diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/Directives/ChunkInheritanceUtility.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/Directives/ChunkInheritanceUtility.cs
index 0e3f5adce0..d278980cd9 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/Directives/ChunkInheritanceUtility.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/Directives/ChunkInheritanceUtility.cs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Directives
         /// <param name="pagePath">The path of the page to locate inherited chunks for.</param>
         /// <returns>A <see cref="IReadOnlyList{CodeTree}"/> of parsed <c>_GlobalImport</c>
         /// <see cref="CodeTree"/>s.</returns>
-        public IReadOnlyList<CodeTree> GetInheritedCodeTrees([NotNull] string pagePath)
+        public virtual IReadOnlyList<CodeTree> GetInheritedCodeTrees([NotNull] string pagePath)
         {
             var inheritedCodeTrees = new List<CodeTree>();
             var templateEngine = new RazorTemplateEngine(_razorHost);
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/Internal/DesignTimeRazorPathNormalizer.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/Internal/DesignTimeRazorPathNormalizer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac433aaee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/Internal/DesignTimeRazorPathNormalizer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// 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.IO;
+using Microsoft.Framework.Internal;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Internal
+{
+    public class DesignTimeRazorPathNormalizer : RazorPathNormalizer
+    {
+        private readonly string _applicationRoot;
+
+        public DesignTimeRazorPathNormalizer([NotNull] string applicationRoot)
+        {
+            _applicationRoot = applicationRoot;
+        }
+
+        public override string NormalizePath([NotNull] string path)
+        {
+            // Need to convert path to application relative (rooted paths are passed in during design time).
+            if (Path.IsPathRooted(path) && path.StartsWith(_applicationRoot, StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            {
+                path = path.Substring(_applicationRoot.Length);
+            }
+
+            return path;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/Internal/RazorPathNormalizer.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/Internal/RazorPathNormalizer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f459534fb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/Internal/RazorPathNormalizer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// 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 Microsoft.Framework.Internal;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Internal
+{
+    public class RazorPathNormalizer
+    {
+        public virtual string NormalizePath([NotNull] string path)
+        {
+            return path;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/MvcRazorHost.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/MvcRazorHost.cs
index 86fa368baa..7c33a5015a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/MvcRazorHost.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host/MvcRazorHost.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.FileProviders;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Directives;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Internal;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Razor;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Generator;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Generator.Compiler;
@@ -36,31 +37,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
         // This field holds the type name without the generic decoration (MyBaseType)
         private readonly string _baseType;
         private readonly ICodeTreeCache _codeTreeCache;
+        private readonly RazorPathNormalizer _pathNormalizer;
         private ChunkInheritanceUtility _chunkInheritanceUtility;
 
-#if NET45
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="MvcRazorHost"/> with the specified
-        /// <param name="root"/>.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="root">The path to the application base.</param>
-        // Note: This constructor is used by tooling and is created once for each
-        // Razor page that is loaded. Consequently, each loaded page has its own copy of
-        // the CodeTreeCache, but this ok - having a shared CodeTreeCache per application in tooling
-        // is problematic to manage.
-        public MvcRazorHost(string root) :
-            this(new DefaultCodeTreeCache(new PhysicalFileProvider(root)))
-        {
-            ApplicationRoot = root;
-        }
-#endif
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="MvcRazorHost"/> using the specified <paramref name="fileProvider"/>.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="fileProvider">A <see cref="IFileProvider"/> rooted at the application base path.</param>
-        public MvcRazorHost(ICodeTreeCache codeTreeCache)
+        internal MvcRazorHost(ICodeTreeCache codeTreeCache, RazorPathNormalizer pathNormalizer)
             : base(new CSharpRazorCodeLanguage())
         {
+            _pathNormalizer = pathNormalizer;
             _baseType = BaseType;
             _codeTreeCache = codeTreeCache;
 
@@ -115,10 +98,26 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
 
 #if NET45
         /// <summary>
-        /// The path to the application root.
+        /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="MvcRazorHost"/> with the specified  <paramref name="root"/>.
         /// </summary>
-        public string ApplicationRoot { get; }
+        /// <param name="root">The path to the application base.</param>
+        // Note: This constructor is used by tooling and is created once for each
+        // Razor page that is loaded. Consequently, each loaded page has its own copy of
+        // the CodeTreeCache, but this ok - having a shared CodeTreeCache per application in tooling
+        // is problematic to manage.
+        public MvcRazorHost(string root) 
+            : this(new DefaultCodeTreeCache(new PhysicalFileProvider(root)), new DesignTimeRazorPathNormalizer(root))
+        {
+        }
 #endif
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="MvcRazorHost"/> using the specified <paramref name="codeTreeCache"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="codeTreeCache">An <see cref="ICodeTreeCache"/> rooted at the application base path.</param>
+        public MvcRazorHost(ICodeTreeCache codeTreeCache)
+            : this(codeTreeCache, new RazorPathNormalizer())
+        {
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the model type used by default when no model is specified.
@@ -168,7 +167,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
             get { return "CreateModelExpression"; }
         }
 
-        private ChunkInheritanceUtility ChunkInheritanceUtility
+        // Internal for testing
+        internal ChunkInheritanceUtility ChunkInheritanceUtility
         {
             get
             {
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
 
                 return _chunkInheritanceUtility;
             }
+            set
+            {
+                _chunkInheritanceUtility = value;
+            }
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -194,13 +198,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public override RazorParser DecorateRazorParser([NotNull] RazorParser razorParser, string sourceFileName)
         {
-#if NET45
-            // Need to convert sourceFileName to application relative (rooted paths are passed in by tooling).
-            if (Path.IsPathRooted(sourceFileName))
-            {
-                sourceFileName = sourceFileName.Substring(ApplicationRoot.Length);
-            }
-#endif
+            sourceFileName = _pathNormalizer.NormalizePath(sourceFileName);
 
             var inheritedCodeTrees = ChunkInheritanceUtility.GetInheritedCodeTrees(sourceFileName);
             return new MvcRazorParser(razorParser, inheritedCodeTrees, DefaultInheritedChunks);
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host.Test/MvcRazorHostTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host.Test/MvcRazorHostTest.cs
index ffef6acf74..ffb2a8a9d0 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host.Test/MvcRazorHostTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Host.Test/MvcRazorHostTest.cs
@@ -1,20 +1,52 @@
 // 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 System.IO;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Directives;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Internal;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Razor;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Generator;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Generator.Compiler;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Generator.Compiler.CSharp;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Parser;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Text;
+using Microsoft.Framework.Internal;
 using Xunit;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
 {
     public class MvcRazorHostTest
     {
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("//")]
+        [InlineData("C:/")]
+        [InlineData(@"\\")]
+        [InlineData(@"C:\")]
+        public void DecorateRazorParser_DesignTimeRazorPathNormalizer_NormalizesChunkInheritanceUtilityPaths(
+            string rootPrefix)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var rootedAppPath = $"{rootPrefix}SomeComputer/Location/Project/";
+            var rootedFilePath = $"{rootPrefix}SomeComputer/Location/Project/src/file.cshtml";
+            var host = new MvcRazorHost(
+                codeTreeCache: null,
+                pathNormalizer: new DesignTimeRazorPathNormalizer(rootedAppPath));
+            var parser = new RazorParser(
+                host.CodeLanguage.CreateCodeParser(),
+                host.CreateMarkupParser(),
+                tagHelperDescriptorResolver: null);
+            var chunkInheritanceUtility = new PathValidatingChunkInheritanceUtility(host);
+            host.ChunkInheritanceUtility = chunkInheritanceUtility;
+
+            // Act
+            host.DecorateRazorParser(parser, rootedFilePath);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal("src/file.cshtml", chunkInheritanceUtility.InheritedCodeTreePagePath, StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void MvcRazorHost_EnablesInstrumentationByDefault()
         {
@@ -254,6 +286,23 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
                 generatedLocation: new MappingLocation(generatedLocation, contentLength));
         }
 
+        private class PathValidatingChunkInheritanceUtility : ChunkInheritanceUtility
+        {
+            public PathValidatingChunkInheritanceUtility(MvcRazorHost razorHost)
+                : base(razorHost, codeTreeCache: null, defaultInheritedChunks: new Chunk[0])
+            {
+            }
+
+            public string InheritedCodeTreePagePath { get; private set; }
+
+            public override IReadOnlyList<CodeTree> GetInheritedCodeTrees([NotNull] string pagePath)
+            {
+                InheritedCodeTreePagePath = pagePath;
+
+                return new CodeTree[0];
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Used when testing Tag Helpers, it disables the unique ID generation feature.
         /// </summary>