diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/field/FieldPluginBase.php b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/field/FieldPluginBase.php
index 3f8944f..6657c47 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/field/FieldPluginBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/field/FieldPluginBase.php
@@ -1371,21 +1371,35 @@ protected function renderAsLink($alter, $text, $tokens) {
     // strip_tags() and viewsTokenReplace remove <front>, so check whether it's
     // different to front.
     if ($path != '<front>') {
-      // Use strip tags as there should never be HTML in the path.
-      // However, we need to preserve special characters like " that
-      // were removed by SafeMarkup::checkPlain().
+      // Use strip_tags as there should never be HTML in the path.
+      // However, we need to preserve special characters like " that were
+      // removed by SafeMarkup::checkPlain().
       $path = Html::decodeEntities($this->viewsTokenReplace($alter['path'], $tokens));
-      strip_tags($path);
+
+      // Tokens might contain <front>, so check for <front> again.
+      if ($path != '<front>') {
+        $path = strip_tags($path);
+      }
+
+      // Tokens might have resolved URL's, as is the case for tokens provided by
+      // Link fields, so all internal paths will be prefixed by base_path(). For
+      // proper further handling reset this to internal:/.
+      if (strpos($path, base_path()) === 0) {
+        $path = str_replace(base_path(), 'internal:/', $path);
+      }
 
       // If we have no $path and no $alter['url'], we have nothing to work with,
       // so we just return the text.
-      if (empty($path) && empty($alter['url'])) return $text;
+      if (empty($path) && empty($alter['url'])) {
+        return $text;
+      }
 
       // If no scheme is provided in the $path, assign the default 'http://'.
       // This allows a url of 'www.example.com' to be converted to
       // 'http://www.example.com'.
-      // Only do this on for external URLs.
-      if ($alter['external'] && !parse_url($path, PHP_URL_SCHEME)) {
+      // Only do this when flag for external has been set, $path doesn't contain
+      // a scheme and $path doesn't have a leading /.
+      if ($alter['external'] && !parse_url($path, PHP_URL_SCHEME) && strpos($path, '/') !== 0) {
         // There is no scheme, add the default 'http://' to the $path.
         $path = "http://" . $path;
       }