diff --git a/app/controllers/api/base_controller/normalizer.rb b/app/controllers/api/base_controller/normalizer.rb
index bf127d9ff8c..188be4513c5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/base_controller/normalizer.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/base_controller/normalizer.rb
@@ -91,6 +91,14 @@ def normalize_url(value)
       # Let's normalize an href based on type and id value
       #
       def normalize_href(type, value)
+        type.to_s == @req.subcollection ? subcollection_href(type, value) : collection_href(type, value)
+      end
+
+      def subcollection_href(type, value)
+        normalize_url("#{@req.collection}/#{@req.c_id}/#{type}/#{value}")
+      end
+
+      def collection_href(type, value)
         normalize_url("#{type}/#{value}")
       end
 
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/custom_attributes_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/custom_attributes_spec.rb
index 64ce3d79c1d..e45beff1d5f 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/custom_attributes_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/custom_attributes_spec.rb
@@ -10,4 +10,16 @@
 
     expect(response).to have_http_status(:no_content)
   end
+
+  it 'returns the correct href' do
+    provider = FactoryGirl.create(:ext_management_system)
+    custom_attribute = FactoryGirl.create(:custom_attribute, :resource => provider, :name => 'foo', :value => 'bar')
+    url = "#{providers_url(provider.id)}/custom_attributes/#{custom_attribute.id}"
+    api_basic_authorize subcollection_action_identifier(:providers, :custom_attributes, :edit, :post)
+
+    run_post(url, :action => :edit, :name => 'name1')
+
+    expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok)
+    expect(response.parsed_body['href']).to include(url)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/tenant_quotas_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/tenant_quotas_spec.rb
index b2634972da1..83b8b9cf7be 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/tenant_quotas_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/tenant_quotas_spec.rb
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
       expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok)
       quota.reload
       expect(quota.value).to eq(5)
-      expect(response.parsed_body).to include('href' => /quotas/)
+      expect(response.parsed_body).to include('href' => a_string_including("tenants/#{tenant.id}/quotas/#{quota.id}"))
     end
 
     it "can update multiple quotas from a tenant with POST" do