diff -u b/src/Plugin/Linkit/Matcher/EntityMatcher.php b/src/Plugin/Linkit/Matcher/EntityMatcher.php
--- b/src/Plugin/Linkit/Matcher/EntityMatcher.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/Linkit/Matcher/EntityMatcher.php
@@ -204,12 +204,12 @@
    */
   public function defaultConfiguration() {
     return [
-        'metadata' => '',
-        'bundles' => [],
-        'group_by_bundle' => FALSE,
-        'substitution_type' => SubstitutionManagerInterface::DEFAULT_SUBSTITUTION,
-        'limit' => static::DEFAULT_LIMIT,
-      ] + parent::defaultConfiguration();
+      'metadata' => '',
+      'bundles' => [],
+      'group_by_bundle' => FALSE,
+      'substitution_type' => SubstitutionManagerInterface::DEFAULT_SUBSTITUTION,
+      'limit' => static::DEFAULT_LIMIT,
+    ] + parent::defaultConfiguration();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -519,7 +519,18 @@
    *   The path for this entity.
    */
   protected function buildPath(EntityInterface $entity) {
-    return $entity->toUrl('canonical', ['path_processing' => FALSE])->toString();
+    $path = $entity->toUrl('canonical', ['path_processing' => FALSE])->toString();
+    // For media entities, check if standalone URLs are allowed. If not, then
+    // strip '/edit' from the end of the canonical URL returned
+    // by $entity->toUrl().
+    if ($entity->getEntityTypeId() == 'media') {
+      $standalone_url = \Drupal::config('media.settings')->get('standalone_url');
+      if ($standalone_url) {
+        // Strip "/edit".
+        $path = substr($path, 0, -5);
+      }
+    }
+    return $path;
   }
 
   /**
diff -u b/tests/src/Kernel/Matchers/NodeMatcherTest.php b/tests/src/Kernel/Matchers/NodeMatcherTest.php
--- b/tests/src/Kernel/Matchers/NodeMatcherTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Kernel/Matchers/NodeMatcherTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\Tests\linkit\Kernel\Matchers;
 
+use Drupal\language\Entity\ConfigurableLanguage;
 use Drupal\node\Entity\Node;
 use Drupal\node\Entity\NodeType;
 use Drupal\Tests\linkit\Kernel\LinkitKernelTestBase;
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@
    *
    * @var array
    */
-  public static $modules = ['field', 'node', 'content_moderation', 'workflows'];
+  public static $modules = ['field', 'node', 'content_moderation', 'workflows', 'language'];
 
   /**
    * The matcher manager.
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@
 
     $this->installEntitySchema('node');
     $this->installSchema('node', ['node_access']);
-    $this->installConfig(['field', 'node']);
+    $this->installConfig(['field', 'node', 'language']);
 
     $this->manager = $this->container->get('plugin.manager.linkit.matcher');
 
@@ -197,2 +198,31 @@
 
+  /**
+   * Test node matches generated from an absolute URL input.
+   */
+  public function testNodeMatcherFromAbsoluteUrlWithLanguagePrefix() {
+    /** @var \Drupal\linkit\MatcherInterface $plugin */
+    $plugin = $this->manager->createInstance('entity:node');
+
+    $langcode = 'nl';
+    \Drupal::configFactory()->getEditable('language.negotiation')
+      ->set('url.prefixes.nl', $langcode)
+      ->save();
+
+    // In order to reflect the changes for a multilingual site in the container
+    // we have to rebuild it.
+    \Drupal::service('kernel')->rebuildContainer();
+
+    /** @var \Drupal\node\NodeInterface[] $nodes */
+    $nodes = $this->container->get('entity_type.manager')->getStorage('node')->loadByProperties(['title' => 'Lorem Ipsum 1']);
+    $node = reset($nodes);
+    $translation = $node->addTranslation($langcode, $node->toArray());
+    $translation->save();
+
+    $translated_url = $translation->toUrl()->setAbsolute()->toString();
+    // Make sure the translated URL contains our prefix.
+    $this->assertContains('/' . $langcode . '/', $translated_url);
+    $suggestions = $plugin->execute($translated_url);
+    $this->assertEquals(1, count($suggestions->getSuggestions()));
+  }
+
 }