diff --git a/requests_toolbelt/sessions.py b/requests_toolbelt/sessions.py
index 362924f..c747596 100644
--- a/requests_toolbelt/sessions.py
+++ b/requests_toolbelt/sessions.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 class BaseUrlSession(requests.Session):
     """A Session with a URL that all requests will use as a base.
 
-    Let's start by looking at an example:
+    Let's start by looking at a few examples:
 
     .. code-block:: python
 
@@ -19,10 +19,22 @@ class BaseUrlSession(requests.Session):
 
     Our call to the ``get`` method will make a request to the URL passed in
     when we created the Session and the partial resource name we provide.
+    We implement this by overriding the ``request`` method of the Session.
 
-    We implement this by overriding the ``request`` method so most uses of a
-    Session are covered. (This, however, precludes the use of PreparedRequest
-    objects).
+    Likewise, we override the ``prepare_request`` method so you can construct
+    a PreparedRequest in the same way:
+
+    .. code-block:: python
+
+        >>> from requests import Request
+        >>> from requests_toolbelt import sessions
+        >>> s = sessions.BaseUrlSession(
+        ...     base_url='https://example.com/resource/')
+        >>> request = Request(method='GET', url='sub-resource/')
+        >>> prepared_request = s.prepare_request(request)
+        >>> r = s.send(prepared_request)
+        >>> print(r.request.url)
+        https://example.com/resource/sub-resource
 
     .. note::
 
@@ -65,6 +77,13 @@ def request(self, method, url, *args, **kwargs):
             method, url, *args, **kwargs
         )
 
+    def prepare_request(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Prepare the request after generating the complete URL."""
+        request.url = self.create_url(request.url)
+        return super(BaseUrlSession, self).prepare_request(
+            request, *args, **kwargs
+        )
+
     def create_url(self, url):
         """Create the URL based off this partial path."""
         return urljoin(self.base_url, url)
diff --git a/tests/test_sessions.py b/tests/test_sessions.py
index 297d9ea..e375578 100644
--- a/tests/test_sessions.py
+++ b/tests/test_sessions.py
@@ -3,26 +3,53 @@
 import pytest
 
 from requests_toolbelt import sessions
+from requests import Request
 from . import get_betamax
 
 
 class TestBasedSession(unittest.TestCase):
-    def test_with_base(self):
+    def test_request_with_base(self):
         session = sessions.BaseUrlSession('https://httpbin.org/')
         recorder = get_betamax(session)
         with recorder.use_cassette('simple_get_request'):
             response = session.get('/get')
         response.raise_for_status()
 
-    def test_without_base(self):
+    def test_request_without_base(self):
         session = sessions.BaseUrlSession()
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
             session.get('/')
 
-    def test_override_base(self):
+    def test_request_override_base(self):
         session = sessions.BaseUrlSession('https://www.google.com')
         recorder = get_betamax(session)
         with recorder.use_cassette('simple_get_request'):
             response = session.get('https://httpbin.org/get')
         response.raise_for_status()
         assert response.json()['headers']['Host'] == 'httpbin.org'
+
+    def test_prepared_request_with_base(self):
+        session = sessions.BaseUrlSession('https://httpbin.org')
+        request = Request(method="GET", url="/get")
+        prepared_request = session.prepare_request(request)
+        recorder = get_betamax(session)
+        with recorder.use_cassette('simple_get_request'):
+            response = session.send(prepared_request)
+        response.raise_for_status()
+
+    def test_prepared_request_without_base(self):
+        session = sessions.BaseUrlSession()
+        request = Request(method="GET", url="/")
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+            prepared_request = session.prepare_request(request)
+            session.send(prepared_request)
+
+    def test_prepared_request_override_base(self):
+        session = sessions.BaseUrlSession('https://www.google.com')
+        request = Request(method="GET", url="https://httpbin.org/get")
+        prepared_request = session.prepare_request(request)
+        recorder = get_betamax(session)
+        with recorder.use_cassette('simple_get_request'):
+            response = session.send(prepared_request)
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        assert response.json()['headers']['Host'] == 'httpbin.org'