diff --git a/cmd/gomarkdoc/command.go b/cmd/gomarkdoc/command.go
index 473deed..6bb3bad 100644
--- a/cmd/gomarkdoc/command.go
+++ b/cmd/gomarkdoc/command.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ type commandOptions struct {
 	templateFileOverrides map[string]string
 	verbosity             int
 	includeUnexported     bool
+	forceRelativeURLs     bool
 	check                 bool
 	embed                 bool
 	version               bool
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ func buildCommand() *cobra.Command {
 			opts.repository.Remote = viper.GetString("repository.url")
 			opts.repository.DefaultBranch = viper.GetString("repository.defaultBranch")
 			opts.repository.PathFromRoot = viper.GetString("repository.path")
+			opts.forceRelativeURLs = viper.GetBool("forceRelativeURLs")
 
 			if opts.check && opts.output == "" {
 				return errors.New("gomarkdoc: check mode cannot be run without an output set")
@@ -221,6 +223,12 @@ func buildCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		"",
 		"Manual override for the path from the root of the git repository used in place of automatic detection.",
 	)
+	command.Flags().BoolVar(
+		&opts.forceRelativeURLs,
+		"force-relative-urls",
+		false,
+		"Force relative URLs.",
+	)
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(
 		&opts.version,
 		"version",
@@ -244,6 +252,7 @@ func buildCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	_ = viper.BindPFlag("repository.url", command.Flags().Lookup("repository.url"))
 	_ = viper.BindPFlag("repository.defaultBranch", command.Flags().Lookup("repository.default-branch"))
 	_ = viper.BindPFlag("repository.path", command.Flags().Lookup("repository.path"))
+	_ = viper.BindPFlag("forceRelativeURLs", command.Flags().Lookup("force-relative-urls"))
 
 	return command
 }
@@ -351,7 +360,7 @@ func resolveOverrides(opts commandOptions) ([]gomarkdoc.RendererOption, error) {
 	var f format.Format
 	switch opts.format {
 	case "github":
-		f = &format.GitHubFlavoredMarkdown{}
+		f = &format.GitHubFlavoredMarkdown{ForceRelativeURLs: opts.forceRelativeURLs}
 	case "azure-devops":
 		f = &format.AzureDevOpsMarkdown{}
 	case "plain":
diff --git a/format/github.go b/format/github.go
index 1c8718c..d077efe 100644
--- a/format/github.go
+++ b/format/github.go
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ import (
 // Flavored Markdown's syntax and semantics. See GitHub's documentation for
 // more details about their markdown format:
 // https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/
-type GitHubFlavoredMarkdown struct{}
+type GitHubFlavoredMarkdown struct {
+	ForceRelativeURLs bool
+}
 
 // Bold converts the provided text to bold
 func (f *GitHubFlavoredMarkdown) Bold(text string) (string, error) {
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ func (f *GitHubFlavoredMarkdown) CodeHref(loc lang.Location) (string, error) {
 	}
 
 	// If there's no repo, we can only compute a relative href.
-	if loc.Repo == nil {
+	if loc.Repo == nil || f.ForceRelativeURLs {
 		return fmt.Sprintf(
 			"%s#%s",
 			filepath.ToSlash(filepath.Base(relative)),