diff --git a/lib/capybara/helpers.rb b/lib/capybara/helpers.rb
index 9d1e83cb..6c8d0ec4 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/helpers.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,24 @@ module Capybara
       def to_regexp(text)
         text.is_a?(Regexp) ? text : Regexp.escape(normalize_whitespace(text))
       end
+
+      ##
+      #
+      # Injects a `<base>` tag into the given HTML code, pointing to
+      # `Capybara.asset_host`.
+      #
+      # @param [String] html     HTML code to inject into
+      # @param [String]          The modified HTML code
+      #
+      def inject_asset_host(html)
+        if Capybara.asset_host
+          if Nokogiri::HTML(html).css("base").empty? and match = html.match(/<head[^<]*?>/)
+            html.insert match.end(0), "<base href='#{Capybara.asset_host}' />"
+          end
+        else
+          html
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/capybara/session.rb b/lib/capybara/session.rb
index 663726b7..4ba1df78 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/session.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/session.rb
@@ -313,18 +313,10 @@ module Capybara
     def save_page(path=nil)
       path ||= "capybara-#{Time.new.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")}#{rand(10**10)}.html"
       path = File.expand_path(path, Capybara.save_and_open_page_path) if Capybara.save_and_open_page_path
-      body_to_write = body
-
-      if Capybara.asset_host
-        parsed = Nokogiri::HTML(body_to_write)
-        if parsed.css("base").empty? && match = body_to_write.match(/<head[^<]*?>/)
-          body_to_write.insert match.end(0), "<base href='#{Capybara.asset_host}' />"
-        end
-      end
 
       FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(path))
 
-      File.open(path,'w') { |f| f.write(body_to_write) }
+      File.open(path,'w') { |f| f.write(Capybara::Helpers.inject_asset_host(body)) }
       path
     end
 
@@ -393,7 +385,7 @@ module Capybara
     end
 
   private
-  
+
     def scopes
       @scopes ||= [document]
     end