diff --git a/api/internal/target/kusttarget.go b/api/internal/target/kusttarget.go
index a64892375..c3d4ecc6f 100644
--- a/api/internal/target/kusttarget.go
+++ b/api/internal/target/kusttarget.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package target
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -481,9 +480,8 @@ func (kt *KustTarget) accumulateDirectory(
 	subKt.kustomization.BuildMetadata = kt.kustomization.BuildMetadata
 	subKt.origin = kt.origin
 	var bytes []byte
-	path := ldr.Root()
 	if openApiPath, exists := subKt.Kustomization().OpenAPI["path"]; exists {
-		bytes, err = ldr.Load(filepath.Join(path, openApiPath))
+		bytes, err = ldr.Load(openApiPath)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/api/krusty/kustomizer.go b/api/krusty/kustomizer.go
index f2784155f..5f1f27ff2 100644
--- a/api/krusty/kustomizer.go
+++ b/api/krusty/kustomizer.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package krusty
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"path/filepath"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/builtins"
 	pLdr "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/plugins/loader"
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ func (b *Kustomizer) Run(
 	}
 	var bytes []byte
 	if openApiPath, exists := kt.Kustomization().OpenAPI["path"]; exists {
-		bytes, err = ldr.Load(filepath.Join(ldr.Root(), openApiPath))
+		bytes, err = ldr.Load(openApiPath)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/api/krusty/openapitests/openapicustomschema_test.go b/api/krusty/openapitests/openapicustomschema_test.go
index 91f70cc82..fb196df77 100644
--- a/api/krusty/openapitests/openapicustomschema_test.go
+++ b/api/krusty/openapitests/openapicustomschema_test.go
@@ -170,6 +170,23 @@ openapi:
 	})
 }
 
+func TestCustomOpenApiFieldBasicUsageWithRemoteSchema(t *testing.T) {
+	runOpenApiTest(t, func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Helper()
+		th := kusttest_test.MakeHarness(t)
+		th.WriteK(".", `
+resources:
+- mycrd.yaml
+openapi:
+  path: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/raw/master/api/krusty/testdata/customschema.json
+`+customSchemaPatch)
+		writeCustomResource(th, "mycrd.yaml")
+		writeTestSchema(th, "./")
+		m := th.Run(".", th.MakeDefaultOptions())
+		th.AssertActualEqualsExpected(m, patchedCustomResource)
+	})
+}
+
 func TestCustomOpenApiFieldWithTwoGvks(t *testing.T) {
 	runOpenApiTest(t, func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Helper()
@@ -303,6 +320,29 @@ resources:
 	})
 }
 
+func TestCustomOpenApiFieldFromBaseWithRemoteSchema(t *testing.T) {
+	runOpenApiTest(t, func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Helper()
+		th := kusttest_test.MakeHarness(t)
+		th.WriteK("base", `
+resources:
+- mycrd.yaml
+openapi:
+  path: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/raw/master/api/krusty/testdata/customschema.json
+`)
+		th.WriteK("overlay", `
+resources:
+- ../base
+`+customSchemaPatch)
+		writeCustomResource(th, "base/mycrd.yaml")
+		writeTestSchema(th, "base/")
+		m := th.Run("overlay", th.MakeDefaultOptions())
+		th.AssertActualEqualsExpected(m, patchedCustomResource)
+		assert.Equal(t, "using custom schema from file provided",
+			openapi.GetSchemaVersion())
+	})
+}
+
 func TestCustomOpenApiFieldFromOverlay(t *testing.T) {
 	runOpenApiTest(t, func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Helper()
@@ -326,6 +366,29 @@ openapi:
 	})
 }
 
+func TestCustomOpenApiFieldFromOverlayWithRemoteSchema(t *testing.T) {
+	runOpenApiTest(t, func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Helper()
+		th := kusttest_test.MakeHarness(t)
+		th.WriteK("base", `
+resources:
+- mycrd.yaml
+`)
+		th.WriteK("overlay", `
+resources:
+- ../base
+openapi:
+  path: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/raw/master/api/krusty/testdata/customschema.json
+`+customSchemaPatch)
+		writeCustomResource(th, "base/mycrd.yaml")
+		writeTestSchema(th, "overlay/")
+		m := th.Run("overlay", th.MakeDefaultOptions())
+		th.AssertActualEqualsExpected(m, patchedCustomResource)
+		assert.Equal(t, "using custom schema from file provided",
+			openapi.GetSchemaVersion())
+	})
+}
+
 func TestCustomOpenApiFieldOverlayTakesPrecedence(t *testing.T) {
 	runOpenApiTest(t, func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Helper()