diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 1de2911fb15..0e82f14ca9d 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -241,9 +241,11 @@ GEM
     html-pipeline (1.11.0)
       activesupport (>= 2)
       nokogiri (~> 1.4)
-    html-pipeline-gitlab (0.1.0)
-      gitlab_emoji (~> 0.0.1.1)
+    html-pipeline-gitlab (0.1.5)
+      actionpack (~> 4)
+      gitlab_emoji (~> 0.0.1)
       html-pipeline (~> 1.11.0)
+      sanitize (~> 2.1)
     http_parser.rb (0.5.3)
     httparty (0.13.0)
       json (~> 1.8)
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/markdown.rb b/lib/gitlab/markdown.rb
index 17512a51658..ddcce7557a0 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/markdown.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/markdown.rb
@@ -70,14 +70,22 @@ module Gitlab
         insert_piece($1)
       end
 
-      # Context passed to the markdoqwn pipeline
+      # Used markdown pipelines in GitLab:
+      # GitlabEmojiFilter - performs emoji replacement.
+      #
+      # see https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/html-pipeline-gitlab for more filters
+      filters = [
+        HTML::Pipeline::Gitlab::GitlabEmojiFilter
+      ]
+
       markdown_context = {
-        asset_root: File.join(root_url,
-                              Gitlab::Application.config.assets.prefix)
+              asset_root: Gitlab.config.gitlab.url,
+              asset_host: Gitlab::Application.config.asset_host
       }
 
-      result = HTML::Pipeline::Gitlab::MarkdownPipeline.call(text,
-                                                             markdown_context)
+      markdown_pipeline = HTML::Pipeline::Gitlab.new(filters).pipeline
+
+      result = markdown_pipeline.call(text, markdown_context)
       text = result[:output].to_html(save_with: 0)
 
       allowed_attributes = ActionView::Base.sanitized_allowed_attributes
diff --git a/spec/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper_spec.rb
index 15033f07432..26908abc30a 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper_spec.rb
@@ -576,9 +576,21 @@ describe GitlabMarkdownHelper do
     end
 
     it "should generate absolute urls for emoji" do
-      markdown(":smile:").should include("src=\"#{url_helper('emoji/smile')}")
+      markdown(":smile:").should include("src=\"http://localhost/assets/emoji/smile.png")
     end
 
+    it "should generate absolute urls for emoji if relative url is present" do
+      Gitlab.config.gitlab.stub(:url).and_return('http://localhost/gitlab/root')
+      markdown(":smile:").should include("src=\"http://localhost/gitlab/root/assets/emoji/smile.png")
+    end
+
+    it "should generate absolute urls for emoji if asset_host is present" do
+      Gitlab::Application.config.stub(:asset_host).and_return("https://cdn.example.com")
+      ActionView::Base.any_instance.stub_chain(:config, :asset_host).and_return("https://cdn.example.com")
+      markdown(":smile:").should include("src=\"https://cdn.example.com/assets/emoji/smile.png")
+    end
+
+
     it "should handle relative urls for a file in master" do
       actual = "[GitLab API doc](doc/api/README.md)\n"
       expected = "<p><a href=\"/#{project.path_with_namespace}/blob/#{@ref}/doc/api/README.md\">GitLab API doc</a></p>\n"