diff --git a/core/example-tests/example.js b/core/example-tests/example.js
index c96fcca383..adc50b5123 100644
--- a/core/example-tests/example.js
+++ b/core/example-tests/example.js
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ const BASEURL = process.env.SIMPLETEST_BASE_URL;
  * @returns {*}
  */
 const setupCookie = function (browser, cookieValue) {
+  const matches = BASEURL.match(/^https?\:\/\/([^\/?#]+)(?:[\/?#]|$)/i);
+  const domain = matches[1];
+  const path = matches[2];
+
   return browser
     // See https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromedriver/issues/detail?id=728#c10
     .url(BASEURL)
@@ -21,8 +25,8 @@ const setupCookie = function (browser, cookieValue) {
       name: 'SIMPLETEST_USER_AGENT',
       // Colons needs to be URL encoded to be valid.
       value: encodeURIComponent(cookieValue),
-      path: BASEURL.split(extractHostname)[1],
-      domain: extractHostname(BASEURL),
+      path: path,
+      domain: domain,
     });
 };