diff --git a/gallery_dl/adapter.py b/gallery_dl/adapter.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a0842ee4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gallery_dl/adapter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2016 Mike Fährmann
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+"""Custom requests adapters"""
+
+from requests.adapters import BaseAdapter
+from requests import Response, codes
+import io
+
+class FileAdapter(BaseAdapter):
+
+    def send(self, request, **kwargs):
+        path = request.url[7:]
+        response = Response()
+        try:
+            response.raw = open(path, "rb")
+            response.raw.release_conn = response.raw.close
+            response.status_code = codes.ok
+        except IOError:
+            response.raw = io.BytesIO()
+            response.status_code = codes.bad_request
+        return response
+
+    def close(self):
+        pass
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/recursive.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/recursive.py
index 730c4ae7..80fe7b8a 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/recursive.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/recursive.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 import re
 from .common import Extractor, Message
+from .. import adapter
 
 class RecursiveExtractor(Extractor):
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ class RecursiveExtractor(Extractor):
 
     def __init__(self, match):
         Extractor.__init__(self)
+        self.session.mount("file://", adapter.FileAdapter())
         self.url = match.group(1)
 
     def items(self):