diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index d97b157..4ffab5d 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -133,6 +133,15 @@ parse_local_repos_path(apr_getopt_t *os,
     }
   else if (svn_path_is_url(*repos_path))
     {
+	  #define URL_LOCAL_FILE_PREFIX "file://"
+	  if (strncmp(*repos_path, URL_LOCAL_FILE_PREFIX,
+			  strlen(URL_LOCAL_FILE_PREFIX)))
+	  {
+		  *repos_path = svn_dirent_internal_style(*repos_path +
+				  strlen(URL_LOCAL_FILE_PREFIX), pool);
+		  return SVN_NO_ERROR;
+	  }
+
       return svn_error_createf(SVN_ERR_CL_ARG_PARSING_ERROR, NULL,
                                _("'%s' is an URL when it should be a path"),
                                *repos_path);