diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cfec243e..1195d03c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   "typings": "./out/index.d.ts",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "node ./node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --config test/webpack.config.js",
+    "test-cross-origin": "node ./node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --config test/webpack-cross-origin.config.js",
     "watch": "tsc -w -p tsconfig.json",
     "prepublishOnly": "tsc -p tsconfig.json"
   },
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index b0fe2ab7..db132254 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -190,7 +190,16 @@ function createLoaderRules(languages: IFeatureDefinition[], features: IFeatureDe
       return {
         getWorkerUrl: function (moduleId, label) {
           var pathPrefix = ${pathPrefix};
-          return (pathPrefix ? stripTrailingSlash(pathPrefix) + '/' : '') + paths[label];
+          var result = (pathPrefix ? stripTrailingSlash(pathPrefix) + '/' : '') + paths[label];
+          if (/^(http:)|(https:)|(file:)/.test(result)) {
+            var currentUrl = String(window.location);
+            var currentOrigin = currentUrl.substr(0, currentUrl.length - window.location.hash.length - window.location.search.length - window.location.pathname.length);
+            if (result.substring(0, currentOrigin.length) !== currentOrigin) {
+              var js = '/*' + label + '*/importScripts("' + result + '");';
+              return 'data:text/javascript;charset=utf-8,' + encodeURIComponent(js);
+            }
+          }
+          return result;
         }
       };
     })(${JSON.stringify(workerPaths, null, 2)})`,
diff --git a/test/webpack-cross-origin.config.js b/test/webpack-cross-origin.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cbc3cf38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/webpack-cross-origin.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+const MonacoWebpackPlugin = require('../out/index.js');
+const path = require('path');
+
+const ASSET_PATH = 'http://localhost:8088/monaco-editor-webpack-plugin/test/dist/';
+
+module.exports = {
+    mode: 'development',
+    entry: './index.js',
+    context: __dirname,
+    output: {
+        path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist'),
+        filename: 'app.js',
+        publicPath: ASSET_PATH
+    },
+    module: {
+        rules: [{
+            test: /\.css$/,
+            use: ['style-loader', 'css-loader']
+        }]
+    },
+    plugins: [
+        new MonacoWebpackPlugin()
+    ]
+};