diff --git a/src/restic/backend/layout_cloud.go b/src/restic/backend/layout_cloud.go
index 6a6947c59..dc79130a2 100644
--- a/src/restic/backend/layout_cloud.go
+++ b/src/restic/backend/layout_cloud.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import "restic"
 // CloudLayout implements the default layout for cloud storage backends, as
 // described in the Design document.
 type CloudLayout struct {
+	URL  string
 	Path string
 	Join func(...string) string
 }
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ var cloudLayoutPaths = defaultLayoutPaths
 
 // Dirname returns the directory path for a given file type and name.
 func (l *CloudLayout) Dirname(h restic.Handle) string {
-	return l.Join(l.Path, cloudLayoutPaths[h.Type])
+	return l.URL + l.Join(l.Path, "/", cloudLayoutPaths[h.Type])
 }
 
 // Filename returns a path to a file, including its name.
@@ -24,18 +25,18 @@ func (l *CloudLayout) Filename(h restic.Handle) string {
 		name = "config"
 	}
 
-	return l.Join(l.Dirname(h), name)
+	return l.URL + l.Join(l.Path, "/", cloudLayoutPaths[h.Type], name)
 }
 
 // Paths returns all directory names
 func (l *CloudLayout) Paths() (dirs []string) {
 	for _, p := range cloudLayoutPaths {
-		dirs = append(dirs, l.Join(l.Path, p))
+		dirs = append(dirs, l.URL+l.Join(l.Path, p))
 	}
 	return dirs
 }
 
 // Basedir returns the base dir name for files of type t.
 func (l *CloudLayout) Basedir(t restic.FileType) string {
-	return l.Join(l.Path, cloudLayoutPaths[t])
+	return l.URL + l.Join(l.Path, cloudLayoutPaths[t])
 }
diff --git a/src/restic/backend/layout_s3.go b/src/restic/backend/layout_s3.go
index 42df63c3c..d2a034a4c 100644
--- a/src/restic/backend/layout_s3.go
+++ b/src/restic/backend/layout_s3.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import "restic"
 // S3Layout implements the old layout used for s3 cloud storage backends, as
 // described in the Design document.
 type S3Layout struct {
+	URL  string
 	Path string
 	Join func(...string) string
 }
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ var s3LayoutPaths = map[restic.FileType]string{
 
 // Dirname returns the directory path for a given file type and name.
 func (l *S3Layout) Dirname(h restic.Handle) string {
-	return l.Join(l.Path, s3LayoutPaths[h.Type])
+	return l.URL + l.Join(l.Path, "/", s3LayoutPaths[h.Type])
 }
 
 // Filename returns a path to a file, including its name.
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ func (l *S3Layout) Filename(h restic.Handle) string {
 		name = "config"
 	}
 
-	return l.Join(l.Dirname(h), name)
+	return l.URL + l.Join(l.Path, "/", s3LayoutPaths[h.Type], name)
 }
 
 // Paths returns all directory names
diff --git a/src/restic/backend/layout_test.go b/src/restic/backend/layout_test.go
index dc1c231b9..9b270164d 100644
--- a/src/restic/backend/layout_test.go
+++ b/src/restic/backend/layout_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package backend
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"restic"
@@ -146,6 +147,54 @@ func TestCloudLayout(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestCloudLayoutURLs(t *testing.T) {
+	var tests = []struct {
+		l  Layout
+		h  restic.Handle
+		fn string
+	}{
+		{
+			&CloudLayout{URL: "https://hostname.foo", Path: "", Join: path.Join},
+			restic.Handle{Type: restic.DataFile, Name: "foobar"},
+			"https://hostname.foo/data/foobar",
+		},
+		{
+			&CloudLayout{URL: "https://hostname.foo:1234/prefix/repo", Path: "/", Join: path.Join},
+			restic.Handle{Type: restic.LockFile, Name: "foobar"},
+			"https://hostname.foo:1234/prefix/repo/locks/foobar",
+		},
+		{
+			&CloudLayout{URL: "https://hostname.foo:1234/prefix/repo", Path: "/", Join: path.Join},
+			restic.Handle{Type: restic.ConfigFile, Name: "foobar"},
+			"https://hostname.foo:1234/prefix/repo/config",
+		},
+		{
+			&S3Layout{URL: "https://hostname.foo", Path: "/", Join: path.Join},
+			restic.Handle{Type: restic.DataFile, Name: "foobar"},
+			"https://hostname.foo/data/foobar",
+		},
+		{
+			&S3Layout{URL: "https://hostname.foo:1234/prefix/repo", Path: "", Join: path.Join},
+			restic.Handle{Type: restic.LockFile, Name: "foobar"},
+			"https://hostname.foo:1234/prefix/repo/lock/foobar",
+		},
+		{
+			&S3Layout{URL: "https://hostname.foo:1234/prefix/repo", Path: "/", Join: path.Join},
+			restic.Handle{Type: restic.ConfigFile, Name: "foobar"},
+			"https://hostname.foo:1234/prefix/repo/config",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run("cloud", func(t *testing.T) {
+			res := test.l.Filename(test.h)
+			if res != test.fn {
+				t.Fatalf("wrong filename, want %v, got %v", test.fn, res)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestS3Layout(t *testing.T) {
 	path, cleanup := TempDir(t)
 	defer cleanup()