diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/execute-post-bundle.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/execute-post-bundle.ts
index d8325c7e27ff..83eea14cadf0 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/execute-post-bundle.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/execute-post-bundle.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export async function executePostBundleSteps(
   const prerenderedRoutes: string[] = [];
 
   const {
-    baseHref = '/',
+    baseHref,
     serviceWorker,
     indexHtmlOptions,
     optimizationOptions,
diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/options.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/options.ts
index 40d566bedb0d..6963723b566b 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/options.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/options.ts
@@ -305,13 +305,18 @@ export async function normalizeOptions(
 
   // Initial options to keep
   const {
+    /**
+     * Note: These default values should match those in schema.json.
+     * The reason these defaults are defined here is that, in certain internal builders,
+     * they are either not set or the options are provided.
+     */
+    baseHref = '/',
+    inlineStyleLanguage = 'css',
     allowedCommonJsDependencies,
     aot,
-    baseHref,
     crossOrigin,
     externalDependencies,
     extractLicenses,
-    inlineStyleLanguage = 'css',
     outExtension,
     serviceWorker,
     poll,
diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/schema.json b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/schema.json
index 6df812386f01..c827ad96c6ad 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/schema.json
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/schema.json
@@ -315,7 +315,8 @@
     },
     "baseHref": {
       "type": "string",
-      "description": "Base url for the application being built."
+      "description": "Specifies the base URL for the application, used to resolve all relative URLs within the app.",
+      "default": "/"
     },
     "verbose": {
       "type": "boolean",