diff --git a/lib/render.js b/lib/render.js
index 020f1cba45..4864a0f4d2 100644
--- a/lib/render.js
+++ b/lib/render.js
@@ -94,9 +94,7 @@ export async function renderRoute (url, context = {}) {
   }
   const m = context.meta.inject()
   let HEAD = m.meta.text() + m.title.text() + m.link.text() + m.style.text() + m.script.text() + m.noscript.text()
-  if (self.options.router.base !== '/') {
-    HEAD += `<base href="${self.options.router.base}">`
-  }
+  HEAD += `<base href="${self.options.router.base}">`
   HEAD += context.renderResourceHints() + context.renderStyles()
   APP += `<script type="text/javascript">window.__NUXT__=${serialize(context.nuxt, { isJSON: true })}</script>`
   APP += context.renderScripts()