diff --git a/tests/forms/RequirementsTest.php b/tests/forms/RequirementsTest.php
index ac588a0ba..0958fd8bc 100644
--- a/tests/forms/RequirementsTest.php
+++ b/tests/forms/RequirementsTest.php
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ class RequirementsTest extends SapphireTest {
 
 		$backend->javascript('http://www.mydomain.com/test.js');
 		$backend->javascript('https://www.mysecuredomain.com/test.js');
+		$backend->javascript('//scheme-relative.example.com/test.js');
 		$backend->css('http://www.mydomain.com/test.css');
 		$backend->css('https://www.mysecuredomain.com/test.css');
+		$backend->css('//scheme-relative.example.com/test.css');
 		
 		$html = $backend->includeInHTML(false, self::$html_template);
 		
@@ -31,6 +33,10 @@ class RequirementsTest extends SapphireTest {
 			(strpos($html, 'https://www.mysecuredomain.com/test.js') !== false), 
 			'Load external secure javascript URL'
 		);
+		$this->assertTrue(
+			(strpos($html, '//scheme-relative.example.com/test.js') !== false), 
+			'Load external scheme-relative javascript URL'
+		);
 		$this->assertTrue(
 			(strpos($html, 'http://www.mydomain.com/test.css') !== false), 
 			'Load external CSS URL'
@@ -39,6 +45,10 @@ class RequirementsTest extends SapphireTest {
 			(strpos($html, 'https://www.mysecuredomain.com/test.css') !== false), 
 			'Load external secure CSS URL'
 		);
+		$this->assertTrue(
+			(strpos($html, '//scheme-relative.example.com/test.css') !== false), 
+			'Load scheme-relative CSS URL'
+		);
 	}
 
 	protected function setupCombinedRequirements($backend) {
diff --git a/view/Requirements.php b/view/Requirements.php
index e7e8ab2fa..57bfce3ed 100644
--- a/view/Requirements.php
+++ b/view/Requirements.php
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ class Requirements_Backend {
 	 * @return string|boolean 
 	 */
 	protected function path_for_file($fileOrUrl) {
-		if(preg_match('/^http[s]?/', $fileOrUrl)) {
+		if(preg_match('{^//|http[s]?}', $fileOrUrl)) {
 			return $fileOrUrl;
 		} elseif(Director::fileExists($fileOrUrl)) {
 			$prefix = Director::baseURL();