diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-monitor/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/monitor/FileMonitorConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-config-monitor/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/monitor/FileMonitorConfiguration.java
index 9a9474f4..c88f4ea4 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-monitor/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/monitor/FileMonitorConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-monitor/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/monitor/FileMonitorConfiguration.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.ResourceLoaderAware;
 import org.springframework.context.SmartLifecycle;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.FileUrlResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
@@ -194,7 +195,8 @@ public class FileMonitorConfiguration implements SmartLifecycle, ResourceLoaderA
 				for (AbstractScmEnvironmentRepository repository : scmRepositories) {
 					repositoryUri = repository.getUri();
 					Resource resource = this.resourceLoader.getResource(repositoryUri);
-					if (resource instanceof FileSystemResource) {
+					if (resource instanceof FileSystemResource
+							|| resource instanceof FileUrlResource) {
 						paths.add(Paths.get(resource.getURI()));
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-monitor/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/monitor/FileMonitorConfigurationTest.java b/spring-cloud-config-monitor/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/monitor/FileMonitorConfigurationTest.java
index 03d0c814..5672413d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-monitor/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/monitor/FileMonitorConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-monitor/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/monitor/FileMonitorConfigurationTest.java
@@ -40,12 +40,15 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 /**
  * @author Gilles Robert
+ * @author Stefan Pfeiffer
  *
  */
 public class FileMonitorConfigurationTest {
 
 	private static final String SAMPLE_PATH = "resources/pathsamples";
 
+	private static final String SAMPLE_FILE_URL = "file:///test";
+
 	private FileMonitorConfiguration fileMonitorConfiguration = new FileMonitorConfiguration();
 
 	private List<AbstractScmEnvironmentRepository> repositories = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -117,6 +120,37 @@ public class FileMonitorConfigurationTest {
 		assertOnDirectory(2);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testStart_withOneFileUrlScmRepository() {
+		// given
+		AbstractScmEnvironmentRepository repository = createScmEnvironmentRepository(
+				SAMPLE_FILE_URL);
+		addScmRepository(repository);
+
+		// when
+		fileMonitorConfiguration.start();
+
+		// then
+		assertOnDirectory(1);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testStart_withTwoMixedPathAndFileUrlScmRepositories() {
+		// given
+		AbstractScmEnvironmentRepository repository = createScmEnvironmentRepository(
+				SAMPLE_PATH);
+		AbstractScmEnvironmentRepository secondRepository = createScmEnvironmentRepository(
+				SAMPLE_FILE_URL);
+		addScmRepository(repository);
+		addScmRepository(secondRepository);
+
+		// when
+		fileMonitorConfiguration.start();
+
+		// then
+		assertOnDirectory(2);
+	}
+
 	private void addScmRepository(AbstractScmEnvironmentRepository... repository) {
 		repositories.addAll(Arrays.asList(repository));
 		ReflectionTestUtils.setField(fileMonitorConfiguration, "scmRepositories",