diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/package.json b/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/package.json
index 5f5ab0be4252..0d1ee6bd2193 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/package.json
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "@babel/parser": "^7.9.4",
     "@babel/traverse": "^7.9.0",
     "@docusaurus/core": "^2.0.0-alpha.61",
+    "@docusaurus/utils": "^2.0.0-alpha.61",
     "@mdx-js/mdx": "^1.5.8",
     "@mdx-js/react": "^1.5.8",
     "escape-html": "^1.0.3",
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/remark/transformImage/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap b/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/remark/transformImage/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap
index 9bd88868a050..b8230a895a24 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/remark/transformImage/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/remark/transformImage/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ exports[`transformImage plugin transform md images to <img /> 1`] = `
 
 <img alt={\\"img\\"} src={require(\\"!url-loader?limit=10000&name=assets/images/[name]-[hash].[ext]&fallback=file-loader!./img.png\\").default}  />
 
-<img alt={\\"img\\"} src={require(\\"!url-loader?limit=10000&name=assets/images/[name]-[hash].[ext]&fallback=file-loader!./img.png\\").default} title={\\"Title\\"} /> ![img](/img.png)
+<img alt={\\"img\\"} src={require(\\"!url-loader?limit=10000&name=assets/images/[name]-[hash].[ext]&fallback=file-loader!./img.png\\").default} title={\\"Title\\"} /> <img alt={\\"img\\"} src={require(\\"!url-loader?limit=10000&name=assets/images/[name]-[hash].[ext]&fallback=file-loader!packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/remark/transformImage/__tests__/fixtures/img.png\\").default}  />
 
 ## Heading
 
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/remark/transformImage/__tests__/index.test.js b/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/remark/transformImage/__tests__/index.test.js
index 5dae2649e42b..90498b8430f7 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/remark/transformImage/__tests__/index.test.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/remark/transformImage/__tests__/index.test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import {join} from 'path';
+import {join, relative} from 'path';
 import remark from 'remark';
 import mdx from 'remark-mdx';
 import vfile from 'to-vfile';
@@ -24,28 +24,35 @@ const processFixture = async (name, options) => {
   return result.toString();
 };
 
+// avoid hardcoding absolute
+const staticDir = `./${relative(process.cwd(), join(__dirname, 'fixtures'))}`;
+
 describe('transformImage plugin', () => {
   test('fail if image does not exist', async () => {
     await expect(
-      processFixture('fail', {staticDir: join(__dirname, 'fixtures')}),
+      processFixture('fail', {
+        staticDir,
+      }),
     ).rejects.toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot();
   });
   test('fail if image url is absent', async () => {
     await expect(
-      processFixture('noUrl', {staticDir: join(__dirname, 'fixtures')}),
+      processFixture('noUrl', {
+        staticDir,
+      }),
     ).rejects.toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot();
   });
 
   test('transform md images to <img />', async () => {
     const result = await processFixture('img', {
-      staticDir: join(__dirname, 'fixtures'),
+      staticDir,
     });
     expect(result).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 
   test('pathname protocol', async () => {
     const result = await processFixture('pathname', {
-      staticDir: join(__dirname, 'fixtures'),
+      staticDir,
     });
     expect(result).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/remark/transformImage/index.js b/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/remark/transformImage/index.js
index 85ffff05a1e5..65531b4a16fa 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/remark/transformImage/index.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/remark/transformImage/index.js
@@ -10,11 +10,31 @@ const path = require('path');
 const url = require('url');
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const {getFileLoaderUtils} = require('@docusaurus/core/lib/webpack/utils');
+const {posixPath} = require('@docusaurus/utils');
 
 const {
   loaders: {inlineMarkdownImageFileLoader},
 } = getFileLoaderUtils();
 
+const createJSX = (node, pathUrl) => {
+  node.type = 'jsx';
+  node.value = `<img ${node.alt ? `alt={"${node.alt}"}` : ''} ${
+    node.url
+      ? `src={require("${inlineMarkdownImageFileLoader}${pathUrl}").default}`
+      : ''
+  } ${node.title ? `title={"${node.title}"}` : ''} />`;
+
+  if (node.url) {
+    delete node.url;
+  }
+  if (node.alt) {
+    delete node.alt;
+  }
+  if (node.title) {
+    delete node.title;
+  }
+};
+
 // Needed to throw errors with computer-agnostic path messages
 // Absolute paths are too dependant of user FS
 function toRelativePath(filePath) {
@@ -56,6 +76,7 @@ async function processImageNode(node, {filePath, staticDir}) {
     // absolute paths are expected to exist in the static folder
     const expectedImagePath = path.join(staticDir, node.url);
     await ensureImageFileExist(expectedImagePath, filePath);
+    createJSX(node, posixPath(expectedImagePath));
   }
   // We try to convert image urls without protocol to images with require calls
   // going through webpack ensures that image assets exist at build time
@@ -63,25 +84,7 @@ async function processImageNode(node, {filePath, staticDir}) {
     // relative paths are resolved against the source file's folder
     const expectedImagePath = path.join(path.dirname(filePath), node.url);
     await ensureImageFileExist(expectedImagePath, filePath);
-
-    node.type = 'jsx';
-    node.value = `<img ${node.alt ? `alt={"${node.alt}"}` : ''} ${
-      node.url
-        ? `src={require("${inlineMarkdownImageFileLoader}${
-            node.url.startsWith('./') ? node.url : `./${node.url}`
-          }").default}`
-        : ''
-    } ${node.title ? `title={"${node.title}"}` : ''} />`;
-
-    if (node.url) {
-      delete node.url;
-    }
-    if (node.alt) {
-      delete node.alt;
-    }
-    if (node.title) {
-      delete node.title;
-    }
+    createJSX(node, node.url.startsWith('./') ? node.url : `./${node.url}`);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/index.ts
index de51bcbb9314..b7f46ee36836 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/index.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ import {Configuration, Loader} from 'webpack';
 import admonitions from 'remark-admonitions';
 import {PluginOptionSchema} from './pluginOptionSchema';
 import {ValidationError} from '@hapi/joi';
-import {DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID} from '@docusaurus/core/lib/constants';
+import {
+  DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID,
+  STATIC_DIR_NAME,
+} from '@docusaurus/core/lib/constants';
 
 import {PluginOptions, LoadedContent, Metadata} from './types';
 
@@ -178,6 +181,7 @@ export default function pluginContentPages(
                   options: {
                     remarkPlugins,
                     rehypePlugins,
+                    staticDir: path.join(siteDir, STATIC_DIR_NAME),
                     // Note that metadataPath must be the same/in-sync as
                     // the path from createData for each MDX.
                     metadataPath: (mdxPath: string) => {
diff --git a/website/src/pages/examples/markdownPageExample.md b/website/src/pages/examples/markdownPageExample.md
index 16b714516838..6c32f6e1b6c7 100644
--- a/website/src/pages/examples/markdownPageExample.md
+++ b/website/src/pages/examples/markdownPageExample.md
@@ -25,8 +25,14 @@ function Button() {
 }
 ```
 
+### Using relative path
+
 ![](../../../static/img/docusaurus.png)
 
+### Using absolute path
+
+![](/img/docusaurus.png)
+
 import Tabs from '@theme/Tabs';
 
 import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';