diff --git a/src/submodule.c b/src/submodule.c
index 095bbb090..ff65591d2 100644
--- a/src/submodule.c
+++ b/src/submodule.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "iterator.h"
 #include "path.h"
 #include "index.h"
+#include "worktree.h"
 
 #define GIT_MODULES_FILE ".gitmodules"
 
@@ -2030,17 +2031,28 @@ static int lookup_default_remote(git_remote **remote, git_repository *repo)
 static int get_url_base(git_buf *url, git_repository *repo)
 {
 	int error;
+	git_worktree *wt = NULL;
 	git_remote *remote = NULL;
 
-	if (!(error = lookup_default_remote(&remote, repo))) {
+	if ((error = lookup_default_remote(&remote, repo)) == 0) {
 		error = git_buf_sets(url, git_remote_url(remote));
-		git_remote_free(remote);
-	}
-	else if (error == GIT_ENOTFOUND) {
-		/* if repository does not have a default remote, use workdir instead */
+		goto out;
+	} else if (error != GIT_ENOTFOUND)
+		goto out;
+	else
 		giterr_clear();
+
+	/* if repository does not have a default remote, use workdir instead */
+	if (git_repository_is_worktree(repo)) {
+		if ((error = git_worktree_open_from_repository(&wt, repo)) < 0)
+			goto out;
+		error = git_buf_sets(url, wt->parent_path);
+	} else
 		error = git_buf_sets(url, git_repository_workdir(repo));
-	}
+
+out:
+	git_remote_free(remote);
+	git_worktree_free(wt);
 
 	return error;
 }
diff --git a/tests/resources/submodules/testrepo/.gitted/config b/tests/resources/submodules/testrepo/.gitted/config
index d6dcad12b..8e5571191 100644
Binary files a/tests/resources/submodules/testrepo/.gitted/config and b/tests/resources/submodules/testrepo/.gitted/config differ
diff --git a/tests/worktree/submodule.c b/tests/worktree/submodule.c
index b43507045..562077597 100644
--- a/tests/worktree/submodule.c
+++ b/tests/worktree/submodule.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "clar_libgit2.h"
 #include "repository.h"
+#include "worktree.h"
 #include "worktree_helpers.h"
 
 #define WORKTREE_PARENT "submodules-worktree-parent"
@@ -57,3 +58,35 @@ void test_worktree_submodule__open_discovered_submodule_worktree(void)
 	git_buf_free(&path);
 	git_repository_free(repo);
 }
+
+void test_worktree_submodule__resolve_relative_url(void)
+{
+	git_buf wt_path = GIT_BUF_INIT;
+	git_buf sm_relative_path = GIT_BUF_INIT, wt_relative_path = GIT_BUF_INIT;
+	git_repository *repo;
+	git_worktree *wt;
+
+	cl_git_pass(git_futils_mkdir("subdir", 0755, GIT_MKDIR_PATH));
+	cl_git_pass(git_path_prettify_dir(&wt_path, "subdir", NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_buf_joinpath(&wt_path, wt_path.ptr, "wt"));
+
+	/* Open child repository, which is a submodule */
+	cl_git_pass(git_repository_open(&child.repo, WORKTREE_CHILD));
+
+	/* Create worktree of submodule repository */
+	cl_git_pass(git_worktree_add(&wt, child.repo, "subdir", wt_path.ptr));
+	cl_git_pass(git_repository_open_from_worktree(&repo, wt));
+
+	cl_git_pass(git_submodule_resolve_url(&sm_relative_path, repo,
+		    "../" WORKTREE_CHILD));
+	cl_git_pass(git_submodule_resolve_url(&wt_relative_path, child.repo,
+		    "../" WORKTREE_CHILD));
+
+	cl_assert_equal_s(sm_relative_path.ptr, wt_relative_path.ptr);
+
+	git_worktree_free(wt);
+	git_repository_free(repo);
+	git_buf_free(&wt_path);
+	git_buf_free(&sm_relative_path);
+	git_buf_free(&wt_relative_path);
+}