diff --git a/core/modules/field/tests/src/Kernel/Migrate/d6/MigrateFieldFormatterSettingsTest.php b/core/modules/field/tests/src/Kernel/Migrate/d6/MigrateFieldFormatterSettingsTest.php
index 06ae05febb..686564f73b 100644
--- a/core/modules/field/tests/src/Kernel/Migrate/d6/MigrateFieldFormatterSettingsTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/field/tests/src/Kernel/Migrate/d6/MigrateFieldFormatterSettingsTest.php
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public function testEntityDisplaySettings() {
     $this->assertSame($expected, $component);
     $display = EntityViewDisplay::load('node.story.default');
     $expected['type'] = 'file_url_plain';
-    $expected['settings'] = [];
+    $expected['settings'] = ['absolute_url' => FALSE];
     $component = $display->getComponent('field_test_filefield');
     $this->assertSame($expected, $component);
 
diff --git a/core/modules/file/config/schema/file.schema.yml b/core/modules/file/config/schema/file.schema.yml
index f94fbec950..43a21866e7 100644
--- a/core/modules/file/config/schema/file.schema.yml
+++ b/core/modules/file/config/schema/file.schema.yml
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ field.formatter.settings.file_table:
 field.formatter.settings.file_url_plain:
   type: mapping
   label: 'URL to file format settings'
+  mapping:
+    absolute_url:
+      type: boolean
+      label: 'Render as absolute URL'
 
 field.widget.settings.file_generic:
   type: mapping
diff --git a/core/modules/file/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/UrlPlainFormatter.php b/core/modules/file/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/UrlPlainFormatter.php
index 73a8aed0f8..8770b84b20 100644
--- a/core/modules/file/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/UrlPlainFormatter.php
+++ b/core/modules/file/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/UrlPlainFormatter.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Drupal\file\Plugin\Field\FieldFormatter;
 
 use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemListInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
 use Drupal\file\FileInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -18,6 +19,42 @@
  */
 class UrlPlainFormatter extends FileFormatterBase {
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public static function defaultSettings() {
+    $settings = parent::defaultSettings();
+
+    $settings['absolute_url'] = FALSE;
+
+    return $settings;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function settingsForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
+    $form = parent::settingsForm($form, $form_state);
+
+    $form['absolute_url'] = [
+      '#type' => 'checkbox',
+      '#title' => $this->t('Render as absolute url'),
+      '#description' => $this->t('If checked, links will be rendered as absolute urls.'),
+     '#default_value' => $this->getSetting('absolute_url'),
+    ];
+
+    return $form;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function settingsSummary() {
+    $summary[] = $this->getSetting('absolute_url') ? $this->t('Rendered as absolute url') : $this->t('Rendered as relative url');
+
+    return $summary;
+  }
+
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
@@ -27,11 +64,16 @@ public function viewElements(FieldItemListInterface $items, $langcode) {
     foreach ($this->getEntitiesToView($items, $langcode) as $delta => $file) {
       assert($file instanceof FileInterface);
       $elements[$delta] = [
-        '#markup' => $file->createFileUrl(),
+        '#markup' => $file->createFileUrl(!$this->getSetting('absolute_url')),
         '#cache' => [
           'tags' => $file->getCacheTags(),
         ],
       ];
+
+      // Add url.site cache context if url is absolute URL.
+      if ($this->getSetting('absolute_url')) {
+        $elements[$delta]['#cache']['contexts'] = ['url.site'];
+      }
     }
 
     return $elements;
diff --git a/core/modules/file/tests/src/Functional/FileFieldDisplayTest.php b/core/modules/file/tests/src/Functional/FileFieldDisplayTest.php
index 3e342dae4c..a0ab637294 100644
--- a/core/modules/file/tests/src/Functional/FileFieldDisplayTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/file/tests/src/Functional/FileFieldDisplayTest.php
@@ -241,4 +241,59 @@ public function testDescriptionDefaultFileFieldDisplay() {
     $this->assertSession()->elementTextContains('xpath', '//a[@href="' . $node->{$field_name}->entity->createFileUrl() . '"]', $description);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Test "Absolute url" settings for "file_url_plain" formatter.
+   */
+  public function testAbsoluteFileUrlFormatterValue() {
+    $node_storage = $this->container->get('entity_type.manager')->getStorage('node');
+    $field_name = strtolower($this->randomMachineName());
+    $type_name = 'article';
+    $field_storage_settings = [
+      'display_field' => '1',
+      'display_default' => '1',
+      'cardinality' => '1',
+    ];
+    $field_settings = [
+      'file_directory' => '',
+    ];
+    $widget_settings = [];
+    $this->createFileField($field_name, 'node', $type_name, $field_storage_settings, $field_settings, $widget_settings);
+
+    $display_options = [
+      'type' => 'file_url_plain',
+      'settings' => [
+        'absolute_url' => TRUE,
+      ],
+    ];
+    $display = \Drupal::service('entity_display.repository')
+      ->getViewDisplay('node', $type_name);
+    $display->setComponent($field_name, $display_options)
+      ->save();
+
+    $test_file = $this->getTestFile('text');
+
+    // Create a new node with the uploaded file.
+    $nid = $this->uploadNodeFile($test_file, $field_name, $type_name);
+    $node_storage->resetCache([$nid]);
+    $node = $node_storage->load($nid);
+    $file = $node->{$field_name}->entity;
+    $expected_url = \Drupal::service('file_url_generator')->generateAbsoluteString($file->getFileUri());
+    $this->assertEquals($expected_url, $node->{$field_name}->view($display_options)[0]['#markup']);
+    $this->assertContains('url.site', $node->{$field_name}->view($display_options)[0]['#cache']['contexts']);
+
+    // Disable the "absolute_url" option and validate the cache context.
+    $display_options = [
+      'type' => 'file_url_plain',
+      'settings' => [
+        'absolute_url' => FALSE,
+      ],
+    ];
+    $display = \Drupal::service('entity_display.repository')
+      ->getViewDisplay('node', $type_name);
+    $display->setComponent($field_name, $display_options)
+      ->save();
+    $this->assertNotContains('url.site', $node->{$field_name}->view($display_options)[0]['#cache']['contexts']);
+
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/file/tests/src/FunctionalJavascript/FileManagedFileElementTest.php b/core/modules/file/tests/src/FunctionalJavascript/FileManagedFileElementTest.php
index 20dfa742fd..e557c49d95 100644
--- a/core/modules/file/tests/src/FunctionalJavascript/FileManagedFileElementTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/file/tests/src/FunctionalJavascript/FileManagedFileElementTest.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Drupal\Tests\file\FunctionalJavascript;
 
 use Drupal\FunctionalJavascriptTests\WebDriverTestBase;
+use Drupal\Tests\file\Functional\FileFieldCreationTrait;
 
 /**
  * Tests the 'managed_file' element type.
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@
  * @group file
  */
 class FileManagedFileElementTest extends WebDriverTestBase {
+  use FileFieldCreationTrait;
 
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
@@ -106,6 +108,46 @@ public function testManagedFile() {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Test "Absolute url" settings on field display mode settings form.
+   */
+  public function testAbsoluteFileUrlFormatterConfiguration() {
+    $field_name = strtolower($this->randomMachineName());
+    $type_name = 'article';
+    $field_storage_settings = [
+      'display_field' => '1',
+      'display_default' => '1',
+      'cardinality' => '1',
+    ];
+    $field_settings = [
+      'description_field' => '1',
+    ];
+    $widget_settings = [];
+    $this->createFileField($field_name, 'node', $type_name, $field_storage_settings, $field_settings, $widget_settings);
+
+    $edit = [
+      "fields[$field_name][type]" => 'file_url_plain',
+    ];
+    $this->drupalGet("admin/structure/types/manage/$type_name/display");
+    $this->submitForm($edit, 'Save');
+    $this->assertSession()->responseContains('Your settings have been saved.');
+
+    $this->drupalGet("admin/structure/types/manage/$type_name/display");
+    $page = $this->getSession()->getPage();
+    $page->pressButton("${field_name}_settings_edit");
+    $this->assertSession()->waitForElement('css', '.ajax-new-content');
+    $edit = [
+      "fields[${field_name}][settings_edit_form][settings][absolute_url]" => TRUE,
+    ];
+    foreach ($edit as $name => $value) {
+      $page->fillField($name, $value);
+    }
+    $page->pressButton("${field_name}_plugin_settings_update");
+    $this->assertSession()->waitForElement('css', '.field-plugin-summary-cell > .ajax-new-content');
+    $this->submitForm([], 'Save');
+    $this->assertSession()->pageTextContains('Rendered as absolute url');
+  }
+
   /**
    * Retrieves the fid of the last inserted file.
    */
diff --git a/core/modules/image/config/schema/image.schema.yml b/core/modules/image/config/schema/image.schema.yml
index 5368f85f4c..440264dc7d 100644
--- a/core/modules/image/config/schema/image.schema.yml
+++ b/core/modules/image/config/schema/image.schema.yml
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ field.formatter.settings.image_url:
     image_style:
       type: string
       label: 'Image style'
+    absolute_url:
+      type: boolean
+      label: 'Render as absolute URL'
 
 field.widget.settings.image_image:
   type: mapping
diff --git a/core/modules/image/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/ImageUrlFormatter.php b/core/modules/image/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/ImageUrlFormatter.php
index dc4557949c..578aeb3e45 100644
--- a/core/modules/image/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/ImageUrlFormatter.php
+++ b/core/modules/image/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/ImageUrlFormatter.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldDefinitionInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemListInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\File\FileUrlGeneratorInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Link;
 use Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface;
@@ -39,6 +40,13 @@ class ImageUrlFormatter extends ImageFormatterBase {
    */
   protected $currentUser;
 
+  /**
+   * The file URL generator.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\File\FileUrlGeneratorInterface
+   */
+  protected $fileUrlGenerator;
+
   /**
    * Constructs an ImageFormatter object.
    *
@@ -60,11 +68,14 @@ class ImageUrlFormatter extends ImageFormatterBase {
    *   The image style storage.
    * @param \Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface $current_user
    *   The current user.
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\File\FileUrlGeneratorInterface $file_url_generator
+   *   The file URL generator.
    */
-  public function __construct($plugin_id, $plugin_definition, FieldDefinitionInterface $field_definition, array $settings, $label, $view_mode, array $third_party_settings, EntityStorageInterface $image_style_storage, AccountInterface $current_user) {
+  public function __construct($plugin_id, $plugin_definition, FieldDefinitionInterface $field_definition, array $settings, $label, $view_mode, array $third_party_settings, EntityStorageInterface $image_style_storage, AccountInterface $current_user, FileUrlGeneratorInterface $file_url_generator) {
     parent::__construct($plugin_id, $plugin_definition, $field_definition, $settings, $label, $view_mode, $third_party_settings);
     $this->imageStyleStorage = $image_style_storage;
     $this->currentUser = $current_user;
+    $this->fileUrlGenerator = $file_url_generator;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -81,6 +92,7 @@ public static function create(ContainerInterface $container, array $configuratio
       $configuration['third_party_settings'],
       $container->get('entity_type.manager')->getStorage('image_style'),
       $container->get('current_user'),
+      $container->get('file_url_generator')
     );
   }
 
@@ -89,6 +101,7 @@ public static function create(ContainerInterface $container, array $configuratio
    */
   public static function defaultSettings() {
     return [
+      'absolute_url' => FALSE,
       'image_style' => '',
     ];
   }
@@ -99,6 +112,13 @@ public static function defaultSettings() {
   public function settingsForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
     $element = parent::settingsForm($form, $form_state);
 
+    $element['absolute_url'] = [
+      '#type' => 'checkbox',
+      '#title' => $this->t('Render as absolute url'),
+      '#description' => $this->t('If checked, links will be rendered as absolute urls.'),
+      '#default_value' => $this->getSetting('absolute_url'),
+    ];
+
     unset($element['image_link'], $element['image_loading']);
 
     $image_styles = image_style_options(FALSE);
@@ -139,7 +159,9 @@ public function settingsSummary() {
       $summary[] = $this->t('Original image');
     }
 
-    return array_merge($summary, parent::settingsSummary());
+    $summary[] = $this->getSetting('absolute_url') ? $this->t('Rendered as absolute url') : $this->t('Rendered as relative url');
+
+    return $summary;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -163,6 +185,11 @@ public function viewElements(FieldItemListInterface $items, $langcode) {
       $image_uri = $image->getFileUri();
       $url = $image_style ? $file_url_generator->transformRelative($image_style->buildUrl($image_uri)) : $file_url_generator->generateString($image_uri);
 
+      // Generate absolute url for the image.
+      if (!$this->getSetting('absolute_url')) {
+        $url = $this->fileUrlGenerator->generateString($url);
+      }
+
       // Add cacheability metadata from the image and image style.
       $cacheability = CacheableMetadata::createFromObject($image);
       if ($image_style) {
@@ -171,6 +198,11 @@ public function viewElements(FieldItemListInterface $items, $langcode) {
 
       $elements[$delta] = ['#markup' => $url];
       $cacheability->applyTo($elements[$delta]);
+
+      // Add url.site cache context if url is absolute URL.
+      if ($this->getSetting('absolute_url')) {
+        array_push($elements[$delta]['#cache']['contexts'], 'url.site');
+      }
     }
     return $elements;
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/image/tests/src/Functional/ImageFieldDisplayTest.php b/core/modules/image/tests/src/Functional/ImageFieldDisplayTest.php
index 7502129a79..868d1734d5 100644
--- a/core/modules/image/tests/src/Functional/ImageFieldDisplayTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/image/tests/src/Functional/ImageFieldDisplayTest.php
@@ -229,12 +229,41 @@ public function _testImageFieldFormatters($scheme) {
       'type' => 'image_url',
       'settings' => [
         'image_style' => 'thumbnail',
+        'absolute_url' => TRUE,
       ],
     ];
     $display = \Drupal::service('entity_display.repository')->getViewDisplay('node', $node->getType(), 'default');
     $display->setComponent($field_name, $display_options)->save();
     $this->drupalGet("admin/structure/types/manage/" . $node->getType() . "/display");
     $this->assertSession()->responseContains('Image style: Thumbnail (100×100)');
+
+    $expected_url = \Drupal::service('file_url_generator')->generateAbsoluteString($image_uri);
+    $this->assertEquals($expected_url, $node->{$field_name}->view($display_options)[0]['#markup']);
+    if ($scheme === 'public') {
+      $this->assertContains('url.site', $node->{$field_name}->view($display_options)[0]['#cache']['contexts']);
+    }
+    if ($scheme === 'private') {
+      $this->assertEquals($expected_url, $node->{$field_name}->view($display_options)[0]['#markup']);
+      $this->assertContains('url.site', $node->{$field_name}->view($display_options)[0]['#cache']['contexts']);
+      $this->drupalLogout();
+    }
+
+    // Disable absolute_url option again to validate cache contexts.
+    $display_options = [
+      'type' => 'image_url',
+      'settings' => [
+        'image_style' => '',
+        'absolute_url' => FALSE,
+      ],
+    ];
+    $display = \Drupal::service('entity_display.repository')->getViewDisplay('node', $node->getType());
+    $display->setComponent($field_name, $display_options)->save();
+    if ($scheme === 'public') {
+      $this->assertNotContains('url.site', $node->{$field_name}->view($display_options)[0]['#cache']['contexts']);
+    }
+    elseif ($scheme === 'private') {
+      $this->assertNotContains('url.site', $node->{$field_name}->view($display_options)[0]['#cache']['contexts']);
+    }
   }
 
   /**