diff --git a/e2e/cypress.config.ts b/e2e/cypress.config.ts
index 91fc313040..0c0d5f6ff6 100644
--- a/e2e/cypress.config.ts
+++ b/e2e/cypress.config.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { defineConfig } from 'cypress'
 
 export default defineConfig({
   e2e: {
-    baseUrl: 'http://localhost:8080',
+    baseUrl: 'http://localhost:9080',
     specPattern: 'tests/**/*.cy.ts',
   },
   env: {
diff --git a/e2e/docs/.vuepress/config.ts b/e2e/docs/.vuepress/config.ts
index c39a11e295..e7a8b3a240 100644
--- a/e2e/docs/.vuepress/config.ts
+++ b/e2e/docs/.vuepress/config.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ import { path } from '@vuepress/utils'
 import { e2eTheme } from './theme/node/e2eTheme.js'
 
 const E2E_BASE = (process.env.E2E_BASE ?? '/') as '/' | `/${string}/`
+const E2E_BUNDLER = process.env.E2E_BUNDLER ?? 'vite'
 
 export default defineUserConfig({
   base: E2E_BASE,
 
   dest: path.join(__dirname, 'dist', E2E_BASE),
 
+  port: 9080,
+
   head: [
     ['meta', { name: 'foo', content: 'foo' }],
     ['meta', { name: 'bar', content: 'bar' }],
@@ -40,8 +43,13 @@ export default defineUserConfig({
     },
   },
 
-  bundler:
-    process.env.E2E_BUNDLER === 'webpack' ? webpackBundler() : viteBundler(),
+  markdown: {
+    assets: {
+      absolutePathPrependBase: E2E_BUNDLER === 'webpack',
+    },
+  },
+
+  bundler: E2E_BUNDLER === 'webpack' ? webpackBundler() : viteBundler(),
 
   theme: e2eTheme(),
 
diff --git a/e2e/docs/markdown/images/images.md b/e2e/docs/markdown/images/images.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce6d169902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/docs/markdown/images/images.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+![logo-public](/logo.png)
+
+![logo-relative](./logo-relative.png)
diff --git a/e2e/docs/markdown/images/logo-relative.png b/e2e/docs/markdown/images/logo-relative.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac6beaff06
Binary files /dev/null and b/e2e/docs/markdown/images/logo-relative.png differ
diff --git a/e2e/package.json b/e2e/package.json
index 199868f0d8..7d80a47dd7 100644
--- a/e2e/package.json
+++ b/e2e/package.json
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   "scripts": {
     "e2e:build": "vuepress-cli build docs --clean-cache --clean-temp",
     "e2e:build-webpack": "E2E_BUNDLER=webpack pnpm e2e:build",
-    "e2e:ci:build": "pnpm e2e:build && start-server-and-test e2e:serve http-get://localhost:8088 'pnpm e2e:run --config baseUrl=http://localhost:8088'",
-    "e2e:ci:dev": "start-server-and-test e2e:dev http-get://127.0.0.1:8080 'pnpm e2e:run --config baseUrl=http://localhost:8080'",
-    "e2e:clean": "rimraf .vuepress/.temp .vuepress/.cache .vuepress/dist",
+    "e2e:ci:build": "pnpm e2e:build && start-server-and-test e2e:serve http-get://localhost:9080 e2e:run",
+    "e2e:ci:dev": "start-server-and-test e2e:dev http-get://127.0.0.1:9080 e2e:run",
+    "e2e:clean": "rimraf docs/.vuepress/.temp docs/.vuepress/.cache docs/.vuepress/dist",
     "e2e:dev": "vuepress-cli dev docs --clean-cache --clean-temp",
     "e2e:dev-webpack": "E2E_BUNDLER=webpack pnpm e2e:dev",
     "e2e:run": "cypress run",
-    "e2e:serve": "anywhere -s -h localhost -p 8088 -d docs/.vuepress/dist"
+    "e2e:serve": "anywhere -s -h localhost -p 9080 -d docs/.vuepress/dist"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@vuepress/bundler-vite": "workspace:*",
diff --git a/e2e/tests/markdown/images.cy.ts b/e2e/tests/markdown/images.cy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e7388b93a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/tests/markdown/images.cy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+describe('markdown > images', () => {
+  it('should render images correctly', () => {
+    cy.visit('/markdown/images/images.html')
+
+    cy.get('.e2e-theme-content img')
+      .should('have.length', 2)
+      .each<HTMLImageElement>(([el]) => {
+        cy.request({ url: el.src, failOnStatusCode: false }).then((res) => {
+          expect(res.status).to.equal(200)
+          expect(el.naturalWidth).to.be.greaterThan(0)
+        })
+      })
+
+    cy.get('.e2e-theme-content img')
+      .first()
+      .should('have.attr', 'alt', 'logo-public')
+
+    cy.get('.e2e-theme-content img')
+      .last()
+      .should('have.attr', 'alt', 'logo-relative')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/bundler-vite/src/plugins/index.ts b/packages/bundler-vite/src/plugins/index.ts
index 10a59f021f..396d670398 100644
--- a/packages/bundler-vite/src/plugins/index.ts
+++ b/packages/bundler-vite/src/plugins/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-export * from './mainPlugin.js'
-export * from './userConfigPlugin.js'
+export * from './vuepressMainPlugin.js'
+export * from './vuepressUserConfigPlugin.js'
+export * from './vuepressVuePlugin.js'
diff --git a/packages/bundler-vite/src/plugins/mainPlugin.ts b/packages/bundler-vite/src/plugins/vuepressMainPlugin.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from packages/bundler-vite/src/plugins/mainPlugin.ts
rename to packages/bundler-vite/src/plugins/vuepressMainPlugin.ts
index 7c964592da..db0e5e7a4b 100644
--- a/packages/bundler-vite/src/plugins/mainPlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/bundler-vite/src/plugins/vuepressMainPlugin.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import type { AliasOptions, Connect, Plugin, UserConfig } from 'vite'
 /**
  * The main plugin to compat vuepress with vite
  */
-export const mainPlugin = ({
+export const vuepressMainPlugin = ({
   app,
   isBuild,
   isServer,
diff --git a/packages/bundler-vite/src/plugins/userConfigPlugin.ts b/packages/bundler-vite/src/plugins/vuepressUserConfigPlugin.ts
similarity index 72%
rename from packages/bundler-vite/src/plugins/userConfigPlugin.ts
rename to packages/bundler-vite/src/plugins/vuepressUserConfigPlugin.ts
index c4bd70ff93..dd01ad4818 100644
--- a/packages/bundler-vite/src/plugins/userConfigPlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/bundler-vite/src/plugins/vuepressUserConfigPlugin.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import type { ViteBundlerOptions } from '../types.js'
 /**
  * A plugin to allow user config to override vite config
  */
-export const userConfigPlugin = (options: ViteBundlerOptions): Plugin => ({
+export const vuepressUserConfigPlugin = (
+  options: ViteBundlerOptions,
+): Plugin => ({
   name: 'vuepress:user-config',
   config: () => options.viteOptions ?? {},
 })
diff --git a/packages/bundler-vite/src/plugins/vuepressVuePlugin.ts b/packages/bundler-vite/src/plugins/vuepressVuePlugin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35d72951de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundler-vite/src/plugins/vuepressVuePlugin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import vuePlugin from '@vitejs/plugin-vue'
+import type { Plugin } from 'vite'
+import type { AssetURLOptions, AssetURLTagConfig } from 'vue/compiler-sfc'
+import type { ViteBundlerOptions } from '../types.js'
+
+/**
+ * Wrapper of official vue plugin
+ */
+export const vuepressVuePlugin = (options: ViteBundlerOptions): Plugin => {
+  return vuePlugin({
+    ...options.vuePluginOptions,
+    template: {
+      ...options.vuePluginOptions?.template,
+      transformAssetUrls: resolveTransformAssetUrls(options),
+    },
+  })
+}
+
+/**
+ * Determine if the given `transformAssetUrls` option is `AssetURLTagConfig`
+ */
+const isAssetURLTagConfig = (
+  transformAssetUrls: AssetURLOptions | AssetURLTagConfig,
+): transformAssetUrls is AssetURLTagConfig =>
+  Object.values(transformAssetUrls).some((val) => Array.isArray(val))
+
+/**
+ * Resolve `template.transformAssetUrls` option from user config
+ */
+const resolveTransformAssetUrls = (
+  options: ViteBundlerOptions,
+): AssetURLOptions => {
+  // default transformAssetUrls option
+  const defaultTransformAssetUrls = { includeAbsolute: true }
+
+  // user provided transformAssetUrls option
+  const { transformAssetUrls: userTransformAssetUrls } =
+    options.vuePluginOptions?.template ?? {}
+
+  // if user does not provide an object as transformAssetUrls
+  if (typeof userTransformAssetUrls !== 'object') {
+    return defaultTransformAssetUrls
+  }
+
+  // AssetURLTagConfig
+  if (isAssetURLTagConfig(userTransformAssetUrls)) {
+    return {
+      ...defaultTransformAssetUrls,
+      tags: userTransformAssetUrls,
+    }
+  }
+
+  // AssetURLOptions
+  return {
+    ...defaultTransformAssetUrls,
+    ...userTransformAssetUrls,
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/bundler-vite/src/resolveViteConfig.ts b/packages/bundler-vite/src/resolveViteConfig.ts
index 2bff1201ec..ee18480c1e 100644
--- a/packages/bundler-vite/src/resolveViteConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/bundler-vite/src/resolveViteConfig.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-import { default as vuePlugin } from '@vitejs/plugin-vue'
 import type { App } from '@vuepress/core'
 import type { InlineConfig } from 'vite'
 import { mergeConfig } from 'vite'
-import { mainPlugin, userConfigPlugin } from './plugins/index.js'
+import {
+  vuepressMainPlugin,
+  vuepressUserConfigPlugin,
+  vuepressVuePlugin,
+} from './plugins/index.js'
 import type { ViteBundlerOptions } from './types.js'
 
 export const resolveViteConfig = async ({
@@ -25,9 +28,9 @@ export const resolveViteConfig = async ({
         charset: 'utf8',
       },
       plugins: [
-        vuePlugin(options.vuePluginOptions),
-        mainPlugin({ app, isBuild, isServer }),
-        userConfigPlugin(options),
+        vuepressVuePlugin(options),
+        vuepressMainPlugin({ app, isBuild, isServer }),
+        vuepressUserConfigPlugin(options),
       ],
     },
     // some vite options would not take effect inside a plugin, so we still need to merge them here in addition to userConfigPlugin
diff --git a/packages/markdown/src/plugins/assetsPlugin/assetsPlugin.ts b/packages/markdown/src/plugins/assetsPlugin/assetsPlugin.ts
index 2323206746..cc6ca7f7b9 100644
--- a/packages/markdown/src/plugins/assetsPlugin/assetsPlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/markdown/src/plugins/assetsPlugin/assetsPlugin.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ import type { MarkdownEnv } from '../../types.js'
 import { resolveLink } from './resolveLink.js'
 
 export interface AssetsPluginOptions {
+  /**
+   * Whether to prepend base to absolute path
+   */
+  absolutePathPrependBase?: boolean
+
   /**
    * Prefix to add to relative assets links
    */
@@ -15,7 +20,10 @@ export interface AssetsPluginOptions {
  */
 export const assetsPlugin: PluginWithOptions<AssetsPluginOptions> = (
   md,
-  { relativePathPrefix = '@source' }: AssetsPluginOptions = {},
+  {
+    absolutePathPrependBase = false,
+    relativePathPrefix = '@source',
+  }: AssetsPluginOptions = {},
 ) => {
   // wrap raw image renderer rule
   const rawImageRule = md.renderer.rules.image!
@@ -27,7 +35,10 @@ export const assetsPlugin: PluginWithOptions<AssetsPluginOptions> = (
 
     if (link) {
       // replace the original link with resolved link
-      token.attrSet('src', resolveLink(link, relativePathPrefix, env))
+      token.attrSet(
+        'src',
+        resolveLink(link, { env, absolutePathPrependBase, relativePathPrefix }),
+      )
     }
 
     return rawImageRule(tokens, idx, options, env, self)
@@ -43,12 +54,12 @@ export const assetsPlugin: PluginWithOptions<AssetsPluginOptions> = (
         .replace(
           /(<img\b.*?src=)(['"])([^\2]*?)\2/gs,
           (_, prefix: string, quote: string, src: string) =>
-            `${prefix}${quote}${resolveLink(
-              src.trim(),
-              relativePathPrefix,
+            `${prefix}${quote}${resolveLink(src.trim(), {
               env,
-              true,
-            )}${quote}`,
+              absolutePathPrependBase,
+              relativePathPrefix,
+              strict: true,
+            })}${quote}`,
         )
         // handle srcset
         .replace(
@@ -57,18 +68,16 @@ export const assetsPlugin: PluginWithOptions<AssetsPluginOptions> = (
             `${prefix}${quote}${srcset
               .split(',')
               .map((item) =>
-                item
-                  .trim()
-                  .replace(
-                    /^([^ ]*?)([ \n].*)?$/,
-                    (_, url, descriptor = '') =>
-                      `${resolveLink(
-                        url.trim(),
-                        relativePathPrefix,
-                        env,
-                        true,
-                      )}${descriptor.replace(/[ \n]+/g, ' ').trimEnd()}`,
-                  ),
+                item.trim().replace(
+                  /^([^ ]*?)([ \n].*)?$/,
+                  (_, url, descriptor = '') =>
+                    `${resolveLink(url.trim(), {
+                      env,
+                      absolutePathPrependBase,
+                      relativePathPrefix,
+                      strict: true,
+                    })}${descriptor.replace(/[ \n]+/g, ' ').trimEnd()}`,
+                ),
               )
               .join(', ')}${quote}`,
         )
diff --git a/packages/markdown/src/plugins/assetsPlugin/resolveLink.ts b/packages/markdown/src/plugins/assetsPlugin/resolveLink.ts
index c490a0df0a..b9277ed855 100644
--- a/packages/markdown/src/plugins/assetsPlugin/resolveLink.ts
+++ b/packages/markdown/src/plugins/assetsPlugin/resolveLink.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,21 @@ import { path } from '@vuepress/utils'
 import { decode } from 'mdurl'
 import type { MarkdownEnv } from '../../types.js'
 
+interface ResolveLinkOptions {
+  env: MarkdownEnv
+  absolutePathPrependBase?: boolean
+  relativePathPrefix: string
+  strict?: boolean
+}
+
 export const resolveLink = (
   link: string,
-  relativePathPrefix: string,
-  env: MarkdownEnv,
-  strict = false,
+  {
+    env,
+    absolutePathPrependBase = false,
+    relativePathPrefix,
+    strict = false,
+  }: ResolveLinkOptions,
 ): string => {
   // do not resolve data uri
   if (link.startsWith('data:')) return link
@@ -30,5 +40,10 @@ export const resolveLink = (
     )}`
   }
 
+  // prepend base to absolute path if needed
+  if (absolutePathPrependBase && env.base && link.startsWith('/')) {
+    resolvedLink = path.join(env.base, resolvedLink)
+  }
+
   return resolvedLink
 }
diff --git a/packages/markdown/tests/plugins/assetsPlugin.spec.ts b/packages/markdown/tests/plugins/assetsPlugin.spec.ts
index 6c8c81f008..fa69f7e25c 100644
--- a/packages/markdown/tests/plugins/assetsPlugin.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/markdown/tests/plugins/assetsPlugin.spec.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ describe('@vuepress/markdown > plugins > assetsPlugin', () => {
         description: 'should handle assets link with default options',
         md: MarkdownIt().use(assetsPlugin),
         env: {
+          base: '/base/',
           filePathRelative: 'sub/foo.md',
         },
         expected: [
@@ -83,6 +84,48 @@ describe('@vuepress/markdown > plugins > assetsPlugin', () => {
           '<img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNk+P+/HgAFhAJ/wr4H/wAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" alt="data-uri">',
         ],
       },
+      {
+        description: 'should respect `absolutePathPrependBase` option',
+        md: MarkdownIt().use(assetsPlugin, {
+          absolutePathPrependBase: true,
+        }),
+        env: {
+          base: '/base/',
+          filePathRelative: 'sub/foo.md',
+        },
+        expected: [
+          // relative paths
+          '<img src="@source/sub/foo.png" alt="foo">',
+          '<img src="@source/sub/foo.png" alt="foo2">',
+          '<img src="@source/sub/foo/bar.png" alt="foo-bar">',
+          '<img src="@source/sub/foo/bar.png" alt="foo-bar2">',
+          '<img src="@source/baz.png" alt="baz">',
+          '<img src="@source/../out.png" alt="out">',
+          '<img src="@source/sub/汉字.png" alt="汉字">',
+          '<img src="@source/sub/100%.png" alt="100%">',
+          // absolute paths
+          '<img src="/base/absolute.png" alt="absolute">',
+          '<img src="/base/foo/absolute.png" alt="absolute-foo">',
+          // no-prefix paths
+          '<img src="@source/sub/no-prefix.png" alt="no-prefix">',
+          '<img src="@source/sub/foo/no-prefix.png" alt="no-prefix-foo">',
+          '<img src="@source/sub/@alias/foo.png" alt="alias">',
+          '<img src="@source/sub/@alias/汉字.png" alt="汉字">',
+          '<img src="@source/sub/@alias/100%.png" alt="100%">',
+          '<img src="@source/sub/~@alias/foo.png" alt="~alias">',
+          '<img src="@source/sub/~@alias/汉字.png" alt="~汉字">',
+          '<img src="@source/sub/~@alias/100%.png" alt="~100%">',
+          // keep as is
+          '<img src="http://foobar.com/icon.png" alt="url">',
+          '<img src="" alt="empty">',
+          // invalid paths
+          '<img src="@source/sub/.../invalid.png" alt="invalid">',
+          '<img src="@source/sub/.../汉字.png" alt="汉字">',
+          '<img src="@source/sub/.../100%.png" alt="100%">',
+          // data uri
+          '<img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNk+P+/HgAFhAJ/wr4H/wAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" alt="data-uri">',
+        ],
+      },
       {
         description: 'should respect `relativePathPrefix` option',
         md: MarkdownIt().use(assetsPlugin, {