diff --git a/changes/229.canada.changes b/changes/229.canada.changes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..62ab2473788
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/229.canada.changes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Prepends the requesting host and scheme to the `original_url` XLoader Resource field, supporting relative URIs for XLoader fields in the database.
diff --git a/ckan/logic/action/get.py b/ckan/logic/action/get.py
index a6acb2cd030..6817cde2e46 100644
--- a/ckan/logic/action/get.py
+++ b/ckan/logic/action/get.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 from flask import request
 from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse
 
-
 import ckan
 import ckan.lib.dictization
 import ckan.logic as logic
@@ -1149,11 +1148,12 @@ def package_show(context: Context, data_dict: DataDict) -> ActionResult.PackageS
                 scheme=configured_parts.scheme)
             current_domain = urlunparse(requesting_parts)
         for res_dict in package_dict['resources']:
-            if(
-              res_dict.get('url_type') == 'upload' and
-              res_dict.get('url', '').startswith('/')
-            ):
+            if res_dict.get('url_type') != 'upload':
+                continue
+            if res_dict.get('url', '').startswith('/'):
                 res_dict['url'] = current_domain + res_dict['url']
+            if res_dict.get('original_url', '').startswith('/'):
+                res_dict['original_url'] = current_domain + res_dict['original_url']  # XLoader field
 
     return package_dict