diff --git a/docs/examples/loaders/MTLLoader.html b/docs/examples/loaders/MTLLoader.html
index 4e989ed721e90976e9245c445069cf8e20cedca2..40a2be09b6b77d9389c7e28eafa3c5b74ad0c0e9 100644
--- a/docs/examples/loaders/MTLLoader.html
+++ b/docs/examples/loaders/MTLLoader.html
@@ -49,16 +49,16 @@
 			[page:String path] — required<br />
 		</p>
 		<p>
-			 Set base path for resolving references. If set this path will be prepended to each loaded and found reference.
+			 Set base path for MTL file.
 		</p>
 
 
-		<h3>[method:MTLLoader setTexturePath]( [param:String path] )</h3>
+		<h3>[method:MTLLoader setResourcePath]( [param:String path] )</h3>
 		<p>
 			[page:String path] — required<br />
 		</p>
 		<p>
-			Set base path for resolving texture references. If set this path will be prepended found texture reference. If not set and setPath is, it will be used as texture base path.
+			Set base path for additional resources like textures. If set, this path will be used as the base path.
 		</p>
 
 
@@ -88,9 +88,10 @@
 		</p>
 
 
-		<h3>[method:MTLLoaderMaterialCreator parse]( [param:String text] )</h3>
+		<h3>[method:MTLLoaderMaterialCreator parse]( [param:String text, param:String path] )</h3>
 		<p>
 			[page:String text] — The textual <em>mtl</em> structure to parse.
+			[page:String path] — The path to the MTL file.
 		</p>
 		<p>
 			Parse a <em>mtl</em> text structure and return a [page:MTLLoaderMaterialCreator] instance.<br />
diff --git a/examples/js/loaders/MTLLoader.js b/examples/js/loaders/MTLLoader.js
index b15da99e148bd1655ccffc0d7d4b4a194318be88..9c39b2451f97b75d05d738eb78e076af1a4c4e12 100644
--- a/examples/js/loaders/MTLLoader.js
+++ b/examples/js/loaders/MTLLoader.js
@@ -22,20 +22,22 @@ THREE.MTLLoader.prototype = {
 	 * @param {Function} [onProgress] - Callback for download progress.
 	 * @param {Function} [onError] - Callback for download errors.
 	 *
-	 * @see setPath setTexturePath
+	 * @see setPath setResourcePath
 	 *
 	 * @note In order for relative texture references to resolve correctly
-	 * you must call setPath and/or setTexturePath explicitly prior to load.
+	 * you must call setResourcePath() explicitly prior to load.
 	 */
 	load: function ( url, onLoad, onProgress, onError ) {
 
 		var scope = this;
 
+		var path = ( this.path === undefined ) ? THREE.LoaderUtils.extractUrlBase( url ) : this.path;
+
 		var loader = new THREE.FileLoader( this.manager );
 		loader.setPath( this.path );
 		loader.load( url, function ( text ) {
 
-			onLoad( scope.parse( text ) );
+			onLoad( scope.parse( text, path ) );
 
 		}, onProgress, onError );
 
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ THREE.MTLLoader.prototype = {
 	 * Set base path for resolving references.
 	 * If set this path will be prepended to each loaded and found reference.
 	 *
-	 * @see setTexturePath
+	 * @see setResourcePath
 	 * @param {String} path
 	 * @return {THREE.MTLLoader}
 	 *
@@ -61,9 +63,7 @@ THREE.MTLLoader.prototype = {
 	},
 
 	/**
-	 * Set base path for resolving texture references.
-	 * If set this path will be prepended found texture reference.
-	 * If not set and setPath is, it will be used as texture base path.
+	 * Set base path for additional resources like textures.
 	 *
 	 * @see setPath
 	 * @param {String} path
@@ -71,21 +71,20 @@ THREE.MTLLoader.prototype = {
 	 *
 	 * @example
 	 *     mtlLoader.setPath( 'assets/obj/' );
-	 *     mtlLoader.setTexturePath( 'assets/textures/' );
+	 *     mtlLoader.setResourcePath( 'assets/textures/' );
 	 *     mtlLoader.load( 'my.mtl', ... );
 	 */
-	setTexturePath: function ( path ) {
+	setResourcePath: function ( path ) {
 
-		this.texturePath = path;
+		this.resourcePath = path;
 		return this;
 
 	},
 
-	setBaseUrl: function ( path ) {
-
-		console.warn( 'THREE.MTLLoader: .setBaseUrl() is deprecated. Use .setTexturePath( path ) for texture path or .setPath( path ) for general base path instead.' );
+	setTexturePath: function ( path ) {
 
-		return this.setTexturePath( path );
+		console.warn( 'THREE.MTLLoader: .setTexturePath() has been renamed to .setResourcePath().' );
+		return this.setResourcePath( path );
 
 	},
 
@@ -109,12 +108,12 @@ THREE.MTLLoader.prototype = {
 	 * @param {String} text - Content of MTL file
 	 * @return {THREE.MTLLoader.MaterialCreator}
 	 *
-	 * @see setPath setTexturePath
+	 * @see setPath setResourcePath
 	 *
 	 * @note In order for relative texture references to resolve correctly
-	 * you must call setPath and/or setTexturePath explicitly prior to parse.
+	 * you must call setResourcePath() explicitly prior to parse.
 	 */
-	parse: function ( text ) {
+	parse: function ( text, path ) {
 
 		var lines = text.split( '\n' );
 		var info = {};
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ THREE.MTLLoader.prototype = {
 
 		}
 
-		var materialCreator = new THREE.MTLLoader.MaterialCreator( this.texturePath || this.path, this.materialOptions );
+		var materialCreator = new THREE.MTLLoader.MaterialCreator( this.resourcePath || path, this.materialOptions );
 		materialCreator.setCrossOrigin( this.crossOrigin );
 		materialCreator.setManager( this.manager );
 		materialCreator.setMaterials( materialsInfo );
diff --git a/examples/js/loaders/OBJLoader2.js b/examples/js/loaders/OBJLoader2.js
index 21a942d4c67b443f436f149a9ef61f7693ecabc5..ef8079fb33f6298d7ff6c8ca35b86882fd91a843 100644
--- a/examples/js/loaders/OBJLoader2.js
+++ b/examples/js/loaders/OBJLoader2.js
@@ -1397,7 +1397,7 @@ THREE.OBJLoader2 = (function () {
 			var mtlLoader = new THREE.MTLLoader( this.manager );
 			crossOrigin = Validator.verifyInput( crossOrigin, 'anonymous' );
 			mtlLoader.setCrossOrigin( crossOrigin );
-			mtlLoader.setPath( resource.path );
+			mtlLoader.setResourcePath( resource.path );
 			if ( Validator.isValid( materialOptions ) ) mtlLoader.setMaterialOptions( materialOptions );
 
 			var parseTextWithMtlLoader = function ( content ) {