diff --git a/snowpack/src/build/file-builder.ts b/snowpack/src/build/file-builder.ts
index 6fae8b0ca1..8398c4b7e1 100644
--- a/snowpack/src/build/file-builder.ts
+++ b/snowpack/src/build/file-builder.ts
@@ -319,8 +319,9 @@ export class FileBuilder {
     return this.resolvedOutput[type].map;
   }
 
-  async getProxy(url: string, type: string) {
+  async getProxy(_url: string, type: string) {
     const code = this.resolvedOutput[type].code;
+    const url = path.posix.join(this.config.buildOptions.baseUrl, _url);
     return await wrapImportProxy({url, code, hmr: this.isHMR, config: this.config});
   }
 
diff --git a/snowpack/src/build/file-urls.ts b/snowpack/src/build/file-urls.ts
index 6194e89b5d..a02fd47ba2 100644
--- a/snowpack/src/build/file-urls.ts
+++ b/snowpack/src/build/file-urls.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,11 @@ export function getUrlsForFile(fileLoc: string, config: SnowpackConfig): string[
   if (!mountEntryResult) {
     const builtEntrypointUrls = getBuiltFileUrls(fileLoc, config);
     return builtEntrypointUrls.map((u) =>
-      path.posix.join(config.buildOptions.metaUrlPath, 'link', slash(path.relative(config.root, u))),
+      path.posix.join(
+        config.buildOptions.metaUrlPath,
+        'link',
+        slash(path.relative(config.root, u)),
+      ),
     );
   }
   const [mountKey, mountEntry] = mountEntryResult;
diff --git a/snowpack/src/commands/build.ts b/snowpack/src/commands/build.ts
index 3a29157ce4..0a30c1336d 100644
--- a/snowpack/src/commands/build.ts
+++ b/snowpack/src/commands/build.ts
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ export async function build(commandOptions: CommandOptions): Promise<SnowpackBui
 
   let optimizedImportMap: undefined | ImportMap;
   if (!config.buildOptions.watch) {
+    logger.info(colors.yellow('! optimizing dependencies...'));
     const packagesStart = performance.now();
     const installDest = path.join(buildDirectoryLoc, config.buildOptions.metaUrlPath, 'pkg');
     const installResult = await installOptimizedDependencies(
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ export async function build(commandOptions: CommandOptions): Promise<SnowpackBui
     );
     const packagesEnd = performance.now();
     logger.info(
-      `${colors.green('✔')} packages optimized. ${colors.dim(
+      `${colors.green('✔')} dependencies ready. ${colors.dim(
         `[${((packagesEnd - packagesStart) / 1000).toFixed(2)}s]`,
       )}`,
     );
diff --git a/test/build/base-url/base-url.test.js b/test/build/base-url/base-url.test.js
index d93b6fc31c..9a5477fdfe 100644
--- a/test/build/base-url/base-url.test.js
+++ b/test/build/base-url/base-url.test.js
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ describe('buildOptions.baseUrl', () => {
     expect($('script').attr('src').startsWith('/static/')).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it('import proxies works', () => {
+    expect(files['/_dist_/logo.png.proxy.js']).toEqual(
+      expect.stringContaining(`export default "/static/_dist_/logo.png";`),
+    );
+  });
+
   it('import.meta.env works', () => {
     // env is present in index.js
     expect(files['/index.js']).toEqual(
diff --git a/test/build/base-url/src/index.js b/test/build/base-url/src/index.js
index ae056e9d37..1424590a8a 100644
--- a/test/build/base-url/src/index.js
+++ b/test/build/base-url/src/index.js
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 // src/index.js - Test import URLs from the "/_dist_/" directory
 
 import {flatten} from 'array-flatten';
+import logo from './logo.png';
 
 export default function doNothing() {
   // I do nothing 🎉
 }
 
 // Triggers a snowpack meta import URL
-console.log(import.meta.env)
\ No newline at end of file
+console.log(import.meta.env)
+// Test import proxies
+console.log(logo)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/build/base-url/src/logo.png b/test/build/base-url/src/logo.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d23fe090ee
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