diff --git a/src/Concerns/InteractsWithAuthentication.php b/src/Concerns/InteractsWithAuthentication.php
index f2736dcbc..85af0a5a1 100644
--- a/src/Concerns/InteractsWithAuthentication.php
+++ b/src/Concerns/InteractsWithAuthentication.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public function loginAs($userId, $guard = null)
     {
         $userId = method_exists($userId, 'getKey') ? $userId->getKey() : $userId;
 
-        return $this->visit(rtrim(route('dusk.login', ['userId' => $userId, 'guard' => $guard])));
+        return $this->visit(rtrim(route('dusk.login', ['userId' => $userId, 'guard' => $guard], $this->shouldUseAbsoluteRouteForAuthentication())));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public function loginAs($userId, $guard = null)
      */
     public function logout($guard = null)
     {
-        return $this->visit(rtrim(route('dusk.logout', ['guard' => $guard]), '/'));
+        return $this->visit(rtrim(route('dusk.logout', ['guard' => $guard], $this->shouldUseAbsoluteRouteForAuthentication()), '/'));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public function logout($guard = null)
      */
     protected function currentUserInfo($guard = null)
     {
-        $response = $this->visit(route('dusk.user', ['guard' => $guard]));
+        $response = $this->visit(route('dusk.user', ['guard' => $guard], $this->shouldUseAbsoluteRouteForAuthentication()));
 
         return json_decode(strip_tags($response->driver->getPageSource()), true);
     }
@@ -104,4 +104,14 @@ public function assertAuthenticatedAs($user, $guard = null)
 
         return $this;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Determine if route() should use an absolute path.
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    private function shouldUseAbsoluteRouteForAuthentication()
+    {
+        return config('dusk.domain') !== null;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/DuskServiceProvider.php b/src/DuskServiceProvider.php
index 329958c82..b814f63a1 100644
--- a/src/DuskServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/DuskServiceProvider.php
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ class DuskServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
     public function boot()
     {
         if (! $this->app->environment('production')) {
-            Route::group([
+            Route::group(array_filter([
                 'prefix' => config('dusk.path', '_dusk'),
                 'domain' => config('dusk.domain', null),
                 'middleware' => 'web',
-            ], function () {
+            ]), function () {
                 Route::get('/login/{userId}/{guard?}', [
                     'uses' => 'Laravel\Dusk\Http\Controllers\UserController@login',
                     'as' => 'dusk.login',