diff --git a/src/ng/location.js b/src/ng/location.js
index ab71f7f1d710..cd300d3e905a 100644
--- a/src/ng/location.js
+++ b/src/ng/location.js
@@ -415,10 +415,19 @@ LocationHashbangInHtml5Url.prototype =
    * @param {(string|number)=} path New path
    * @return {string} path
    */
-  path: locationGetterSetter('$$path', function(path) {
-    path = path ? path.toString() : '';
-    return path.charAt(0) == '/' ? path : '/' + path;
-  }),
+  path: function(newPath) {
+    if (isUndefined(newPath))
+      return this['$$path'];
+	var index = newPath.indexOf(this.appBase);
+	if ( index >= 0 ) {
+		this.$$parse(newPath);
+		return this;
+	}
+	newPath = newPath ? newPath.toString() : '';
+    this['$$path'] =  newPath.charAt(0) == '/' ? newPath : '/' + newPath;
+    this.$$compose();
+    return this;
+  },
 
   /**
    * @ngdoc method
diff --git a/test/ng/locationSpec.js b/test/ng/locationSpec.js
index f987cd84c852..18ffce5022ba 100644
--- a/test/ng/locationSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/locationSpec.js
@@ -652,6 +652,16 @@ describe('$location', function() {
       expect($browser.url()).toBe('http://new.com/a/b#!/new/path');
     }));
 
+    it('should update browser when $location path is set using full url', inject(function($rootScope, $browser, $location) {
+      var $browserUrl = spyOnlyCallsWithArgs($browser, 'url').andCallThrough();
+      $location.path('http://new.com/a/b#!/new/path');
+      expect($browserUrl).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      $rootScope.$apply();
+
+      expect($browserUrl).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+      expect($browser.url()).toBe('http://new.com/a/b#!/new/path');
+      expect($location.path()).toBe('/new/path');
+    }));
 
     it('should update browser only once per $apply cycle', inject(function($rootScope, $browser, $location) {
       var $browserUrl = spyOnlyCallsWithArgs($browser, 'url').andCallThrough();