diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/geomap/layers/data/geojsonLayer.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/geomap/layers/data/geojsonLayer.ts
index be427994830..45e8c787371 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/geomap/layers/data/geojsonLayer.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/geomap/layers/data/geojsonLayer.ts
@@ -78,9 +78,11 @@ export const geojsonLayer: MapLayerRegistryItem<GeoJSONMapperConfig> = {
 
     // Interpolate variables in the URL
     const interpolatedUrl = getTemplateSrv().replace(config.src || '');
+    const isAbsoluteUrl = interpolatedUrl.startsWith('http');
+    const layerUrl = isAbsoluteUrl ? interpolatedUrl : `${window.__grafana_public_path__}${interpolatedUrl.replace(/^(public\/)/, '')}`;
 
     const source = new VectorSource({
-      url: `${window.__grafana_public_path__}build/${interpolatedUrl.replace(/^(public\/)/, '')}`,
+      url: layerUrl,
       format: new GeoJSON(),
     });