diff --git a/samples/StandaloneApp/Pages/FetchData.cshtml b/samples/StandaloneApp/Pages/FetchData.cshtml
index 2cc8cbfcb6..ef6efd2958 100644
--- a/samples/StandaloneApp/Pages/FetchData.cshtml
+++ b/samples/StandaloneApp/Pages/FetchData.cshtml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.Services.Temporary
-@inject HttpClient Http
+@inject HttpClient Http
 
 <h1>Weather forecast</h1>
 
diff --git a/samples/StandaloneApp/_ViewImports.cshtml b/samples/StandaloneApp/_ViewImports.cshtml
index caea86a11a..eae35968c9 100644
--- a/samples/StandaloneApp/_ViewImports.cshtml
+++ b/samples/StandaloneApp/_ViewImports.cshtml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor
+@using System.Net.Http
+@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor
 @using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Layouts
 @using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Routing
 @using StandaloneApp
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.JS/src/Services/Http.ts b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.JS/src/Services/Http.ts
index 26b68c7166..170761646f 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.JS/src/Services/Http.ts
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.JS/src/Services/Http.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 import { platform } from '../Environment';
 import { MethodHandle, System_String } from '../Platform/Platform';
 const httpClientAssembly = 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser';
-const httpClientNamespace = `${httpClientAssembly}.Services.Temporary`;
-const httpClientTypeName = 'HttpClient';
+const httpClientNamespace = `${httpClientAssembly}.Http`;
+const httpClientTypeName = 'BrowserHttpMessageHandler';
 const httpClientFullTypeName = `${httpClientNamespace}.${httpClientTypeName}`;
 let receiveResponseMethod: MethodHandle;
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser/Http/BrowserHttpMessageHandler.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser/Http/BrowserHttpMessageHandler.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de00e0a3a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser/Http/BrowserHttpMessageHandler.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.Interop;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.Http
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A browser-compatible implementation of <see cref="HttpMessageHandler"/>
+    /// </summary>
+    public class BrowserHttpMessageHandler : HttpMessageHandler
+    {
+        static object _idLock = new object();
+        static int _nextRequestId = 0;
+        static IDictionary<int, TaskCompletionSource<HttpResponseMessage>> _pendingRequests
+            = new Dictionary<int, TaskCompletionSource<HttpResponseMessage>>();
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(
+            HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<HttpResponseMessage>();
+            cancellationToken.Register(() => tcs.TrySetCanceled());
+
+            int id;
+            lock (_idLock)
+            {
+                id = _nextRequestId++;
+                _pendingRequests.Add(id, tcs);
+            }
+
+            RegisteredFunction.Invoke<object>(
+                $"{typeof(BrowserHttpMessageHandler).FullName}.Send",
+                id,
+                request.Method.Method,
+                request.RequestUri,
+                request.Content == null ? null : await GetContentAsString(request.Content),
+                SerializeHeadersAsJson(request));
+
+            return await tcs.Task;
+        }
+
+        private string SerializeHeadersAsJson(HttpRequestMessage request)
+            => JsonUtil.Serialize(
+                (from header in request.Headers.Concat(request.Content?.Headers ?? Enumerable.Empty<KeyValuePair<string, IEnumerable<string>>>())
+                 from headerValue in header.Value // There can be more than one value for each name
+                 select new[] { header.Key, headerValue }).ToList()
+            );
+
+        private static async Task<string> GetContentAsString(HttpContent content)
+            => content is StringContent stringContent
+                ? await stringContent.ReadAsStringAsync()
+                : throw new InvalidOperationException($"Currently, {typeof(HttpClient).FullName} " +
+                    $"only supports contents of type {nameof(StringContent)}, but you supplied " +
+                    $"{content.GetType().FullName}.");
+
+        private static void ReceiveResponse(
+            string id,
+            string responseDescriptorJson,
+            string responseBodyText,
+            string errorText)
+        {
+            TaskCompletionSource<HttpResponseMessage> tcs;
+            var idVal = int.Parse(id);
+            lock (_idLock)
+            {
+                tcs = _pendingRequests[idVal];
+                _pendingRequests.Remove(idVal);
+            }
+
+            if (errorText != null)
+            {
+                tcs.SetException(new HttpRequestException(errorText));
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                var responseDescriptor = JsonUtil.Deserialize<ResponseDescriptor>(responseDescriptorJson);
+                var responseContent = responseBodyText == null ? null : new StringContent(responseBodyText);
+                var responseMessage = responseDescriptor.ToResponseMessage(responseContent);
+                tcs.SetResult(responseMessage);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Keep in sync with TypeScript class in Http.ts
+        private class ResponseDescriptor
+        {
+            #pragma warning disable 0649
+            public int StatusCode { get; set; }
+            public string[][] Headers { get; set; }
+            #pragma warning restore 0649
+
+            public HttpResponseMessage ToResponseMessage(HttpContent content)
+            {
+                var result = new HttpResponseMessage((HttpStatusCode)StatusCode);
+                result.Content = content;
+                var headers = result.Headers;
+                var contentHeaders = result.Content?.Headers;
+                foreach (var pair in Headers)
+                {
+                    if (!headers.TryAddWithoutValidation(pair[0], pair[1]))
+                    {
+                        contentHeaders?.TryAddWithoutValidation(pair[0], pair[1]);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return result;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser/Services/BrowserServiceProvider.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser/Services/BrowserServiceProvider.cs
index 52f7c1b5e9..a3351eebe1 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser/Services/BrowserServiceProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser/Services/BrowserServiceProvider.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 // Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.Services.Temporary;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Services;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using System;
+using System.Net.Http;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.Services
 {
@@ -43,7 +44,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.Services
         {
             var uriHelper = new BrowserUriHelper();
             serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IUriHelper>(uriHelper);
-            serviceCollection.AddSingleton(new HttpClient(uriHelper));
+            serviceCollection.AddSingleton(new HttpClient(new BrowserHttpMessageHandler())
+            {
+                BaseAddress = new Uri(uriHelper.GetBaseUriPrefix())
+            });
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser/Services/Temporary/HttpClient.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser/Services/Temporary/HttpClient.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 24af600334..0000000000
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser/Services/Temporary/HttpClient.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,183 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
-
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.Interop;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Services;
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Net;
-using System.Net.Http;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-
-namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.Services.Temporary
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Provides mechanisms for sending HTTP requests.
-    /// 
-    /// This is intended to serve as an equivalent to <see cref="System.Net.Http.HttpClient"/>
-    /// until we're able to use the real <see cref="System.Net.Http.HttpClient"/> inside Mono
-    /// for WebAssembly.
-    /// </summary>
-    public class HttpClient
-    {
-        static object _idLock = new object();
-        static int _nextRequestId = 0;
-        static IDictionary<int, TaskCompletionSource<HttpResponseMessage>> _pendingRequests
-            = new Dictionary<int, TaskCompletionSource<HttpResponseMessage>>();
-        IUriHelper _uriHelper;
-
-        // Making the constructor internal to be sure people only get instances from
-        // the service provider. It doesn't make any difference right now, but when
-        // we switch to System.Net.Http.HttpClient, there may be a period where it
-        // only works when you get an instance from the service provider because it
-        // has to be configured with a browser-specific HTTP handler. In the long
-        // term, it should be possible to use System.Net.Http.HttpClient directly
-        // without any browser-specific constructor args.
-        internal HttpClient(IUriHelper uriHelper)
-        {
-            _uriHelper = uriHelper ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(uriHelper));
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Sends a GET request to the specified URI and returns the response body as
-        /// a string in an asynchronous operation.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="requestUri">The URI the request is sent to.</param>
-        /// <returns>A task representing the asynchronous operation.</returns>
-        public async Task<string> GetStringAsync(string requestUri)
-        {
-            var response = await GetAsync(requestUri);
-            if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
-            {
-                throw new HttpRequestException($"The response status code was {response.StatusCode}");
-            }
-            return await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Sends a GET request to the specified URI and returns the response as
-        /// an instance of <see cref="HttpResponseMessage"/> in an asynchronous
-        /// operation.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="requestUri">The URI the request is sent to.</param>
-        /// <returns>A task representing the asynchronous operation.</returns>
-        public Task<HttpResponseMessage> GetAsync(string requestUri)
-            => SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, CreateUri(requestUri)));
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Sends a POST request to the specified URI and returns the response as
-        /// an instance of <see cref="HttpResponseMessage"/> in an asynchronous
-        /// operation.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="requestUri">The URI the request is sent to.</param>
-        /// <param name="content">The content for the request.</param>
-        /// <returns>A task representing the asynchronous operation.</returns>
-        public Task<HttpResponseMessage> PostAsync(string requestUri, HttpContent content)
-            => SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, CreateUri(requestUri))
-            {
-                Content = content
-            });
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Sends an HTTP request to the specified URI and returns the response as
-        /// an instance of <see cref="HttpResponseMessage"/> in an asynchronous
-        /// operation.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="request">The request to be sent.</param>
-        /// <returns>A task representing the asynchronous operation.</returns>
-        public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request)
-        {
-            var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<HttpResponseMessage>();
-            int id;
-            lock (_idLock)
-            {
-                id = _nextRequestId++;
-                _pendingRequests.Add(id, tcs);
-            }
-
-            RegisteredFunction.Invoke<object>(
-                $"{typeof(HttpClient).FullName}.Send",
-                id,
-                request.Method.Method,
-                ResolveRequestUri(request.RequestUri),
-                request.Content == null ? null : await GetContentAsString(request.Content),
-                SerializeHeadersAsJson(request));
-
-            return await tcs.Task;
-        }
-
-        private string SerializeHeadersAsJson(HttpRequestMessage request)
-            => JsonUtil.Serialize(
-                (from header in request.Headers.Concat(request.Content?.Headers ?? Enumerable.Empty<KeyValuePair<string, IEnumerable<string>>>())
-                from headerValue in header.Value // There can be more than one value for each name
-                select new[] { header.Key, headerValue }).ToList()
-            );
-
-        private static async Task<string> GetContentAsString(HttpContent content)
-            => content is StringContent stringContent
-                ? await stringContent.ReadAsStringAsync()
-                : throw new InvalidOperationException($"Currently, {typeof(HttpClient).FullName} " +
-                    $"only supports contents of type {nameof(StringContent)}, but you supplied " +
-                    $"{content.GetType().FullName}.");
-
-        private Uri CreateUri(String uri)
-            => new Uri(uri, UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute);
-
-        private static void ReceiveResponse(
-            string id,
-            string responseDescriptorJson,
-            string responseBodyText,
-            string errorText)
-        {
-            TaskCompletionSource<HttpResponseMessage> tcs;
-            var idVal = int.Parse(id);
-            lock (_idLock)
-            {
-                tcs = _pendingRequests[idVal];
-                _pendingRequests.Remove(idVal);
-            }
-
-            if (errorText != null)
-            {
-                tcs.SetException(new HttpRequestException(errorText));
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                var responseDescriptor = JsonUtil.Deserialize<ResponseDescriptor>(responseDescriptorJson);
-                var responseContent = responseBodyText == null ? null : new StringContent(responseBodyText);
-                var responseMessage = responseDescriptor.ToResponseMessage(responseContent);
-                tcs.SetResult(responseMessage);
-            }
-        }
-
-        private string ResolveRequestUri(Uri requestUri)
-            => _uriHelper.ToAbsoluteUri(requestUri.OriginalString).AbsoluteUri;
-
-        // Keep in sync with TypeScript class in Http.ts
-        private class ResponseDescriptor
-        {
-            #pragma warning disable 0649
-            public int StatusCode { get; set; }
-            public string[][] Headers { get; set; }
-            #pragma warning restore 0649
-
-            public HttpResponseMessage ToResponseMessage(HttpContent content)
-            {
-                var result = new HttpResponseMessage((HttpStatusCode)StatusCode);
-                result.Content = content;
-                var headers = result.Headers;
-                var contentHeaders = result.Content?.Headers;
-                foreach (var pair in Headers)
-                {
-                    if (!headers.TryAddWithoutValidation(pair[0], pair[1]))
-                    {
-                        contentHeaders?.TryAddWithoutValidation(pair[0], pair[1]);
-                    }
-                }
-
-                return result;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Templates/content/BlazorHosted.CSharp/BlazorHosted.CSharp.Client/Pages/FetchData.cshtml b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Templates/content/BlazorHosted.CSharp/BlazorHosted.CSharp.Client/Pages/FetchData.cshtml
index e5e0344557..97ec765bbd 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Templates/content/BlazorHosted.CSharp/BlazorHosted.CSharp.Client/Pages/FetchData.cshtml
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Templates/content/BlazorHosted.CSharp/BlazorHosted.CSharp.Client/Pages/FetchData.cshtml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.Services.Temporary
-@using BlazorHosted.CSharp.Shared
+@using BlazorHosted.CSharp.Shared
 @inject HttpClient Http
 
 <h1>Weather forecast</h1>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Templates/content/BlazorHosted.CSharp/BlazorHosted.CSharp.Client/_ViewImports.cshtml b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Templates/content/BlazorHosted.CSharp/BlazorHosted.CSharp.Client/_ViewImports.cshtml
index 12019f24b6..0377253a83 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Templates/content/BlazorHosted.CSharp/BlazorHosted.CSharp.Client/_ViewImports.cshtml
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Templates/content/BlazorHosted.CSharp/BlazorHosted.CSharp.Client/_ViewImports.cshtml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor
+@using System.Net.Http
+@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor
 @using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Layouts
 @using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Routing
 @using BlazorHosted.CSharp.Client
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Templates/content/BlazorStandalone.CSharp/Pages/FetchData.cshtml b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Templates/content/BlazorStandalone.CSharp/Pages/FetchData.cshtml
index 3ca1823f10..bf9bd40e49 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Templates/content/BlazorStandalone.CSharp/Pages/FetchData.cshtml
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Templates/content/BlazorStandalone.CSharp/Pages/FetchData.cshtml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.Services.Temporary
-@inject HttpClient Http
+@inject HttpClient Http
 
 <h1>Weather forecast</h1>
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Templates/content/BlazorStandalone.CSharp/_ViewImports.cshtml b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Templates/content/BlazorStandalone.CSharp/_ViewImports.cshtml
index 9c36108975..0cf69b273d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Templates/content/BlazorStandalone.CSharp/_ViewImports.cshtml
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Templates/content/BlazorStandalone.CSharp/_ViewImports.cshtml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor
+@using System.Net.Http
+@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor
 @using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Layouts
 @using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Routing
 @using BlazorStandalone.CSharp
diff --git a/test/testapps/BasicTestApp/HttpClientTest/HttpRequestsComponent.cshtml b/test/testapps/BasicTestApp/HttpClientTest/HttpRequestsComponent.cshtml
index 34af7864a8..5a632491f5 100644
--- a/test/testapps/BasicTestApp/HttpClientTest/HttpRequestsComponent.cshtml
+++ b/test/testapps/BasicTestApp/HttpClientTest/HttpRequestsComponent.cshtml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @using System.Net
 @using System.Net.Http
-@inject Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.Services.Temporary.HttpClient Http
+@inject HttpClient Http
 
 <h1>HTTP request tester</h1>