diff --git a/src/libutil/tests/url.cc b/src/libutil/tests/url.cc
index c3b233797..e0c438b4d 100644
--- a/src/libutil/tests/url.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/tests/url.cc
@@ -99,6 +99,27 @@ namespace nix {
         ASSERT_EQ(parsed, expected);
     }
 
+    TEST(parseURL, parsesFilePlusHttpsUrl) {
+        auto s = "file+https://www.example.org/video.mp4";
+        auto parsed = parseURL(s);
+
+        ParsedURL expected {
+            .url = "file+https://www.example.org/video.mp4",
+            .base = "https://www.example.org/video.mp4",
+            .scheme = "file+https",
+            .authority = "www.example.org",
+            .path = "/video.mp4",
+            .query = (StringMap) { },
+            .fragment = "",
+        };
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(parsed, expected);
+    }
+
+    TEST(parseURL, rejectsAuthorityInUrlsWithFileTransportation) {
+        auto s = "file://www.example.org/video.mp4";
+        ASSERT_THROW(parseURL(s), Error);
+    }
 
     TEST(parseURL, parseIPv4Address) {
         auto s = "http://127.0.0.1:8080/file.tar.gz?download=fast&when=now#hello";
diff --git a/src/libutil/url.cc b/src/libutil/url.cc
index 5b7abeb49..4e43455e1 100644
--- a/src/libutil/url.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/url.cc
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ ParsedURL parseURL(const std::string & url)
         auto & query = match[6];
         auto & fragment = match[7];
 
-        auto isFile = scheme.find("file") != std::string::npos;
+        auto transportIsFile = parseUrlScheme(scheme).transport == "file";
 
-        if (authority && *authority != "" && isFile)
+        if (authority && *authority != "" && transportIsFile)
             throw BadURL("file:// URL '%s' has unexpected authority '%s'",
                 url, *authority);
 
-        if (isFile && path.empty())
+        if (transportIsFile && path.empty())
             path = "/";
 
         return ParsedURL{