diff --git a/core/src/components.d.ts b/core/src/components.d.ts
index 3b505ee34f..bdc447e6b2 100644
--- a/core/src/components.d.ts
+++ b/core/src/components.d.ts
@@ -2197,11 +2197,11 @@ export namespace Components {
         "navChanged": (direction: RouterDirection) => Promise<boolean>;
         "printDebug": () => Promise<void>;
         /**
-          * Navigate to the specified URL.
-          * @param url The url to navigate to.
+          * Navigate to the specified path.
+          * @param path The path to navigate to.
           * @param direction The direction of the animation. Defaults to `"forward"`.
          */
-        "push": (url: string, direction?: RouterDirection, animation?: AnimationBuilder | undefined) => Promise<boolean>;
+        "push": (path: string, direction?: RouterDirection, animation?: AnimationBuilder | undefined) => Promise<boolean>;
         /**
           * The root path to use when matching URLs. By default, this is set to "/", but you can specify an alternate prefix for all URL paths.
          */
diff --git a/core/src/components/router/readme.md b/core/src/components/router/readme.md
index 3da084df83..16686c89a2 100644
--- a/core/src/components/router/readme.md
+++ b/core/src/components/router/readme.md
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ Type: `Promise<void>`
 
 
 
-### `push(url: string, direction?: RouterDirection, animation?: AnimationBuilder | undefined) => Promise<boolean>`
+### `push(path: string, direction?: RouterDirection, animation?: AnimationBuilder | undefined) => Promise<boolean>`
 
-Navigate to the specified URL.
+Navigate to the specified path.
 
 #### Returns
 
diff --git a/core/src/components/router/router.tsx b/core/src/components/router/router.tsx
index 978c699d4d..db51b8e64a 100644
--- a/core/src/components/router/router.tsx
+++ b/core/src/components/router/router.tsx
@@ -117,18 +117,21 @@ export class Router implements ComponentInterface {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Navigate to the specified URL.
+   * Navigate to the specified path.
    *
-   * @param url The url to navigate to.
+   * @param path The path to navigate to.
    * @param direction The direction of the animation. Defaults to `"forward"`.
    */
   @Method()
-  async push(url: string, direction: RouterDirection = 'forward', animation?: AnimationBuilder) {
-    if (url.startsWith('.')) {
-      url = (new URL(url, window.location.href)).pathname;
+  async push(path: string, direction: RouterDirection = 'forward', animation?: AnimationBuilder) {
+    if (path.startsWith('.')) {
+      const currentPath = this.previousPath ?? '/';
+      // Convert currentPath to an URL by pre-pending a protocol and a host to resolve the relative path.
+      const url = new URL(path, `https://host/${currentPath}`);
+      path = url.pathname + url.search;
     }
 
-    let parsedPath = parsePath(url);
+    let parsedPath = parsePath(path);
 
     const canProceed = await this.runGuards(parsedPath.segments);
     if (canProceed !== true) {
diff --git a/core/src/components/router/test/basic/index.html b/core/src/components/router/test/basic/index.html
index 635166f8af..6c131983ed 100644
--- a/core/src/components/router/test/basic/index.html
+++ b/core/src/components/router/test/basic/index.html
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
           <p><a href='#/two/three/hello'>Go to page 3 (hello)</a></p>
           <p><a href='#/two/second-page'>Go to page 2</a></p>
           <p><a href='#/two/'>Go to page 1</a></p>
+          <ion-button id="btn-rel" href="./relative?param=1">Page 3 (relative)</ion-button>
+          <ion-button id="btn-abs" href="/two/three/absolute">Page 3 (absolute)</ion-button>
         </ion-content>`;
       }
     }
diff --git a/core/src/components/router/test/basic/router-push.e2e.ts b/core/src/components/router/test/basic/router-push.e2e.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df6b3666c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/components/router/test/basic/router-push.e2e.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { newE2EPage } from '@stencil/core/testing';
+
+test('push should support relative path', async () => {
+  const page = await newE2EPage({
+    url: '/src/components/router/test/basic#/two/three/hola?ionic:_testing=true'
+  });
+  await page.waitForChanges();
+
+  const backButton = await page.$('#btn-rel');
+  await backButton.click();
+  await page.waitForChanges();
+
+  const url = await page.url();
+  expect(url).toContain('#/two/three/relative?param=1');  
+});
+
+test('push should support absolute path', async () => {
+  const page = await newE2EPage({
+    url: '/src/components/router/test/basic#/two/three/hola?ionic:_testing=true'
+  });
+  await page.waitForChanges();
+
+  const backButton = await page.$('#btn-abs');
+  await backButton.click();
+  await page.waitForChanges();
+
+  const url = await page.url();
+  expect(url).toContain('#/two/three/absolute');  
+});
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