diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/Form.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/Form.java
index a935c0e95..252fcebb8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/Form.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/Form.java
@@ -104,8 +104,9 @@ public class Form extends ClosingUIBean {
     protected String portletMode;
     protected String windowState;
     protected String acceptcharset;
-    protected String focusElement;
+    protected boolean includeContext = true;
 
+    protected String focusElement;
     protected Configuration configuration;
     protected ObjectFactory objectFactory;
     protected UrlRenderer urlRenderer;
@@ -346,4 +347,9 @@ public class Form extends ClosingUIBean {
     public void setFocusElement(String focusElement) {
         this.focusElement = focusElement;
     }
+
+    @StrutsTagAttribute(description="Whether actual context should be included in URL", type="Boolean", defaultValue="true")
+    public void setIncludeContext(boolean includeContext) {
+        this.includeContext = includeContext;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/ServletUrlRenderer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/ServletUrlRenderer.java
index f672cbafc..1c906db6d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/ServletUrlRenderer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/ServletUrlRenderer.java
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public class ServletUrlRenderer implements UrlRenderer {
 
 			ActionMapping mapping = new ActionMapping(actionName, namespace, actionMethod, formComponent.parameters);
 			String result = UrlHelper.buildUrl(formComponent.actionMapper.getUriFromActionMapping(mapping),
-					formComponent.request, formComponent.response, null);
+					formComponent.request, formComponent.response, null, null, formComponent.includeContext, true);
 			formComponent.addParameter("action", result);
 
 			// let's try to get the actual action class and name
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public class ServletUrlRenderer implements UrlRenderer {
               LOG.warn("No configuration found for the specified action: '" + actionName + "' in namespace: '" + namespace + "'. Form action defaulting to 'action' attribute's literal value.");
             }
 
-			String result = UrlHelper.buildUrl(action, formComponent.request, formComponent.response, null);
+			String result = UrlHelper.buildUrl(action, formComponent.request, formComponent.response, null, null, formComponent.includeContext, true);
 			formComponent.addParameter("action", result);
 
 			// namespace: cut out anything between the start and the last /
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/FormTag.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/FormTag.java
index 8e54630ce..0a82ae43f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/FormTag.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/FormTag.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ public class FormTag extends AbstractClosingTag {
     protected String windowState;
     protected String acceptcharset;
     protected String focusElement;
+    protected boolean includeContext = true;
     
     public Component getBean(ValueStack stack, HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) {
         return new Form(stack, req, res);
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ public class FormTag extends AbstractClosingTag {
         form.setWindowState(windowState);
         form.setAcceptcharset(acceptcharset);
         form.setFocusElement(focusElement);
+        form.setIncludeContext(includeContext);
     }
 
 
@@ -118,4 +120,8 @@ public class FormTag extends AbstractClosingTag {
     public void setFocusElement(String focusElement) {
         this.focusElement = focusElement;
     }
+
+    public void setIncludeContext(boolean includeContext) {
+        this.includeContext = includeContext;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/site/resources/tags/form.html b/core/src/site/resources/tags/form.html
index 046cc0df8..803e3faa4 100644
--- a/core/src/site/resources/tags/form.html
+++ b/core/src/site/resources/tags/form.html
@@ -121,6 +121,14 @@ Please do not edit it directly.
 					<td align="left" valign="top">String</td>
 					<td align="left" valign="top">HTML id attribute</td>
 				</tr>
+				<tr>
+					<td align="left" valign="top">includeContext</td>
+					<td align="left" valign="top">false</td>
+					<td align="left" valign="top">true</td>
+					<td align="left" valign="top">false</td>
+					<td align="left" valign="top">Boolean</td>
+					<td align="left" valign="top">Whether actual context should be included in URL</td>
+				</tr>
 				<tr>
 					<td align="left" valign="top">javascriptTooltip</td>
 					<td align="left" valign="top">false</td>
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/FormTagTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/FormTagTest.java
index 523c0bd28..11f595e61 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/FormTagTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/FormTagTest.java
@@ -65,6 +65,35 @@ public class FormTagTest extends AbstractUITagTest {
 
         verify(FormTag.class.getResource("Formtag-9.txt"));
     }
+
+    public void testFormWithoutContext() throws Exception {
+        request.setupGetContext("somecontext");
+
+        FormTag tag = new FormTag();
+        tag.setTheme("xhtml");
+        tag.setPageContext(pageContext);
+        tag.setAction("testAction");
+        tag.setIncludeContext(false);
+        tag.doStartTag();
+        tag.doEndTag();
+
+
+        verify(FormTag.class.getResource("Formtag-14.txt"));
+    }
+
+    public void testFormWithContext() throws Exception {
+        request.setupGetContext("/somecontext");
+
+        FormTag tag = new FormTag();
+        tag.setTheme("xhtml");
+        tag.setPageContext(pageContext);
+        tag.setAction("testAction");
+        tag.doStartTag();
+        tag.doEndTag();
+
+
+        verify(FormTag.class.getResource("Formtag-13.txt"));
+    }
     
     public void testFormWithActionAttributeContainingBothActionAndDMIMethod() throws Exception {
         FormTag tag = new FormTag();
diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/Formtag-13.txt b/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/Formtag-13.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c74d927d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/Formtag-13.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<form id="testAction" name="testAction" action="/somecontext/testAction.action" method="post">
+<table class="wwFormTable">
+</table>
+</form>
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diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/Formtag-14.txt b/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/Formtag-14.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..842c9d896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/Formtag-14.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<form id="testAction" name="testAction" action="/testAction.action" method="post">
+<table class="wwFormTable">
+</table>
+</form>
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