diff --git a/.github/linters/.cspell.json b/.github/linters/.cspell.json
index f9e80d7af60..cafb66375c8 100644
--- a/.github/linters/.cspell.json
+++ b/.github/linters/.cspell.json
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@
         "cmidrule",
         "codacy",
         "codebases",
+        "codeberg",
         "codeclimate",
         "codecov",
         "codenarcargs",
@@ -680,6 +681,8 @@
         "gijsreyn",
         "gitattributes",
         "gitblame",
+        "gitea",
+        "gitee",
         "gitlab",
         "gitleaks",
         "gitmodified",
@@ -733,6 +736,7 @@
         "htmlhint",
         "htmlhintrc",
         "htmlout",
+        "huggingface",
         "hyhs",
         "idiv",
         "ighe",
@@ -777,6 +781,7 @@
         "joereynolds",
         "jscoverage",
         "jscpd",
+        "jsdelivr",
         "jsonify",
         "jsonlint",
         "jsonlintrc",
@@ -1003,6 +1008,7 @@
         "packagename",
         "pagebreak",
         "pageref",
+        "pagure",
         "pandoc",
         "parallelization",
         "paren",
@@ -1016,6 +1022,7 @@
         "perlcriticrc",
         "pgfpicture",
         "phar",
+        "phcdn",
         "phive",
         "phpcs",
         "phplint",
@@ -1132,6 +1139,7 @@
         "returncode",
         "returnrules",
         "rexec",
+        "rhodecode",
         "risd",
         "rmfamily",
         "rockspec",
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a39b5dde09f..031c08cfcf3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Note: Can be used with `oxsecurity/megalinter@beta` in your GitHub Action mega-l
   - Upgrade create-pull-request and create-or-update-comment GitHub Actions
   - Increase auto-update-linters GitHub Action timeout
   - Upgrade base Docker image to python:3.11.3-alpine3.17
+  - Fix a config inheritance bug that prevented extending a remote config that
+    extends a local config by @Kurt-von-Laven
+    ([#2371](https://github.com/oxsecurity/megalinter/issues/2371)).
 
 - Documentation
 
diff --git a/megalinter/config.py b/megalinter/config.py
index 35b03b565d5..a1498eefc4c 100644
--- a/megalinter/config.py
+++ b/megalinter/config.py
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 import os
 import shlex
 import tempfile
+from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
+from pathlib import Path, PurePath
+from typing import AnyStr, cast
+from urllib.parse import ParseResult, urlparse, urlunparse
 
 import requests
 import yaml
@@ -11,6 +15,11 @@
 CONFIG_DATA = None
 CONFIG_SOURCE = None
 
+JsonValue = (
+    None | bool | int | float | str | Sequence["JsonValue"] | Mapping[str, "JsonValue"]
+)
+JsonObject = dict[str, JsonValue]
+
 
 def init_config(workspace=None):
     global CONFIG_DATA, CONFIG_SOURCE
@@ -72,7 +81,7 @@ def init_config(workspace=None):
         )
     # manage EXTENDS in configuration
     if "EXTENDS" in runtime_config:
-        combined_config = {}
+        combined_config: JsonObject = {}
         CONFIG_SOURCE = combine_config(
             workspace, runtime_config, combined_config, CONFIG_SOURCE
         )
@@ -82,22 +91,32 @@ def init_config(workspace=None):
     set_config(runtime_config)
 
 
-def combine_config(workspace, config, combined_config, config_source):
-    extends = config["EXTENDS"]
+def combine_config(
+    workspace: str | None,
+    config: JsonObject,
+    combined_config: JsonObject,
+    config_source: str,
+    child_uri: ParseResult | None = None,
+) -> str:
+    workspace_path = Path(workspace) if workspace else None
+    parsed_uri: ParseResult | None = None
+    extends = cast(str | Sequence[str], config["EXTENDS"])
     if isinstance(extends, str):
         extends = extends.split(",")
     for extends_item in extends:
         if extends_item.startswith("http"):
-            r = requests.get(extends_item, allow_redirects=True)
-            assert (
-                r.status_code == 200
-            ), f"Unable to retrieve EXTENDS config file {extends_item}"
-            extends_config_data = yaml.safe_load(r.content)
+            parsed_uri = urlparse(extends_item)
+            extends_config_data = download_config(extends_item)
         else:
-            with open(
-                workspace + os.path.sep + extends_item, "r", encoding="utf-8"
-            ) as f:
-                extends_config_data = yaml.safe_load(f)
+            path = PurePath(extends_item)
+            if child_uri:
+                parsed_uri = resolve_uri(child_uri, path)
+                uri = urlunparse(parsed_uri)
+                extends_config_data = download_config(uri)
+            else:
+                resolved_path = workspace_path / path if workspace_path else Path(path)
+                with resolved_path.open("r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                    extends_config_data = yaml.safe_load(f)
         combined_config.update(extends_config_data)
         config_source += f"\n[config] - extends from: {extends_item}"
         if "EXTENDS" in extends_config_data:
@@ -106,11 +125,41 @@ def combine_config(workspace, config, combined_config, config_source):
                 extends_config_data,
                 combined_config,
                 config_source,
+                parsed_uri,
             )
     combined_config.update(config)
     return config_source
 
 
+def download_config(uri: AnyStr) -> JsonObject:
+    r = requests.get(uri, allow_redirects=True)
+    assert r.status_code == 200, f"Unable to retrieve EXTENDS config file {uri!r}"
+    return yaml.safe_load(r.content)
+
+
+def resolve_uri(child_uri: ParseResult, relative_config_path: PurePath) -> ParseResult:
+    match child_uri.netloc:
+        case "cdn.jsdelivr.net" | "git.launchpad.net":
+            repo_root_index = 3
+        case "code.rhodecode.com" | "git.savannah.gnu.org" | "raw.githubusercontent.com" | "repo.or.cz":
+            repo_root_index = 4
+        case "bitbucket.org" | "git.sr.ht" | "gitee.com" | "pagure.io":
+            repo_root_index = 5
+        case "codeberg.org" | "gitea.com" | "gitlab.com" | "huggingface.co" | "p.phcdn.net" | "sourceforge.net":
+            repo_root_index = 6
+        case _:
+            message = (
+                f"Unsupported Git repo hosting service: {child_uri.netloc}. "
+                "Request support be added to MegaLinter, or use absolute URLs "
+                "with EXTENDS in inherited configs rather than relative paths."
+            )
+            raise ValueError(message)
+    child_path = PurePath(child_uri.path)
+    repo_root_path = child_path.parts[:repo_root_index]
+    path = PurePath(*repo_root_path, str(relative_config_path))
+    return child_uri._replace(path=str(path))
+
+
 def get_config():
     global CONFIG_DATA
     if CONFIG_DATA is not None: