diff --git a/tools/oven/src/BakerCLI.cpp b/tools/oven/src/BakerCLI.cpp
index aac028e8cf..a908b69f77 100644
--- a/tools/oven/src/BakerCLI.cpp
+++ b/tools/oven/src/BakerCLI.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ BakerCLI::BakerCLI(OvenCLIApplication* parent) : QObject(parent) {
 void BakerCLI::bakeFile(QUrl inputUrl, const QString& outputPath, const QString& type) {
 
     // if the URL doesn't have a scheme, assume it is a local file
-    if (inputUrl.scheme() != "http" && inputUrl.scheme() != "https" && inputUrl.scheme() != "ftp") {
+    if (inputUrl.scheme() != "http" && inputUrl.scheme() != "https" && inputUrl.scheme() != "ftp" && inputUrl.scheme() != "file") {
         inputUrl = QUrl::fromLocalFile(inputUrl.toString());
     }