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diff --git a/mcs/class/System/System.Net/WebClient.cs b/mcs/class/System/System.Net/WebClient.cs
index 41383ad3633..f1f64d794c0 100644
--- a/mcs/class/System/System.Net/WebClient.cs
+++ b/mcs/class/System/System.Net/WebClient.cs
@@ -291,8 +291,14 @@ namespace System.Net
 			}
 			
 
-			if (baseAddress == null && query == null)
-				return new Uri (path);
+			if (baseAddress == null && query == null) {
+				try {
+					return new Uri (path);
+				}
+				catch (System.UriFormatException ufe) {
+					return new Uri ("file://" + path);
+				}
+			}
 
 			if (baseAddress == null)
 				return new Uri (path + query, (query != null));