diff --git a/hphp/runtime/base/file_repository.cpp b/hphp/runtime/base/file_repository.cpp
index 7ef62d42f..adb60cd20 100644
--- a/hphp/runtime/base/file_repository.cpp
+++ b/hphp/runtime/base/file_repository.cpp
@@ -492,6 +492,11 @@ static bool findFileWrapper(CStrRef file, void* ctx) {
     }
   }
 
+  // handle file://
+  if (file.substr(0, 7) == "file://") {
+    return findFileWrapper(file.substr(7), ctx);
+  }
+
   // TranslatePath() will canonicalize the path and also check
   // whether the file is in an allowed directory.
   String translatedPath = File::TranslatePathKeepRelative(file);
diff --git a/hphp/test/slow/include/file_include.php b/hphp/test/slow/include/file_include.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..faef56f5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hphp/test/slow/include/file_include.php
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<?php
+
+include 'file://'.__DIR__.'/hello.inc';
diff --git a/hphp/test/slow/include/file_include.php.expectf b/hphp/test/slow/include/file_include.php.expectf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e1c309da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hphp/test/slow/include/file_include.php.expectf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hello World
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hphp/test/slow/include/file_include.php.norepo b/hphp/test/slow/include/file_include.php.norepo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/hphp/test/slow/include/hello.inc b/hphp/test/slow/include/hello.inc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8cde95de5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hphp/test/slow/include/hello.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<?php
+
+print "Hello World";