diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/file/ResourcesFileSource.java b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/file/ResourcesFileSource.java
index 52b3a709fb..a002b7e4bc 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/file/ResourcesFileSource.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/file/ResourcesFileSource.java
@@ -16,21 +16,21 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.contract.wiremock.file;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
-import org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource;
-import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
-import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;
-
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.common.BinaryFile;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.common.ClasspathFileSource;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.common.FileSource;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.common.SingleRootFileSource;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.common.TextFile;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;
 
 /**
  * @author Dave Syer
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ public class ResourcesFileSource implements FileSource {
 				FileSystemResource files = (FileSystemResource) resource;
 				sources[i] = new SingleRootFileSource(files.getFile());
 			}
+			else if (resource instanceof UrlResource) {
+				UrlResource files = (UrlResource) resource;
+				sources[i] = new SingleRootFileSource(getFile(files));
+			}
 			else {
 				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported resource type for file source: " + resource.getClass());
 			}
@@ -67,6 +71,15 @@ public class ResourcesFileSource implements FileSource {
 		return sources;
 	}
 
+	private static File getFile(UrlResource files) {
+		try {
+			return files.getFile();
+		}
+		catch (IOException e) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public BinaryFile getBinaryFileNamed(String name) {
 		for (FileSource resource : this.sources) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/AutoConfigureWireMockFilesApplicationWithUrlResourceTests.java b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/AutoConfigureWireMockFilesApplicationWithUrlResourceTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25bbb9626f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/AutoConfigureWireMockFilesApplicationWithUrlResourceTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package org.springframework.cloud.contract.wiremock;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment;
+import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
+@SpringBootTest(classes=WiremockTestsApplication.class, properties="app.baseUrl=http://localhost:${wiremock.server.port}", webEnvironment=WebEnvironment.NONE)
+@DirtiesContext
+@AutoConfigureWireMock(port=0, files="classpath*:root")
+public class AutoConfigureWireMockFilesApplicationWithUrlResourceTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private Service service;
+
+	@Test
+	public void contextLoads() throws Exception {
+		assertThat(this.service.go()).isEqualTo("{\"message\":\"Hello Root\"}");
+	}
+
+}