diff --git a/src/index.d.ts b/src/index.d.ts
index 3df82a2..4ce7d5a 100644
--- a/src/index.d.ts
+++ b/src/index.d.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,31 @@
 export type TrailingSlash = 'always' | 'never' | 'ignore';
 
+type CollectionPathMode = 'subdirectory' | `root`
+
 export interface Options {
   contentPath?: string; // where you store your content relative to the root directory
+	/**
+	 * @docs
+	 * @name collectionPathMode
+	 * @type {CollectionPathMode}
+	 * @default `'subdirectory'`
+	 * @description
+	 *
+	 * Where you store your collections:
+	 *   - `'subdirectory'` - Subdirectories under `contentPath` (ex: "src/content/docs/index.md" where docs is the content collection subdirectory of the contentPath src/content)
+	 *   - `'root'` - Directly inside `contentPath` (ex. src/content/index.md where src/content is the contentPath)
+	 *
+	 * Use the `root` configuration option when you are treating a single content collection as if it where located in the site root.  In most scenarios, you should set this
+	 * value to `subdirectory` or not set this value and the default of `subdirectory` will be used.
+	 *
+	 * ```js
+	 * {
+	 *   // Example: Use `subdirectory` mode
+	 *   collectionPathMode: `subdirectory`
+	 * }
+	 * ```
+	 */
+  collectionPathMode?: CollectionPathMode;
   basePath?: string; // https://docs.astro.build/en/reference/configuration-reference/#base
   /**
    * @name trailingSlash
diff --git a/src/index.mjs b/src/index.mjs
index 2b64d48..e849fb0 100644
--- a/src/index.mjs
+++ b/src/index.mjs
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ const defaultContentPath = ["src", "content"].join(path.sep);
 /** @type {import("./index").TrailingSlash} */
 const defaultTrailingSlash = 'ignore';
 
+/** @type {import("./index").CollectionPathMode} */
+const defaultCollectionPathMode = 'subdirectory';
+
 /** @param {import('./index').Options} options */
 function astroRehypeRelativeMarkdownLinks(options = {}) {
   return (tree, file) => {
@@ -57,9 +60,9 @@ function astroRehypeRelativeMarkdownLinks(options = {}) {
       const { data: frontmatter } = matter(relativeFileContent);
       const frontmatterSlug = frontmatter.slug;
       const contentDir = options.contentPath || defaultContentPath;
-
+      const collectionPathMode = options.collectionPathMode || defaultCollectionPathMode;
       const relativeToContentPath = path.relative(contentDir, relativeFile);
-      const collectionName = path.dirname(relativeToContentPath).split(path.posix.sep)[0];
+      const collectionName = collectionPathMode === 'root' ? "" : path.dirname(relativeToContentPath).split(path.posix.sep)[0];
       const relativeToCollectionPath = path.relative(collectionName, relativeToContentPath);
       const withoutFileExt = replaceExt(relativeToCollectionPath, "")
       const pathSegments = withoutFileExt.split(path.posix.sep);
@@ -67,9 +70,9 @@ function astroRehypeRelativeMarkdownLinks(options = {}) {
       const resolvedSlug = resolveSlug(generatedSlug, frontmatterSlug);
       const trailingSlashMode = options.trailingSlash || defaultTrailingSlash;
 
-      const resolvedUrl = path.posix.sep +
+      const resolvedUrl = 
         [
-          collectionName,
+          !collectionName ? '' : (path.posix.sep + collectionName),
           resolvedSlug,
         ].join(path.posix.sep);
       
diff --git a/src/index.test.mjs b/src/index.test.mjs
index 8ee41b4..3d4ff65 100644
--- a/src/index.test.mjs
+++ b/src/index.test.mjs
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ test("astroRehypeRelativeMarkdownLinks", async (t) => {
       const input = '<a href="./fixtures/index.md">foo</a>';
       const { value: actual } = await rehype()
         .use(testSetupRehype)
-        .use(astroRehypeRelativeMarkdownLinks, { contentPath: "src/fixtures" })
+        .use(astroRehypeRelativeMarkdownLinks, { contentPath: "src/fixtures", collectionPathMode: 'root' })
         .process(input);
 
       const expected =
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ test("astroRehypeRelativeMarkdownLinks", async (t) => {
       const input = '<a href="./fixtures/dir-test-custom-slug/index.md">foo</a>';
       const { value: actual } = await rehype()
         .use(testSetupRehype)
-        .use(astroRehypeRelativeMarkdownLinks, { contentPath: "src/fixtures/dir-test-custom-slug" })
+        .use(astroRehypeRelativeMarkdownLinks, { contentPath: "src/fixtures/dir-test-custom-slug", collectionPathMode: 'root' })
         .process(input);
 
       const expected =
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ test("astroRehypeRelativeMarkdownLinks", async (t) => {
       const input = '<a href="./fixtures/test.md">foo</a>';
       const { value: actual } = await rehype()
         .use(testSetupRehype)
-        .use(astroRehypeRelativeMarkdownLinks, { contentPath: "src/fixtures" })
+        .use(astroRehypeRelativeMarkdownLinks, { contentPath: "src/fixtures", collectionPathMode: 'root' })
         .process(input);
 
       const expected =
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ test("astroRehypeRelativeMarkdownLinks", async (t) => {
       const input = '<a href="./fixtures/test-custom-slug.md">foo</a>';
       const { value: actual } = await rehype()
         .use(testSetupRehype)
-        .use(astroRehypeRelativeMarkdownLinks, { contentPath: "src/fixtures" })
+        .use(astroRehypeRelativeMarkdownLinks, { contentPath: "src/fixtures", collectionPathMode: 'root' })
         .process(input);
 
       const expected =
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ test("astroRehypeRelativeMarkdownLinks", async (t) => {
       const input = '<a href="./fixtures/dir-test/index.md">foo</a>';
       const { value: actual } = await rehype()
         .use(testSetupRehype)
-        .use(astroRehypeRelativeMarkdownLinks, { contentPath: "src/fixtures" })
+        .use(astroRehypeRelativeMarkdownLinks, { contentPath: "src/fixtures", collectionPathMode: 'root' })
         .process(input);
 
       const expected =
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ test("astroRehypeRelativeMarkdownLinks", async (t) => {
       const input = '<a href="./fixtures/dir-test/dir-test-child.md">foo</a>';
       const { value: actual } = await rehype()
         .use(testSetupRehype)
-        .use(astroRehypeRelativeMarkdownLinks, { contentPath: "src/fixtures" })
+        .use(astroRehypeRelativeMarkdownLinks, { contentPath: "src/fixtures", collectionPathMode: 'root' })
         .process(input);
 
       const expected =
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ test("astroRehypeRelativeMarkdownLinks", async (t) => {
       const input = '<a href="./fixtures/dir-test-custom-slug.md/test-custom-slug-in-dot-dir.md">foo</a>';
       const { value: actual } = await rehype()
         .use(testSetupRehype)
-        .use(astroRehypeRelativeMarkdownLinks, { contentPath: "src/fixtures" })
+        .use(astroRehypeRelativeMarkdownLinks, { contentPath: "src/fixtures", collectionPathMode: 'root' })
         .process(input);
 
       const expected =