diff --git a/django/http/request.py b/django/http/request.py
index 5c567b9c46..a0bdf49312 100644
--- a/django/http/request.py
+++ b/django/http/request.py
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ class HttpRequest:
             # Make it an absolute url (but schemeless and domainless) for the
             # edge case that the path starts with '//'.
             location = '//%s' % self.get_full_path()
+        else:
+            # Coerce lazy locations.
+            location = str(location)
         bits = urlsplit(location)
         if not (bits.scheme and bits.netloc):
             # Handle the simple, most common case. If the location is absolute
diff --git a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/tests.py b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/tests.py
index d26923ab9d..94c2d40fe8 100644
--- a/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/tests.py
+++ b/tests/urlpatterns_reverse/tests.py
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ from django.http import (
     HttpRequest, HttpResponsePermanentRedirect, HttpResponseRedirect,
 )
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
-from django.test import SimpleTestCase, TestCase, override_settings
+from django.test import (
+    RequestFactory, SimpleTestCase, TestCase, override_settings,
+)
 from django.test.utils import override_script_prefix
 from django.urls import (
     NoReverseMatch, Resolver404, ResolverMatch, URLPattern, URLResolver,
@@ -529,6 +531,14 @@ class ReverseLazyTest(TestCase):
             'Some URL: /login/'
         )
 
+    def test_build_absolute_uri(self):
+        factory = RequestFactory()
+        request = factory.get('/')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            request.build_absolute_uri(reverse_lazy('some-login-page')),
+            'http://testserver/login/',
+        )
+
 
 class ReverseLazySettingsTest(AdminScriptTestCase):
     """