diff --git a/editeng/inc/editeng/editobj.hxx b/editeng/inc/editeng/editobj.hxx
index 93a590c0a784..16bc0be626e5 100644
--- a/editeng/inc/editeng/editobj.hxx
+++ b/editeng/inc/editeng/editobj.hxx
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ DBG_NAMEEX( EE_EditTextObject )
 class SfxItemPool;
 class SfxStyleSheetPool;
 class SvxFieldItem;
+class SvxFieldData;
 
 namespace editeng {
 
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ public:
 
     bool IsFieldObject() const;
     const SvxFieldItem* GetField() const;
+    const SvxFieldData* GetFieldData(size_t nPara, size_t nPos, sal_Int32 nType) const;
     bool HasField( sal_Int32 nType = com::sun::star::text::textfield::Type::UNSPECIFIED ) const;
 
     const SfxItemSet& GetParaAttribs(size_t nPara) const;
diff --git a/editeng/source/editeng/editobj.cxx b/editeng/source/editeng/editobj.cxx
index 0433ea5aa195..823139622d44 100644
--- a/editeng/source/editeng/editobj.cxx
+++ b/editeng/source/editeng/editobj.cxx
@@ -256,6 +256,11 @@ const SvxFieldItem* EditTextObject::GetField() const
     return mpImpl->GetField();
 }
 
+const SvxFieldData* EditTextObject::GetFieldData(size_t nPara, size_t nPos, sal_Int32 nType) const
+{
+    return mpImpl->GetFieldData(nPara, nPos, nType);
+}
+
 bool EditTextObject::HasField( sal_Int32 nType ) const
 {
     return mpImpl->HasField(nType);
@@ -703,6 +708,41 @@ const SvxFieldItem* EditTextObjectImpl::GetField() const
     return 0;
 }
 
+const SvxFieldData* EditTextObjectImpl::GetFieldData(size_t nPara, size_t nPos, sal_Int32 nType) const
+{
+    if (nPara >= aContents.size())
+        return NULL;
+
+    const ContentInfo& rC = aContents[nPara];
+    if (nPos >= rC.aAttribs.size())
+        // URL position is out-of-bound.
+        return NULL;
+
+    ContentInfo::XEditAttributesType::const_iterator it = rC.aAttribs.begin(), itEnd = rC.aAttribs.end();
+    size_t nCurPos = 0;
+    for (; it != itEnd; ++it)
+    {
+        const XEditAttribute& rAttr = *it;
+        if (rAttr.GetItem()->Which() != EE_FEATURE_FIELD)
+            // Skip attributes that are not fields.
+            continue;
+
+        const SvxFieldItem* pField = static_cast<const SvxFieldItem*>(rAttr.GetItem());
+        const SvxFieldData* pFldData = pField->GetField();
+        if (nType != text::textfield::Type::UNSPECIFIED && nType != pFldData->GetClassId())
+            // Field type doesn't match. Skip it.  UNSPECIFIED matches all field types.
+            continue;
+
+        if (nCurPos == nPos)
+            // Found it!
+            return pFldData;
+
+        ++nCurPos;
+    }
+
+    return NULL; // field not found.
+}
+
 bool EditTextObjectImpl::HasField( sal_Int32 nType ) const
 {
     size_t nParagraphs = aContents.size();
diff --git a/editeng/source/editeng/editobj2.hxx b/editeng/source/editeng/editobj2.hxx
index 5c5905023887..c1aa77ffc58d 100644
--- a/editeng/source/editeng/editobj2.hxx
+++ b/editeng/source/editeng/editobj2.hxx
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ public:
 
     bool IsFieldObject() const;
     const SvxFieldItem* GetField() const;
+    const SvxFieldData* GetFieldData(size_t nPara, size_t nPos, sal_Int32 nType) const;
+
     bool HasField( sal_Int32 nType = com::sun::star::text::textfield::Type::UNSPECIFIED ) const;
 
     const SfxItemSet& GetParaAttribs(size_t nPara) const;
diff --git a/sc/qa/unit/data/ods/rich-text-cells.ods b/sc/qa/unit/data/ods/rich-text-cells.ods
index a869b0be873a..da3a1edcada3 100644
Binary files a/sc/qa/unit/data/ods/rich-text-cells.ods and b/sc/qa/unit/data/ods/rich-text-cells.ods differ
diff --git a/sc/qa/unit/subsequent_filters-test.cxx b/sc/qa/unit/subsequent_filters-test.cxx
index ff09d2759fe1..d89d95d9de64 100644
--- a/sc/qa/unit/subsequent_filters-test.cxx
+++ b/sc/qa/unit/subsequent_filters-test.cxx
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include <editeng/brushitem.hxx>
 #include <editeng/justifyitem.hxx>
 #include <editeng/borderline.hxx>
+#include "editeng/flditem.hxx"
 #include <dbdata.hxx>
 #include "validat.hxx"
 #include "formulacell.hxx"
@@ -1757,6 +1758,15 @@ void ScFiltersTest::testRichTextContentODS()
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_MESSAGE("Failed to retrieve edit text object.", pEditText);
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_MESSAGE("Date field item not found.", pEditText->HasField(text::textfield::Type::DOCINFO_TITLE));
 
+    // URL for a file in the same directory. It should be converted into an absolute URL on import.
+    aPos.IncRow();
+    pEditText = pDoc->GetEditText(aPos);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_MESSAGE("Failed to retrieve edit text object.", pEditText);
+    const SvxFieldData* pData = pEditText->GetFieldData(0, 0, text::textfield::Type::URL);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_MESSAGE("Failed to get the URL data.", pData && pData->GetClassId() == text::textfield::Type::URL);
+    const SvxURLField* pURLData = static_cast<const SvxURLField*>(pData);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_MESSAGE("URL is not absolute with respect to the file system.", pURLData->GetURL().startsWith("file:///"));
+
     xDocSh->DoClose();
 }
 
diff --git a/sc/source/filter/xml/xmlcelli.cxx b/sc/source/filter/xml/xmlcelli.cxx
index 5f4acb9bc8fb..b97a2458cc6c 100644
--- a/sc/source/filter/xml/xmlcelli.cxx
+++ b/sc/source/filter/xml/xmlcelli.cxx
@@ -598,7 +598,8 @@ void ScXMLTableRowCellContext::PushParagraphFieldDocTitle(const OUString& rStyle
 void ScXMLTableRowCellContext::PushParagraphFieldURL(
     const OUString& rURL, const OUString& rRep, const OUString& rStyleName)
 {
-    PushParagraphField(new SvxURLField(rURL, rRep, SVXURLFORMAT_REPR), rStyleName);
+    OUString aAbsURL = GetScImport().GetAbsoluteReference(rURL);
+    PushParagraphField(new SvxURLField(aAbsURL, rRep, SVXURLFORMAT_REPR), rStyleName);
 }
 
 void ScXMLTableRowCellContext::PushParagraphEnd()