diff --git a/packages/generator/src/generator.js b/packages/generator/src/generator.js
index e18d70af6f..2738330f61 100644
--- a/packages/generator/src/generator.js
+++ b/packages/generator/src/generator.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import defu from 'defu'
 import htmlMinifier from 'html-minifier'
 import { parse } from 'node-html-parser'
 
-import { isFullStatic, flatRoutes, isString, isUrl, promisifyRoute, waitFor } from '@nuxt/utils'
+import { isFullStatic, flatRoutes, isString, isUrl, promisifyRoute, urlJoin, waitFor } from '@nuxt/utils'
 
 export default class Generator {
   constructor (nuxt, builder) {
@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@ export default class Generator {
     )
     // Payloads for full static
     if (this.isFullStatic) {
+      const { build: { publicPath: _publicPath }, router: { base } } = this.options
+      const publicPath = isUrl(_publicPath) ? _publicPath : base
       const { staticAssets } = this.options.generate
       this.staticAssetsDir = path.resolve(this.distNuxtPath, staticAssets.dir, staticAssets.version)
-      this.staticAssetsBase = this.options.generate.staticAssets.versionBase
+      this.staticAssetsBase = urlJoin(publicPath, this.options.generate.staticAssets.versionBase)
     }
 
     // Shared payload
diff --git a/packages/vue-app/template/App.js b/packages/vue-app/template/App.js
index c8fcd6403a..abbb6b3cc7 100644
--- a/packages/vue-app/template/App.js
+++ b/packages/vue-app/template/App.js
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ export default {
         route = route.substr(base.length)
       }
       route = (route.replace(/\/+$/, '') || '/').split('?')[0].split('#')[0]
-      const src = urlJoin(base, staticAssetsBase, route, 'payload.js')
+      const src = urlJoin(staticAssetsBase, route, 'payload.js')
       try {
         const payload = await window.__NUXT_IMPORT__(decodeURI(route), encodeURI(src))
         this.setPagePayload(payload)
diff --git a/packages/vue-renderer/src/renderers/ssr.js b/packages/vue-renderer/src/renderers/ssr.js
index febd475019..ac7e83f37c 100644
--- a/packages/vue-renderer/src/renderers/ssr.js
+++ b/packages/vue-renderer/src/renderers/ssr.js
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ export default class SSRRenderer extends BaseRenderer {
     if (renderContext.staticAssetsBase) {
       const preloadScripts = []
       renderContext.staticAssets = []
-      const routerBase = this.options.router.base
       const { staticAssetsBase, url, nuxt, staticAssets } = renderContext
       const { data, fetch, mutations, ...state } = nuxt
 
@@ -189,7 +188,7 @@ export default class SSRRenderer extends BaseRenderer {
       const stateScriptKb = (stateScript.length * 4 /* utf8 */) / 100
       if (stateScriptKb > 10) {
         const statePath = urlJoin(url, 'state.js')
-        const stateUrl = urlJoin(routerBase, staticAssetsBase, statePath)
+        const stateUrl = urlJoin(staticAssetsBase, statePath)
         staticAssets.push({ path: statePath, src: stateScript })
         APP += `<script defer src="${stateUrl}"></script>`
         preloadScripts.push(stateUrl)
@@ -199,7 +198,7 @@ export default class SSRRenderer extends BaseRenderer {
 
       // Page level payload.js (async loaded for CSR)
       const payloadPath = urlJoin(url, 'payload.js')
-      const payloadUrl = urlJoin(routerBase, staticAssetsBase, payloadPath)
+      const payloadUrl = urlJoin(staticAssetsBase, payloadPath)
       const routePath = (url.replace(/\/+$/, '') || '/').split('?')[0] // remove trailing slah and query params
       const payloadScript = `__NUXT_JSONP__("${routePath}", ${devalue({ data, fetch, mutations })});`
       staticAssets.push({ path: payloadPath, src: payloadScript })
diff --git a/test/dev/full-static.test.js b/test/dev/full-static.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac41142f34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/dev/full-static.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import http from 'http'
+import { resolve } from 'path'
+import serveStatic from 'serve-static'
+import finalhandler from 'finalhandler'
+import { Builder, Generator, getPort, loadFixture, Nuxt, rp } from '../utils'
+
+let port
+const url = route => 'http://localhost:' + port + route
+const rootDir = resolve(__dirname, '..', 'fixtures/full-static')
+const distDir = resolve(rootDir, '.nuxt-generate')
+
+let builder
+let server = null
+let generator = null
+
+describe('full-static', () => {
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    const config = await loadFixture('full-static', {
+      generate: {
+        static: false,
+        dir: '.nuxt-generate'
+      }
+    })
+    const nuxt = new Nuxt(config)
+    await nuxt.ready()
+
+    builder = new Builder(nuxt)
+    builder.build = jest.fn()
+    generator = new Generator(nuxt, builder)
+
+    await generator.generate()
+
+    const serve = serveStatic(distDir)
+    server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
+      serve(req, res, finalhandler(req, res))
+    })
+
+    port = await getPort()
+    server.listen(port)
+  })
+
+  test('/payload (custom build.publicPath)', async () => {
+    const { body: html } = await rp(url('/payload'))
+
+    expect(html).toContain('<script src="https://cdn.nuxtjs.org/test/')
+    expect(html).toContain('<link rel="preload" href="https://cdn.nuxtjs.org/test/_nuxt/static/')
+  })
+
+  // Close server and ask nuxt to stop listening to file changes
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await server.close()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/fixtures/full-static/nuxt.config.js b/test/fixtures/full-static/nuxt.config.js
index 17f2cffb15..6c9973a20a 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/full-static/nuxt.config.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/full-static/nuxt.config.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export default {
     // base: '/test',
   },
   build: {
-    publicPath: '/test/_nuxt/'
+    publicPath: 'https://cdn.nuxtjs.org/test/_nuxt/'
   },
   foo: {
     shell: process.env.SHELL