diff --git a/packages/fern-docs/bundle/src/server/withInitialProps.ts b/packages/fern-docs/bundle/src/server/withInitialProps.ts
index 08ed2c019d..6e7272fdf9 100644
--- a/packages/fern-docs/bundle/src/server/withInitialProps.ts
+++ b/packages/fern-docs/bundle/src/server/withInitialProps.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
 import { getMdxBundler } from "@fern-docs/ui/bundlers";
 import {
   addLeadingSlash,
+  conformTrailingSlash,
   getRedirectForPath,
   isTrailingSlashEnabled,
 } from "@fern-docs/utils";
@@ -280,7 +281,8 @@ export async function withInitialProps({
       : undefined,
   };
 
-  const currentVersionId = found.currentVersion?.versionId;
+  const currentVersion = found.currentVersion;
+  const currentVersionId = currentVersion?.versionId;
   const versions = withVersionSwitcherInfo({
     node: found.node,
     parents: found.parents,
@@ -327,6 +329,35 @@ export async function withInitialProps({
     }
   }
 
+  // sometimes absolute paths need to be attached to the current version prefix, or basepath
+  const rootSlug = root.slug;
+  const versionSlug = currentVersion?.slug;
+  const slugMap = found.collector.slugMap;
+  function resolveLinkHref(href: string): string | undefined {
+    if (href.startsWith("/")) {
+      const url = new URL(href, withDefaultProtocol(domain));
+      if (versionSlug != null) {
+        const slugWithVersion = FernNavigation.slugjoin(
+          versionSlug,
+          url.pathname
+        );
+        const found = slugMap.get(slugWithVersion);
+        if (found) {
+          return `${conformTrailingSlash(addLeadingSlash(found.slug))}${url.search}${url.hash}`;
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (rootSlug.length > 0) {
+        const slugWithRoot = FernNavigation.slugjoin(rootSlug, url.pathname);
+        const found = slugMap.get(slugWithRoot);
+        if (found) {
+          return `${conformTrailingSlash(addLeadingSlash(found.slug))}${url.search}${url.hash}`;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
   const content = await withResolvedDocsContent({
     domain: docs.baseUrl.domain,
     found,
@@ -343,6 +374,7 @@ export async function withInitialProps({
       slug: slug,
     },
     replaceSrc: resolveFileSrc,
+    replaceHref: resolveLinkHref,
   });
 
   const frontmatter = extractFrontmatterFromDocsContent(found.node.id, content);
diff --git a/packages/fern-docs/bundle/src/server/withResolvedDocsContent.ts b/packages/fern-docs/bundle/src/server/withResolvedDocsContent.ts
index 2de0890eed..a566b96d97 100644
--- a/packages/fern-docs/bundle/src/server/withResolvedDocsContent.ts
+++ b/packages/fern-docs/bundle/src/server/withResolvedDocsContent.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ interface WithResolvedDocsContentOpts {
   edgeFlags: EdgeFlags;
   scope?: Record<string, unknown>;
   replaceSrc?: (src: string) => ImageData | undefined;
+  replaceHref?: (href: string) => string | undefined;
 }
 
 export async function withResolvedDocsContent({
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ export async function withResolvedDocsContent({
   edgeFlags,
   scope,
   replaceSrc,
+  replaceHref,
 }: WithResolvedDocsContentOpts): Promise<DocsContent | undefined> {
   const node = withPrunedNavigation(found.node, {
     visibleNodeIds: [found.node.id],
@@ -81,6 +83,8 @@ export async function withResolvedDocsContent({
 
       // inject the file url and dimensions for images and other embeddable files
       replaceSrc,
+      // resolve absolute pathed hrefs to the correct path (considers version and basepath)
+      replaceHref,
     },
     serializeMdx,
     domain,
diff --git a/packages/fern-docs/local-preview-bundle/src/utils/getDocsPageProps.ts b/packages/fern-docs/local-preview-bundle/src/utils/getDocsPageProps.ts
index c5ed93fce8..624ffca019 100644
--- a/packages/fern-docs/local-preview-bundle/src/utils/getDocsPageProps.ts
+++ b/packages/fern-docs/local-preview-bundle/src/utils/getDocsPageProps.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ import {
   type DocsV2Read,
 } from "@fern-api/fdr-sdk/client/types";
 import * as FernNavigation from "@fern-api/fdr-sdk/navigation";
-import { visitDiscriminatedUnion } from "@fern-api/ui-core-utils";
+import {
+  visitDiscriminatedUnion,
+  withDefaultProtocol,
+} from "@fern-api/ui-core-utils";
 import { getFrontmatter } from "@fern-docs/mdx";
 import { withSeo } from "@fern-docs/seo";
 import {
@@ -31,6 +34,8 @@ import {
 } from "@fern-docs/ui";
 import { serializeMdx } from "@fern-docs/ui/bundlers/next-mdx-remote";
 import {
+  addLeadingSlash,
+  conformTrailingSlash,
   DEFAULT_EDGE_FLAGS,
   EdgeFlags,
   getRedirectForPath,
@@ -119,6 +124,35 @@ export async function getDocsPageProps(
     }
   }
 
+  // sometimes absolute paths need to be attached to the current version prefix, or basepath
+  const rootSlug = root.slug;
+  const versionSlug = node.currentVersion?.slug;
+  const slugMap = node.collector.slugMap;
+  function resolveLinkHref(href: string): string | undefined {
+    if (href.startsWith("/")) {
+      const url = new URL(href, withDefaultProtocol(docs.baseUrl.domain));
+      if (versionSlug != null) {
+        const slugWithVersion = FernNavigation.slugjoin(
+          versionSlug,
+          url.pathname
+        );
+        const found = slugMap.get(slugWithVersion);
+        if (found) {
+          return `${conformTrailingSlash(addLeadingSlash(found.slug))}${url.search}${url.hash}`;
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (rootSlug.length > 0) {
+        const slugWithRoot = FernNavigation.slugjoin(rootSlug, url.pathname);
+        const found = slugMap.get(slugWithRoot);
+        if (found) {
+          return `${conformTrailingSlash(addLeadingSlash(found.slug))}${url.search}${url.hash}`;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
   const content = await resolveDocsContent({
     domain: docs.baseUrl.domain,
     node: node.node,
@@ -154,6 +188,7 @@ export async function getDocsPageProps(
 
       // inject the file url and dimensions for images and other embeddable files
       replaceSrc: resolveFileSrc,
+      replaceHref: resolveLinkHref,
     },
     serializeMdx,
     engine: "next-mdx-remote",
diff --git a/packages/fern-docs/ui/src/mdx/bundlers/mdx-bundler.ts b/packages/fern-docs/ui/src/mdx/bundlers/mdx-bundler.ts
index 1f46fbc19f..428d15329e 100644
--- a/packages/fern-docs/ui/src/mdx/bundlers/mdx-bundler.ts
+++ b/packages/fern-docs/ui/src/mdx/bundlers/mdx-bundler.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import remarkGfm from "remark-gfm";
 import remarkMath from "remark-math";
 import remarkSmartypants from "remark-smartypants";
 import { rehypeFiles } from "../plugins/rehype-files";
+import { rehypeLinks } from "../plugins/rehype-links";
 import { rehypeExtractAsides } from "../plugins/rehypeExtractAsides";
 import { rehypeFernCode } from "../plugins/rehypeFernCode";
 import { rehypeFernComponents } from "../plugins/rehypeFernComponents";
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ async function serializeMdxImpl(
     filename,
     scope = {},
     replaceSrc,
+    replaceHref,
   }: FernSerializeMdxOptions = {}
 ): Promise<FernDocs.MarkdownText | undefined> {
   if (content == null) {
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ async function serializeMdxImpl(
         rehypeSqueezeParagraphs,
         rehypeMdxClassStyle,
         [rehypeFiles, { replaceSrc }],
+        [rehypeLinks, { replaceHref }],
         rehypeAcornErrorBoundary,
         rehypeSlug,
         rehypeKatex,
diff --git a/packages/fern-docs/ui/src/mdx/plugins/rehype-files.ts b/packages/fern-docs/ui/src/mdx/plugins/rehype-files.ts
index 1c55c5f03b..573b1ba5b6 100644
--- a/packages/fern-docs/ui/src/mdx/plugins/rehype-files.ts
+++ b/packages/fern-docs/ui/src/mdx/plugins/rehype-files.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import type {
   Hast,
+  MdxExpression,
   MdxJsxAttribute,
   MdxJsxExpressionAttribute,
 } from "@fern-docs/mdx";
 import {
+  isMdxExpression,
   isMdxJsxAttribute,
   isMdxJsxElementHast,
   mdxJsxAttributeToString,
@@ -33,9 +35,12 @@ export interface RehypeFilesOptions {
  * @returns a function that will transform the tree
  */
 export function rehypeFiles(
-  options: RehypeFilesOptions
+  options: RehypeFilesOptions = {}
 ): (tree: Hast.Root) => void {
   return function (tree: Hast.Root): void {
+    if (options == null) {
+      return;
+    }
     visit(tree, (node) => {
       if (isMdxJsxElementHast(node)) {
         const attributes = node.attributes.filter(isMdxJsxAttribute);
@@ -136,6 +141,7 @@ export function rehypeFiles(
           if (estree == null) {
             return;
           }
+          // TODO: make this less hacky
           walk(estree, {
             enter(node) {
               if (node.type === "Literal" && typeof node.value === "string") {
@@ -149,11 +155,27 @@ export function rehypeFiles(
           });
         });
       }
+
+      if (isMdxExpression(node)) {
+        const estree = getEstree(node);
+        if (estree == null) {
+          return;
+        }
+        walk(estree, {
+          enter(node) {
+            if (node.type === "Literal" && typeof node.value === "string") {
+              node.value = options.replaceSrc?.(node.value)?.src ?? node.value;
+            }
+          },
+        });
+      }
     });
   };
 }
 
-function getEstree(attr: MdxJsxAttribute | MdxJsxExpressionAttribute) {
+function getEstree(
+  attr: MdxJsxAttribute | MdxJsxExpressionAttribute | MdxExpression
+) {
   if (
     attr.type === "mdxJsxAttribute" &&
     attr.value &&
@@ -164,6 +186,8 @@ function getEstree(attr: MdxJsxAttribute | MdxJsxExpressionAttribute) {
     return attr.value.data?.estree;
   } else if (attr.type === "mdxJsxExpressionAttribute" && attr.data?.estree) {
     return attr.data?.estree;
+  } else if (isMdxExpression(attr) && attr.data?.estree) {
+    return attr.data?.estree;
   }
   return null;
 }
diff --git a/packages/fern-docs/ui/src/mdx/plugins/rehype-links.ts b/packages/fern-docs/ui/src/mdx/plugins/rehype-links.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a46b77812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/fern-docs/ui/src/mdx/plugins/rehype-links.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import {
+  isMdxJsxAttribute,
+  isMdxJsxElementHast,
+  mdxJsxAttributeToString,
+  visit,
+  type Hast,
+} from "@fern-docs/mdx";
+
+export interface RehypeLinksOptions {
+  replaceHref?(href: string): string | undefined;
+}
+
+export function rehypeLinks({ replaceHref }: RehypeLinksOptions = {}): (
+  ast: Hast.Root
+) => void {
+  return function (ast): void {
+    if (replaceHref == null) {
+      return;
+    }
+    visit(ast, (node) => {
+      if (node.type === "element" && node.tagName === "a") {
+        const href = node.properties.href;
+        if (typeof href !== "string") {
+          return;
+        }
+        const newHref = replaceHref(href);
+        if (newHref == null) {
+          return;
+        }
+        node.properties.href = newHref;
+      }
+
+      // TODO handle nested attributes and mdx expressions
+      if (isMdxJsxElementHast(node)) {
+        const attributes = node.attributes.filter(isMdxJsxAttribute);
+        const hrefAttribute = attributes.find((attr) => attr.name === "href");
+        if (hrefAttribute == null) {
+          return;
+        }
+        const href = mdxJsxAttributeToString(hrefAttribute);
+        if (!href) {
+          return;
+        }
+        const newHref = replaceHref(href);
+        if (newHref == null) {
+          return;
+        }
+        hrefAttribute.value = newHref;
+      }
+    });
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/fern-docs/ui/src/mdx/types.ts b/packages/fern-docs/ui/src/mdx/types.ts
index 7a002e0c93..d5aed887c4 100644
--- a/packages/fern-docs/ui/src/mdx/types.ts
+++ b/packages/fern-docs/ui/src/mdx/types.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type * as FernDocs from "@fern-api/fdr-sdk/docs";
 import type { Options } from "@mdx-js/esbuild";
 import { RehypeFilesOptions } from "./plugins/rehype-files";
+import { RehypeLinksOptions } from "./plugins/rehype-links";
 
 export type FernSerializeMdxOptions = {
   filename?: string;
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ export type FernSerializeMdxOptions = {
   files?: Record<string, string>;
   scope?: Record<string, unknown>;
   replaceSrc?: RehypeFilesOptions["replaceSrc"];
+  replaceHref?: RehypeLinksOptions["replaceHref"];
 };
 
 export type SerializeMdxFunc =