diff --git a/gerrit-extension-api/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/extensions/annotations/RootRelative.java b/gerrit-extension-api/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/extensions/annotations/RootRelative.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3875b778cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gerrit-extension-api/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/extensions/annotations/RootRelative.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package com.google.gerrit.extensions.annotations;
+
+import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
+
+import com.google.inject.BindingAnnotation;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Annotation applied to HttpServletRequest and HttpServletResponse
+ * when they are inherited from Gerrit instead of being injected by
+ * a plugin's ServletModule.  This means that the path returned by
+ * {@link javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest#getPathInfo} is
+ * relative to the Gerrit root instead of a path within the plugin's
+ * URL space.
+ */
+@Target({ElementType.PARAMETER, ElementType.FIELD})
+@Retention(RUNTIME)
+@BindingAnnotation
+public @interface RootRelative {
+}
diff --git a/gerrit-extension-api/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/extensions/registration/PrivateInternals_DynamicTypes.java b/gerrit-extension-api/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/extensions/registration/PrivateInternals_DynamicTypes.java
index 8bc57abc91..3742f47c67 100644
--- a/gerrit-extension-api/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/extensions/registration/PrivateInternals_DynamicTypes.java
+++ b/gerrit-extension-api/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/extensions/registration/PrivateInternals_DynamicTypes.java
@@ -95,9 +95,7 @@ public class PrivateInternals_DynamicTypes {
         DynamicItem<Object> item = (DynamicItem<Object>) e.getValue();
 
         for (Binding<Object> b : bindings(src, type)) {
-          if (b.getKey().getAnnotation() != null) {
-            handles.add(item.set(b.getKey(), b.getProvider(), pluginName));
-          }
+          handles.add(item.set(b.getKey(), b.getProvider(), pluginName));
         }
       }
     } catch (RuntimeException e) {
diff --git a/gerrit-server/BUCK b/gerrit-server/BUCK
index aaac9c99a9..a75967a26a 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/BUCK
+++ b/gerrit-server/BUCK
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ java_library2(
     '//lib:parboiled-core',
     '//lib:pegdown',
     '//lib:protobuf',
+    '//lib:servlet-api-3_1',
     '//lib:velocity',
     '//lib/antlr:java_runtime',
     '//lib/commons:codec',
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/plugins/PluginGuiceEnvironment.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/plugins/PluginGuiceEnvironment.java
index 975fc72d84..bc622ad4f7 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/plugins/PluginGuiceEnvironment.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/plugins/PluginGuiceEnvironment.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import com.google.gerrit.common.Nullable;
+import com.google.gerrit.extensions.annotations.RootRelative;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.events.LifecycleListener;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.registration.DynamicItem;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.registration.DynamicMap;
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
 /**
  * Tracks Guice bindings that should be exposed to loaded plugins.
@@ -501,6 +504,12 @@ public class PluginGuiceEnvironment {
     bindings.remove(Key.get(Injector.class));
     bindings.remove(Key.get(java.util.logging.Logger.class));
 
+    final @Nullable Binding<HttpServletRequest> requestBinding =
+        src.getExistingBinding(Key.get(HttpServletRequest.class));
+
+    final @Nullable Binding<HttpServletResponse> responseBinding =
+        src.getExistingBinding(Key.get(HttpServletResponse.class));
+
     return new AbstractModule() {
       @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
       @Override
@@ -510,6 +519,17 @@ public class PluginGuiceEnvironment {
           Binding<Object> b = (Binding<Object>) e.getValue();
           bind(k).toProvider(b.getProvider());
         }
+
+        if (requestBinding != null) {
+          bind(HttpServletRequest.class)
+              .annotatedWith(RootRelative.class)
+              .toProvider(requestBinding.getProvider());
+        }
+        if (responseBinding != null) {
+          bind(HttpServletResponse.class)
+              .annotatedWith(RootRelative.class)
+              .toProvider(responseBinding.getProvider());
+        }
       }
     };
   }