diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/urlmatch.py b/qutebrowser/utils/urlmatch.py
index e49036339..2291fe9e3 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/urlmatch.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/urlmatch.py
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ class UrlPattern:
             pattern = 'any:' + pattern[2:]
 
         # Chromium handles file://foo like file:///foo
+        # FIXME This doesn't actually strip the hostname correctly.
         if (pattern.startswith('file://') and
                 not pattern.startswith('file:///')):
             pattern = 'file:///' + pattern[len("file://"):]
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/test_urlmatch.py b/tests/unit/utils/test_urlmatch.py
index 5a7a03a86..7b0e754f3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils/test_urlmatch.py
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/test_urlmatch.py
@@ -281,3 +281,33 @@ class TestMatchAnything:
 ])
 def test_special_schemes(pattern, url, expected):
     assert urlmatch.UrlPattern(pattern).matches(QUrl(url)) == expected
+
+
+class TestFileScheme:
+
+    @pytest.fixture(params=[
+        'file:///foo*',
+        'file://foo*',
+        # FIXME This doesn't pass all tests
+        pytest.param('file://localhost/foo*', marks=pytest.mark.skip(
+            reason="We're not handling this correctly in all cases"))
+    ])
+    def up(self, request):
+        return urlmatch.UrlPattern(request.param)
+
+    def test_attrs(self, up):
+        assert up._scheme == 'file'
+        assert up._host is None
+        assert not up._match_subdomains
+        assert not up._match_all
+        assert up._path == '/foo*'
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('url, expected', [
+        ("file://foo", False),
+        ("file://foobar", False),
+        ("file:///foo", True),
+        ("file:///foobar", True),
+        ("file://localhost/foo", True),
+    ])
+    def test_urls(self, up, url, expected):
+        assert up.matches(QUrl(url)) == expected