diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
index 62384dfa845a..83fe76e6bb7b 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
@@ -993,6 +993,12 @@ void WebContents::LoadURL(const GURL& url, const mate::Dictionary& options) {
     params.load_type = content::NavigationController::LOAD_TYPE_HTTP_POST;
   }
 
+  GURL base_url_for_data_url;
+  if (options.Get("baseURLForDataURL", &base_url_for_data_url)) {
+    params.base_url_for_data_url = base_url_for_data_url;
+    params.load_type = content::NavigationController::LOAD_TYPE_DATA;
+  }
+
   params.transition_type = ui::PAGE_TRANSITION_TYPED;
   params.should_clear_history_list = true;
   params.override_user_agent = content::NavigationController::UA_OVERRIDE_TRUE;
diff --git a/docs/api/browser-window.md b/docs/api/browser-window.md
index 398dd3b74649..9463ee0cca1d 100644
--- a/docs/api/browser-window.md
+++ b/docs/api/browser-window.md
@@ -1004,6 +1004,7 @@ Same as `webContents.capturePage([rect, ]callback)`.
   * `userAgent` String (optional) - A user agent originating the request.
   * `extraHeaders` String (optional) - Extra headers separated by "\n"
   * `postData` ([UploadRawData](structures/upload-raw-data.md) | [UploadFile](structures/upload-file.md) | [UploadFileSystem](structures/upload-file-system.md) | [UploadBlob](structures/upload-blob.md))[] - (optional)
+  * `baseURLForDataURL` String (optional) - Base url (with trailing path separator) for files to be loaded by the data url. This is needed only if the specified `url` is a data url and needs to load other files. 
 
 Same as `webContents.loadURL(url[, options])`.
 
diff --git a/docs/api/web-contents.md b/docs/api/web-contents.md
index b35bbdee7d4c..5e3e8dd697a4 100644
--- a/docs/api/web-contents.md
+++ b/docs/api/web-contents.md
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ that can't be set via `<webview>` attributes.
   * `userAgent` String (optional) - A user agent originating the request.
   * `extraHeaders` String (optional) - Extra headers separated by "\n"
   * `postData` ([UploadRawData](structures/upload-raw-data.md) | [UploadFile](structures/upload-file.md) | [UploadFileSystem](structures/upload-file-system.md) | [UploadBlob](structures/upload-blob.md))[] - (optional)
+  * `baseURLForDataURL` String (optional) - Base url (with trailing path separator) for files to be loaded by the data url. This is needed only if the specified `url` is a data url and needs to load other files. 
 
 Loads the `url` in the window. The `url` must contain the protocol prefix,
 e.g. the `http://` or `file://`. If the load should bypass http cache then
diff --git a/docs/api/webview-tag.md b/docs/api/webview-tag.md
index abfd5a16824d..5efc225a1d65 100644
--- a/docs/api/webview-tag.md
+++ b/docs/api/webview-tag.md
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ webview.addEventListener('dom-ready', () => {
   * `userAgent` String (optional) - A user agent originating the request.
   * `extraHeaders` String (optional) - Extra headers separated by "\n"
   * `postData` ([UploadRawData](structures/upload-raw-data.md) | [UploadFile](structures/upload-file.md) | [UploadFileSystem](structures/upload-file-system.md) | [UploadBlob](structures/upload-blob.md))[] - (optional)
+  * `baseURLForDataURL` String (optional) - Base url (with trailing path separator) for files to be loaded by the data url. This is needed only if the specified `url` is a data url and needs to load other files. 
 
 Loads the `url` in the webview, the `url` must contain the protocol prefix,
 e.g. the `http://` or `file://`.
diff --git a/spec/api-browser-window-spec.js b/spec/api-browser-window-spec.js
index c9fe34aef8f4..4ee9c5b583dc 100644
--- a/spec/api-browser-window-spec.js
+++ b/spec/api-browser-window-spec.js
@@ -283,6 +283,14 @@ describe('BrowserWindow module', function () {
         w.loadURL(server.url)
       })
     })
+
+    it('should support support base url for data urls', (done) => {
+      ipcMain.once('answer', function (event, test) {
+        assert.equal(test, 'test')
+        done()
+      })
+      w.loadURL('data:text/html,<script src="loaded-from-dataurl.js"></script>', {baseURLForDataURL: `file://${path.join(fixtures, 'api')}${path.sep}`})
+    })
   })
 
   describe('will-navigate event', function () {
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/api/loaded-from-dataurl.js b/spec/fixtures/api/loaded-from-dataurl.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c4dbdd044bdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/api/loaded-from-dataurl.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+require('electron').ipcRenderer.send('answer', 'test')