.png);
   }
 }
 
@@ -209,4 +209,4 @@ body {
   .btn:first-child{
     padding: 0 20px;
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/public/templates/data.tmpl b/public/templates/data.tmpl
index 65bc4eb..92b0e3e 100644
--- a/public/templates/data.tmpl
+++ b/public/templates/data.tmpl
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
   <title>{{name}} - TileServer GL</title>
   {{#is_vector}}
-  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/mapbox-gl.css{{&key_query}}" />
-  <script src="/mapbox-gl.js{{&key_query}}"></script>
+  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{{baseURL}}/mapbox-gl.css{{&key_query}}" />
+  <script src="{{baseURL}}/mapbox-gl.js{{&key_query}}"></script>
   <style>
     body {background:#000;color:#ccc;}
     #map {position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:250px;bottom:0;}
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
   </style>
   {{/is_vector}}
   {{^is_vector}}
-  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/mapbox.css{{&key_query}}" />
-  <script src="/mapbox.js{{&key_query}}"></script>
-  <script src="/leaflet-hash.js{{&key_query}}"></script>
+  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{{baseURL}}/mapbox.css{{&key_query}}" />
+  <script src="{{baseURL}}/mapbox.js{{&key_query}}"></script>
+  <script src="{{baseURL}}/leaflet-hash.js{{&key_query}}"></script>
   <style>
     body { margin:0; padding:0; }
     #map { position:absolute; top:0; bottom:0; width:100%; }
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
     }
   };
   xhttp.responseType = 'json';
-  xhttp.open('GET', '/data/{{id}}.json{{&key_query}}', true);
+  xhttp.open('GET', '{{baseURL}}/data/{{id}}.json{{&key_query}}', true);
   xhttp.send();
 
   var propertyList = document.getElementById('propertyList');
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
   <h1 style="display:none;">{{name}}</h1>
   <div id='map'></div>
   <script>
-    var map = L.mapbox.map('map', '/data/{{id}}.json{{&key_query}}', { zoomControl: false });
+    var map = L.mapbox.map('map', '{{baseURL}}/data/{{id}}.json{{&key_query}}', { zoomControl: false });
     map.eachLayer(function(layer) {
       // do not add scale prefix even if retina display is detected
       layer.scalePrefix = '.';
diff --git a/public/templates/index.tmpl b/public/templates/index.tmpl
index 11a2cc8..8428afe 100644
--- a/public/templates/index.tmpl
+++ b/public/templates/index.tmpl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <meta charset="UTF-8">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
   <title>TileServer GL - Server for vector and raster maps with GL styles</title>
-  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/index.css{{&key_query}}" />
+  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{{baseURL}}/index.css{{&key_query}}" />
   <script>
     function toggle_xyz(id) {
       var el = document.getElementById(id);
@@ -17,23 +17,23 @@
 </head>
 <body>
   <section>
-    <h1 class="title {{#if is_light}}light{{/if}}"><img src="/images/logo.png" alt="TileServer GL" /></h1>
+    <h1 class="title {{#if is_light}}light{{/if}}"><img src="{{baseURL}}/images/logo.png" alt="TileServer GL" /></h1>
     <h2 class="subtitle">Vector {{#if is_light}}<s>and raster</s>{{else}}and raster{{/if}} maps with GL styles</h2>
     <h2 class="box-header">Styles</h2>
     <div class="box">
     {{#each styles}}
       <div class="item">
         {{#if thumbnail}}
-          <img src="/styles/{{@key}}/rendered/{{thumbnail}}{{&../key_query}}" alt="{{name}} preview" />
+          <img src="{{baseURL}}/styles/{{@key}}/rendered/{{thumbnail}}{{&../key_query}}" alt="{{name}} preview" />
         {{else}}
-          <img src="/images/placeholder.png" alt="{{name}} preview" />
+          <img src="{{baseURL}}/images/placeholder.png" alt="{{name}} preview" />
         {{/if}}
         <div class="details">
           <h3>{{name}}</h3>
           <p class="identifier">identifier: {{@key}}</p>
           <p class="services">
             {{#if serving_rendered}}
-              services: <a href="/styles/{{@key}}/rendered.json{{&../key_query}}">TileJSON</a>
+              services: <a href="{{baseURL}}/styles/{{@key}}/rendered.json{{&../key_query}}">TileJSON</a>
             {{/if}}
             {{#if wmts_link}}
               | <a href="{{&wmts_link}}">WMTS</a>
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@
         <div class="viewers">
           {{#if serving_data}}
             {{#if serving_rendered}}
-              <a class="btn" href="/styles/{{@key}}/{{&../key_query}}{{viewer_hash}}">Viewer</a>
+              <a class="btn" href="{{baseURL}}/styles/{{@key}}/{{&../key_query}}{{viewer_hash}}">Viewer</a>
             {{/if}}
           {{/if}}
           {{#if serving_rendered}}
-            <a class="btn" href="/styles/{{@key}}/?{{&../key_query_part}}raster{{viewer_hash}}">Raster</a>
+            <a class="btn" href="{{baseURL}}/styles/{{@key}}/?{{&../key_query_part}}raster{{viewer_hash}}">Raster</a>
           {{/if}}
           {{#if serving_data}}
-            <a class="btn" href="/styles/{{@key}}/?{{&../key_query_part}}vector{{viewer_hash}}">Vector</a>
+            <a class="btn" href="{{baseURL}}/styles/{{@key}}/?{{&../key_query_part}}vector{{viewer_hash}}">Vector</a>
           {{/if}}
         </div>
       </div>
@@ -65,15 +65,15 @@
     {{#each data}}
       <div class="item">
         {{#if thumbnail}}
-          <img src="/data/{{@key}}/{{thumbnail}}{{&../key_query}}" alt="{{name}} preview" />
+          <img src="{{baseURL}}/data/{{@key}}/{{thumbnail}}{{&../key_query}}" alt="{{name}} preview" />
         {{else}}
-          <img src="/images/placeholder.png" alt="{{name}} preview" />
+          <img src="{{baseURL}}/images/placeholder.png" alt="{{name}} preview" />
         {{/if}}
         <div class="details">
           <h3>{{name}}</h3>
           <p class="identifier">identifier: {{@key}}{{#if formatted_filesize}} | size: {{formatted_filesize}}{{/if}} | type: {{#is_vector}}vector{{/is_vector}}{{^is_vector}}raster{{/is_vector}} data</p>
           <p class="services">
-            services: <a href="/data/{{@key}}.json{{&../key_query}}">TileJSON</a>
+            services: <a href="{{baseURL}}/data/{{@key}}.json{{&../key_query}}">TileJSON</a>
             {{#if wmts_link}}
               | <a href="{{&wmts_link}}">WMTS</a>
             {{/if}}
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@
         </div>
         <div class="viewers">
           {{#is_vector}}
-          <a class="btn" href="/data/{{@key}}/{{&../key_query}}{{viewer_hash}}">X-Ray view</a>
+          <a class="btn" href="{{baseURL}}/data/{{@key}}/{{&../key_query}}{{viewer_hash}}">X-Ray view</a>
           {{/is_vector}}
           {{^is_vector}}
-          <a class="btn" href="/data/{{@key}}/{{&../key_query}}{{viewer_hash}}">Raster view</a>
+          <a class="btn" href="{{baseURL}}/data/{{@key}}/{{&../key_query}}{{viewer_hash}}">Raster view</a>
           {{/is_vector}}
         </div>
       </div>
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     </div>
   </section>
   <footer>
-    <a href="https://www.klokantech.com/" target="_blank"><img src="/images/klokantech.png" /></a>
+    <a href="https://www.klokantech.com/" target="_blank"><img src="{{baseURL}}/images/klokantech.png" /></a>
     <p>
       <a href="https://github.com/klokantech/tileserver-gl" target="_blank">Powered by TileServer GL ({{server_version}})</a> – <a href="https://www.klokantech.com/" target="_blank">open-source project from Klokan Technologies GmbH.</a>
     </p>
diff --git a/public/templates/viewer.tmpl b/public/templates/viewer.tmpl
index 92dbce5..0b6496d 100644
--- a/public/templates/viewer.tmpl
+++ b/public/templates/viewer.tmpl
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <meta charset="UTF-8">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
   <title>{{name}} - TileServer GL</title>
-  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/mapbox-gl.css{{&key_query}}" />
-  <script src="/mapbox-gl.js{{&key_query}}"></script>
+  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{{baseURL}}/mapbox-gl.css{{&key_query}}" />
+  <script src="{{baseURL}}/mapbox-gl.js{{&key_query}}"></script>
   <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/mapbox.css{{&key_query}}" />
-  <script src="/mapbox.js{{&key_query}}"></script>
-  <script src="/leaflet-hash.js{{&key_query}}"></script>
+  <script src="{{baseURL}}/mapbox.js{{&key_query}}"></script>
+  <script src="{{baseURL}}/leaflet-hash.js{{&key_query}}"></script>
   <style>
     body { margin:0; padding:0; }
     #map { position:absolute; top:0; bottom:0; width:100%; }
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
     if (preference == 'vector') {
       var map = new mapboxgl.Map({
         container: 'map',
-        style: '/styles/{{id}}.json{{&key_query}}',
+        style: '{{baseURL}}/styles/{{id}}.json{{&key_query}}',
         hash: true
       });
       map.addControl(new mapboxgl.Navigation());
     } else {
-      var map = L.mapbox.map('map', '/styles/{{id}}/rendered.json{{&key_query}}', { zoomControl: false });
+      var map = L.mapbox.map('map', '{{baseURL}}/styles/{{id}}/rendered.json{{&key_query}}', { zoomControl: false });
       new L.Control.Zoom({ position: 'topright' }).addTo(map);
       setTimeout(function() {
         new L.Hash(map);
diff --git a/src/serve_data.js b/src/serve_data.js
index 5a2d236..7b55f60 100644
--- a/src/serve_data.js
+++ b/src/serve_data.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ module.exports = function(options, repo, params, id) {
   var app = express().disable('x-powered-by');
 
   var mbtilesFile = path.resolve(options.paths.mbtiles, params.mbtiles);
+  var baseURL = options.baseURL;
   var tileJSON = {
     'tiles': params.domains || options.domains
   };
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ module.exports = function(options, repo, params, id) {
   app.get('/' + id + '.json', function(req, res, next) {
     var info = clone(tileJSON);
     info.tiles = utils.getTileUrls(req, info.tiles,
-                                   'data/' + id, info.format);
+                                   'data/' + id, info.format, baseURL);
     return res.send(info);
   });
 
diff --git a/src/serve_rendered.js b/src/serve_rendered.js
index 65860a8..6c97c3c 100644
--- a/src/serve_rendered.js
+++ b/src/serve_rendered.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ module.exports = function(options, repo, params, id, dataResolver) {
   var lastModified = new Date().toUTCString();
 
   var rootPath = options.paths.root;
+  var baseURL = options.baseURL;
 
   var styleFile = params.style;
   var map = {
@@ -564,7 +565,7 @@ module.exports = function(options, repo, params, id, dataResolver) {
   app.get('/rendered.json', function(req, res, next) {
     var info = clone(tileJSON);
     info.tiles = utils.getTileUrls(req, info.tiles,
-                                   'styles/' + id + '/rendered', info.format);
+                                   'styles/' + id + '/rendered', info.format, baseURL);
     return res.send(info);
   });
 
diff --git a/src/serve_style.js b/src/serve_style.js
index 6b5c390..95690ae 100644
--- a/src/serve_style.js
+++ b/src/serve_style.js
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ module.exports = function(options, repo, params, id, reportTiles, reportFont) {
 
   var styleFile = path.join(options.paths.styles, params.style);
 
+  var baseURL = options.baseURL;
+
   var styleJSON = clone(require(styleFile));
   Object.keys(styleJSON.sources).forEach(function(name) {
     var source = styleJSON.sources[name];
@@ -57,8 +59,8 @@ module.exports = function(options, repo, params, id, reportTiles, reportFont) {
       if (!opt_nokey && req.query.key) {
         query = '?key=' + req.query.key;
       }
-      return url.replace(
-          'local://', req.protocol + '://' + req.headers.host + '/') + query;
+      return url.replace('local://',
+        (baseURL ? baseURL : req.protocol + '://' + req.headers.host) + '/') + query;
     };
 
     var styleJSON_ = clone(styleJSON);
diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index 702f811..190d578 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ module.exports = function(opts, callback) {
   }
 
   var options = config.options || {};
+  var baseURL = options.baseURL;
+
   var paths = options.paths || {};
   options.paths = paths;
   paths.root = path.resolve(
@@ -165,7 +167,7 @@ module.exports = function(opts, callback) {
         version: styleJSON.version,
         name: styleJSON.name,
         id: id,
-        url: req.protocol + '://' + req.headers.host +
+        url: (baseURL ? baseURL : req.protocol + '://' + req.headers.host) +
              '/styles/' + id + '.json' + query
       });
     });
@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@ module.exports = function(opts, callback) {
     Object.keys(serving[type]).forEach(function(id) {
       var info = clone(serving[type][id]);
       info.tiles = utils.getTileUrls(req, info.tiles,
-                                     type + '/' + id, info.format);
+                                     type + '/' + id, info.format, baseURL);
       arr.push(info);
     });
     return arr;
@@ -224,6 +226,7 @@ module.exports = function(opts, callback) {
 
   serveTemplate('/$', 'index', function(req) {
     var styles = clone(config.styles || {});
+
     Object.keys(styles).forEach(function(id) {
       var style = styles[id];
       style.name = (serving.styles[id] || serving.rendered[id] || {}).name;
@@ -247,10 +250,12 @@ module.exports = function(opts, callback) {
           base64url('http://' + req.headers.host +
             '/styles/' + id + '/rendered.json' + query) + '/wmts';
 
+
         var tiles = utils.getTileUrls(
             req, style.serving_rendered.tiles,
-            'styles/' + id + '/rendered', style.serving_rendered.format);
+            'styles/' + id + '/rendered', style.serving_rendered.format, baseURL);
         style.xyz_link = tiles[0];
+        style.baseURL = baseURL;
       }
     });
     var data = clone(serving.data || {});
@@ -277,7 +282,7 @@ module.exports = function(opts, callback) {
             '/data/' + id + '.json' + query) + '/wmts';
 
         var tiles = utils.getTileUrls(
-            req, data_.tiles, 'data/' + id, data_.format);
+            req, data_.tiles, 'data/' + id, data_.format, baseURL);
         data_.xyz_link = tiles[0];
       }
       if (data_.filesize) {
@@ -292,11 +297,13 @@ module.exports = function(opts, callback) {
           size /= 1024;
         }
         data_.formatted_filesize = size.toFixed(2) + ' ' + suffix;
+        data_.baseURL = baseURL;
       }
     });
     return {
       styles: styles,
-      data: data
+      data: data,
+      baseURL: baseURL
     };
   });
 
@@ -310,6 +317,7 @@ module.exports = function(opts, callback) {
     style.name = (serving.styles[id] || serving.rendered[id]).name;
     style.serving_data = serving.styles[id];
     style.serving_rendered = serving.rendered[id];
+    style.baseURL = baseURL;
     return style;
   });
 
@@ -327,6 +335,8 @@ module.exports = function(opts, callback) {
     }
     data.id = id;
     data.is_vector = data.format == 'pbf';
+
+    data.baseURL = baseURL;
     return data;
   });
 
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index abc084f..329a9b9 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -6,20 +6,24 @@ var async = require('async'),
 
 var glyphCompose = require('glyph-pbf-composite');
 
-module.exports.getTileUrls = function(req, domains, path, format) {
+module.exports.getTileUrls = function(req, domains, path, format, baseURL) {
+  var key = req.query.key;
+  var query = (key && key.length > 0) ? ('?key=' + key) : '';
+
+  if (baseURL) {
+    return [baseURL + '/' + path + '/{z}/{x}/{y}.' + format + query]
+  }
 
   if (domains) {
     if (domains.constructor === String && domains.length > 0) {
       domains = domains.split(',');
     }
+
   }
   if (!domains || domains.length == 0) {
     domains = [req.headers.host];
   }
 
-  var key = req.query.key;
-  var query = (key && key.length > 0) ? ('?key=' + key) : '';
-
   var uris = [];
   domains.forEach(function(domain) {
     uris.push(req.protocol + '://' + domain + '/' + path +