diff --git a/profile/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/profile/assembly/Builder.java b/profile/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/profile/assembly/Builder.java
index 53eb178..cbc6682 100644
--- a/profile/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/profile/assembly/Builder.java
+++ b/profile/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/profile/assembly/Builder.java
@@ -1037,7 +1037,16 @@
                 public void downloaded(final StreamProvider provider) throws Exception {
                     if (install) {
                         synchronized (provider) {
-                            Path path = systemDirectory.resolve(Parser.pathFromMaven(provider.getUrl()));
+                        	String pathString;
+                        	if (provider.getUrl().startsWith("file:"))
+                        	{
+                        		pathString = provider.getUrl().substring(6);
+                        	}
+                        	else
+                        	{
+                        		pathString = Parser.pathFromMaven(provider.getUrl());	
+                        	}
+                            Path path = systemDirectory.resolve(pathString);
                             Files.createDirectories(path.getParent());
                             Files.copy(provider.getFile().toPath(), path, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
                         }