diff --git a/src/components/rangeslider/range_plot.js b/src/components/rangeslider/range_plot.js
index 39dc6e1aa5d..b70f5dbab5f 100644
--- a/src/components/rangeslider/range_plot.js
+++ b/src/components/rangeslider/range_plot.js
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
+var d3 = require('d3');
+
 var Symbols = require('../drawing/symbol_defs');
 var Drawing = require('../drawing');
 
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ module.exports = function rangePlot(gd, w, h) {
     clipDefs.appendChild(clip);
 
     var rangePlot = document.createElementNS(svgNS, 'g');
-    rangePlot.setAttribute('clip-path', 'url(#range-clip-path)');
+    d3.select(rangePlot).call(Drawing.setClipUrl, 'range-clip-path');
     rangePlot.appendChild(clipDefs);
 
 
diff --git a/src/plot_api/plot_api.js b/src/plot_api/plot_api.js
index dc6940341e0..6ed76ab6270 100644
--- a/src/plot_api/plot_api.js
+++ b/src/plot_api/plot_api.js
@@ -2913,10 +2913,8 @@ function lsInner(gd) {
             });
 
 
-        plotinfo.plot.attr({
-            'transform': 'translate(' + xa._offset + ', ' + ya._offset + ')',
-            'clip-path': 'url(#' + clipId + ')'
-        });
+        plotinfo.plot.call(Lib.setTranslate, xa._offset, ya._offset);
+        plotinfo.plot.call(Drawing.setClipUrl, clipId);
 
         var xlw = Drawing.crispRound(gd, xa.linewidth, 1),
             ylw = Drawing.crispRound(gd, ya.linewidth, 1),
diff --git a/test/jasmine/tests/drawing_test.js b/test/jasmine/tests/drawing_test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0394715de5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/jasmine/tests/drawing_test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+var Drawing = require('@src/components/drawing');
+
+var d3 = require('d3');
+
+
+describe('Drawing.setClipUrl', function() {
+    'use strict';
+
+    beforeEach(function() {
+        this.svg = d3.select('body').append('svg');
+        this.g = this.svg.append('g');
+    });
+
+    afterEach(function() {
+        this.svg.remove();
+        this.g.remove();
+    });
+
+    it('should set the clip-path attribute', function() {
+        expect(this.g.attr('clip-path')).toBe(null);
+
+        Drawing.setClipUrl(this.g, 'id1');
+
+        expect(this.g.attr('clip-path')).toEqual('url(#id1)');
+    });
+
+    it('should unset the clip-path if arg is falsy', function() {
+        this.g.attr('clip-path', 'url(#id2)');
+
+        Drawing.setClipUrl(this.g, false);
+
+        expect(this.g.attr('clip-path')).toBe(null);
+    });
+
+    it('should append window URL to clip-path if <base> is present', function() {
+
+        // append <base> with href
+        var base = d3.select('body')
+            .append('base')
+            .attr('href', 'https://plot.ly');
+
+        // grab window URL
+        var href = window.location.href;
+
+        Drawing.setClipUrl(this.g, 'id3');
+
+        expect(this.g.attr('clip-path'))
+            .toEqual('url(' + href + '#id3)');
+
+        base.remove();
+    });
+});
diff --git a/test/jasmine/tests/plot_interact_test.js b/test/jasmine/tests/plot_interact_test.js
index 8748b9d9bb2..9ca7f2b3f2f 100644
--- a/test/jasmine/tests/plot_interact_test.js
+++ b/test/jasmine/tests/plot_interact_test.js
@@ -436,3 +436,73 @@ describe('Test plot structure', function() {
         });
     });
 });
+
+describe('plot svg clip paths', function() {
+
+    // plot with all features that rely on clip paths
+    function plot() {
+        return Plotly.plot(createGraphDiv(), [{
+            type: 'contour',
+            z: [[1,2,3], [2,3,1]]
+        }, {
+            type: 'scatter',
+            y: [2, 1, 2]
+        }], {
+            showlegend: true,
+            xaxis: {
+                rangeslider: {}
+            },
+            shapes: [{
+                xref: 'x',
+                yref: 'y',
+                x0: 0,
+                y0: 0,
+                x1: 3,
+                y1: 3
+            }]
+        });
+    }
+
+    afterEach(destroyGraphDiv);
+
+    it('should set clip path url to ids (base case)', function(done) {
+        plot().then(function() {
+
+            d3.selectAll('[clip-path]').each(function() {
+                var cp = d3.select(this).attr('clip-path');
+
+                expect(cp.substring(0, 5)).toEqual('url(#');
+                expect(cp.substring(cp.length - 1)).toEqual(')');
+            });
+
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('should set clip path url to ids appended to window url', function(done) {
+
+        // this case occurs in some past versions of AngularJS
+        // https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/8934
+
+        // append <base> with href
+        var base = d3.select('body')
+            .append('base')
+            .attr('href', 'https://plot.ly');
+
+        // grab window URL
+        var href = window.location.href;
+
+        plot().then(function() {
+
+            d3.selectAll('[clip-path]').each(function() {
+                var cp = d3.select(this).attr('clip-path');
+
+                expect(cp.substring(0, 5 + href.length)).toEqual('url(' + href + '#');
+                expect(cp.substring(cp.length - 1)).toEqual(')');
+            });
+
+            base.remove();
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+});