diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/ActionResults/RedirectResult.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/ActionResults/RedirectResult.cs
index 60c692d3ec..a9c9d86b1d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/ActionResults/RedirectResult.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/ActionResults/RedirectResult.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core;
+using Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 {
@@ -30,10 +31,18 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 
         public override void ExecuteResult([NotNull] ActionContext context)
         {
-            // It is redirected directly to the input URL.
-            // We would use the context to construct the full URL,
-            // only when relative URLs are supported. (Issue - WEBFX-202)
-            context.HttpContext.Response.Redirect(Url, Permanent);
+            var destinationUrl = Url;
+            var urlHelper = context.HttpContext
+                                   .RequestServices
+                                   .GetService<IUrlHelper>();
+
+            // IsLocalUrl is called to handle  Urls starting with '~/'.
+            if (urlHelper.IsLocalUrl(destinationUrl))
+            {
+                destinationUrl = urlHelper.Content(Url);
+            }
+
+            context.HttpContext.Response.Redirect(destinationUrl, Permanent);
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core.Test/ActionResults/RedirectResultTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core.Test/ActionResults/RedirectResultTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a7f62b967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core.Test/ActionResults/RedirectResultTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Http;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Routing;
+using Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection.Fallback;
+using Moq;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core.Test
+{
+    public class RedirectResultTest
+    {
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("", "/Home/About", "/Home/About")]
+        [InlineData("/myapproot", "/test", "/test")]
+        public void Execute_ReturnsContentPath_WhenItDoesNotStartWithTilde(string appRoot,
+                                                                           string contentPath,
+                                                                           string expectedPath)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var httpResponse = new Mock<HttpResponse>();
+            httpResponse.Setup(o => o.Redirect(expectedPath, false))
+                        .Verifiable();
+
+            var httpContext = GetHttpContext(appRoot, contentPath, expectedPath, httpResponse.Object);
+            var actionContext = GetActionContext(httpContext);
+            var result = new RedirectResult(contentPath);
+
+            // Act
+            result.ExecuteResult(actionContext);
+
+            // Assert
+            // Verifying if Redirect was called with the specific Url and parameter flag.
+            httpResponse.Verify();
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(null, "~/Home/About", "/Home/About")]
+        [InlineData("/", "~/Home/About", "/Home/About")]
+        [InlineData("/", "~/", "/")]
+        [InlineData("", "~/Home/About", "/Home/About")]
+        [InlineData("/myapproot", "~/", "/myapproot/")]
+        [InlineData("", "~/Home/About", "/Home/About")]
+        [InlineData("/myapproot", "~/", "/myapproot/")]
+        public void Execute_ReturnsAppRelativePath_WhenItStartsWithTilde(string appRoot,
+                                                                         string contentPath,
+                                                                         string expectedPath)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var httpResponse = new Mock<HttpResponse>();
+            httpResponse.Setup(o => o.Redirect(expectedPath, false))
+                        .Verifiable();
+
+            var httpContext = GetHttpContext(appRoot, contentPath, expectedPath, httpResponse.Object);
+            var actionContext = GetActionContext(httpContext);
+            var result = new RedirectResult(contentPath);
+
+            // Act
+            result.ExecuteResult(actionContext);
+
+            // Assert
+            // Verifying if Redirect was called with the specific Url and parameter flag.
+            httpResponse.Verify();
+        }
+
+        private static ActionContext GetActionContext(HttpContext httpContext)
+        {
+            return new ActionContext(httpContext,
+                                    Mock.Of<IRouter>(),
+                                    new Dictionary<string, object>(),
+                                    new ActionDescriptor());
+        }
+
+        private static IServiceProvider GetServiceProvider(IUrlHelper urlHelper)
+        {
+            var serviceCollection = new ServiceCollection();
+            serviceCollection.AddInstance<IUrlHelper>(urlHelper);
+            return serviceCollection.BuildServiceProvider();
+        }
+
+        private static HttpContext GetHttpContext(string appRoot, 
+                                                     string contentPath,
+                                                     string expectedPath,
+                                                     HttpResponse response)
+        {
+            var httpContext = new Mock<HttpContext>();
+            var actionContext = GetActionContext(httpContext.Object);
+            var mockContentAccessor = new Mock<IContextAccessor<ActionContext>>();
+            mockContentAccessor.SetupGet(o => o.Value).Returns(actionContext);
+            var mockActionSelector = new Mock<IActionSelector>();
+            var urlHelper = new UrlHelper(mockContentAccessor.Object, mockActionSelector.Object);
+            var serviceProvider = GetServiceProvider(urlHelper);
+
+            httpContext.Setup(o => o.Response)
+                       .Returns(response);
+            httpContext.SetupGet(o => o.RequestServices)
+                       .Returns(serviceProvider);
+            httpContext.Setup(o => o.Request.PathBase)
+                       .Returns(new PathString(appRoot));
+
+            return httpContext.Object;
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core.Test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core.Test.kproj b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core.Test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core.Test.kproj
index 088dc97262..f150153062 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core.Test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core.Test.kproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core.Test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core.Test.kproj
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     <Compile Include="ActionExecutorTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ActionResults\RedirectToActionResultTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ActionResults\RedirectToRouteResultTest.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="ActionResults\RedirectResultTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ActionSelectionConventionTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="AntiXsrf\AntiForgeryTokenSerializerTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="AntiXsrf\ITokenProvider.cs" />