Index: src/OFURL.h
==================================================================
--- src/OFURL.h
+++ src/OFURL.h
@@ -102,10 +102,18 @@
  * @return A new, autoreleased OFURL
  */
 + (instancetype)URLWithString: (OFString*)string
 		relativeToURL: (OFURL*)URL;
 
+/*!
+ * @brief Creates a new URL with the specified local file path.
+ *
+ * @param path The local file path
+ * @return A new, autoreleased OFURL
+ */
++ (instancetype)fileURLWithPath: (OFString*)path;
+
 /*!
  * @brief Initializes an already allocated OFURL with the specified string.
  *
  * @param string A string describing a URL
  * @return An initialized OFURL

Index: src/OFURL.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFURL.m
+++ src/OFURL.m
@@ -48,10 +48,23 @@
 		relativeToURL: (OFURL*)URL
 {
 	return [[[self alloc] initWithString: string
 			       relativeToURL: URL] autorelease];
 }
+
++ (instancetype)fileURLWithPath: (OFString*)path
+{
+	OFURL *URL = [OFURL URL];
+	void *pool = objc_autoreleasePoolPush();
+
+	[URL setScheme: @"file"];
+	[URL setPath: [[path pathComponents] componentsJoinedByString: @"/"]];
+
+	objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);
+
+	return URL;
+}
 
 - initWithString: (OFString*)string
 {
 	char *UTF8String, *UTF8String2 = NULL;