diff --git a/django/contrib/contenttypes/views.py b/django/contrib/contenttypes/views.py
index 430ed800da..6bc3aa04dd 100644
--- a/django/contrib/contenttypes/views.py
+++ b/django/contrib/contenttypes/views.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def shortcut(request, content_type_id, object_id):
     # if necessary.
 
     # If the object actually defines a domain, we're done.
-    if absurl.startswith('http://') or absurl.startswith('https://'):
+    if absurl.startswith(('http://', 'https://', '//')):
         return http.HttpResponseRedirect(absurl)
 
     # Otherwise, we need to introspect the object's relationships for a
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.7.txt b/docs/releases/1.7.txt
index 305cf6da66..a8bf154421 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.7.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.7.txt
@@ -1147,6 +1147,9 @@ Miscellaneous
   ``django.utils.translation.trans_real.get_supported_language_variant()``
   now no longer have a ``supported`` argument.
 
+* The ``shortcut`` view in ``django.contrib.contenttypes.views`` now supports
+  protocol-relative URLs (e.g. ``//example.com``).
+
 .. _deprecated-features-1.7:
 
 Features deprecated in 1.7
diff --git a/tests/contenttypes_tests/fixtures/testdata.json b/tests/contenttypes_tests/fixtures/testdata.json
index 52510bfe90..114b1e262f 100644
--- a/tests/contenttypes_tests/fixtures/testdata.json
+++ b/tests/contenttypes_tests/fixtures/testdata.json
@@ -36,6 +36,27 @@
             "date_created": "3000-01-01 21:22:23"
         }
     },
+    {
+        "pk": 1,
+        "model": "contenttypes_tests.schemeincludedurl",
+        "fields": {
+            "url": "http://test_scheme_included_http/"
+        }
+    },
+    {
+        "pk": 2,
+        "model": "contenttypes_tests.schemeincludedurl",
+        "fields": {
+            "url": "https://test_scheme_included_https/"
+        }
+    },
+    {
+        "pk": 3,
+        "model": "contenttypes_tests.schemeincludedurl",
+        "fields": {
+            "url": "//test_default_scheme_kept/"
+        }
+    },
     {
         "pk": 1,
         "model": "sites.site",
diff --git a/tests/contenttypes_tests/models.py b/tests/contenttypes_tests/models.py
index d47cfac7f7..dadc40d3d9 100644
--- a/tests/contenttypes_tests/models.py
+++ b/tests/contenttypes_tests/models.py
@@ -24,3 +24,14 @@ class Article(models.Model):
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.title
+
+
+@python_2_unicode_compatible
+class SchemeIncludedURL(models.Model):
+    url = models.URLField(max_length=100)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.url
+
+    def get_absolute_url(self):
+        return self.url
diff --git a/tests/contenttypes_tests/tests.py b/tests/contenttypes_tests/tests.py
index af2cedd8b3..085ad2ec89 100644
--- a/tests/contenttypes_tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/contenttypes_tests/tests.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from django.test import TestCase
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
 from django.utils.encoding import force_str
 
-from .models import Author, Article
+from .models import Author, Article, SchemeIncludedURL
 
 
 class ContentTypesViewsTests(TestCase):
@@ -27,6 +27,19 @@ class ContentTypesViewsTests(TestCase):
             self.assertRedirects(response, 'http://testserver%s' % obj.get_absolute_url(),
                                  status_code=302, target_status_code=404)
 
+    def test_shortcut_with_absolute_url_including_scheme(self):
+        """
+        Can view a shortcut when object's get_absolute_url returns a full URL
+        the tested URLs are in fixtures/testdata.json :
+        "http://...", "https://..." and "//..."
+        """
+        for obj in SchemeIncludedURL.objects.all():
+            short_url = '/shortcut/%s/%s/' % (ContentType.objects.get_for_model(SchemeIncludedURL).id, obj.pk)
+            response = self.client.get(short_url)
+            self.assertRedirects(response, obj.get_absolute_url(),
+                                 status_code=302,
+                                 fetch_redirect_response=False)
+
     def test_shortcut_no_absolute_url(self):
         "Shortcuts for an object that has no get_absolute_url method raises 404"
         for obj in Article.objects.all():