diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Scripts/admin-taxonomy-tags.js b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Scripts/admin-taxonomy-tags.js
index c5f22d6d6..74c4e83e4 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Scripts/admin-taxonomy-tags.js
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Scripts/admin-taxonomy-tags.js
@@ -87,10 +87,12 @@
     $(".terms-editor").each(function () {
         var selectedTerms = $(this).data("selected-terms");
 
+        var autocompleteUrl = $(this).data("autocomplete-url");
+
         var $tagit = $("> ul", this).tagit({
             tagSource: function (request, response) {
                 var termsEditor = $(this.element).parents(".terms-editor");
-                $.getJSON("/api/taxonomies/tags", { taxonomyId: termsEditor.data("taxonomy-id"), leavesOnly: termsEditor.data("leaves-only"), query: request.term }, function (data, status, xhr) {
+                $.getJSON(autocompleteUrl, { taxonomyId: termsEditor.data("taxonomy-id"), leavesOnly: termsEditor.data("leaves-only"), query: request.term }, function (data, status, xhr) {
                     response(data);
                 });
             },
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Views/EditorTemplates/Fields/TaxonomyField.Autocomplete.cshtml b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Views/EditorTemplates/Fields/TaxonomyField.Autocomplete.cshtml
index 10f3e9841..ff5bf2aec 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Views/EditorTemplates/Fields/TaxonomyField.Autocomplete.cshtml
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Views/EditorTemplates/Fields/TaxonomyField.Autocomplete.cshtml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 <fieldset class="taxonomy-wrapper" data-name-prefix="@Html.FieldNameFor(m => m)" data-id-prefix="@Html.FieldIdFor(m => m)">
     <label @if(Model.Settings.Required) { <text>class="required"</text> }>@Model.DisplayName</label>
     @if (Model.Settings.Autocomplete) {
-    <div class="terms-editor text text-medium" data-taxonomy-id="@Model.TaxonomyId" data-leaves-only="@Model.Settings.LeavesOnly" data-selected-terms="@selectedTerms" data-allow-new-terms="@Model.Settings.AllowCustomTerms.ToString().ToLower()" data-singlechoice="@Model.Settings.SingleChoice.ToString().ToLower()">
+    <div class="terms-editor text text-medium" data-autocomplete-url="@Url.HttpRouteUrl("", new { area = "Orchard.Taxonomies", controller = "Tags" })" data-taxonomy-id="@Model.TaxonomyId" data-leaves-only="@Model.Settings.LeavesOnly" data-selected-terms="@selectedTerms" data-allow-new-terms="@Model.Settings.AllowCustomTerms.ToString().ToLower()" data-singlechoice="@Model.Settings.SingleChoice.ToString().ToLower()">
             <ul></ul>
             @if (Model.Settings.SingleChoice) {
                 <div class="hint">@T("Enter a single term. Hit <i>tab</i> or <i>enter</i> to apply the term.") @if (!Model.Settings.AllowCustomTerms) { <text>@T("This taxonomy does not allow you to create new terms.") </text> }</div>