diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/BinaryFileResponse.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/BinaryFileResponse.php
index 69afbe1c84..d20880fceb 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/BinaryFileResponse.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/BinaryFileResponse.php
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ class BinaryFileResponse extends Response
             // Use X-Sendfile, do not send any content.
             $type = $request->headers->get('X-Sendfile-Type');
             $path = $this->file->getRealPath();
+            // Fall back to scheme://path for stream wrapped locations.
+            if (false === $path) {
+                $path = $this->file->getPathname();
+            }
             if (strtolower($type) == 'x-accel-redirect') {
                 // Do X-Accel-Mapping substitutions.
                 // @link http://wiki.nginx.org/X-accel#X-Accel-Redirect
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/BinaryFileResponseTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/BinaryFileResponseTest.php
index e4f05fadcf..35dfab5366 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/BinaryFileResponseTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/BinaryFileResponseTest.php
@@ -153,13 +153,16 @@ class BinaryFileResponseTest extends ResponseTestCase
         );
     }
 
-    public function testXSendfile()
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provideXSendfileFiles
+     */
+    public function testXSendfile($file)
     {
         $request = Request::create('/');
         $request->headers->set('X-Sendfile-Type', 'X-Sendfile');
 
         BinaryFileResponse::trustXSendfileTypeHeader();
-        $response = BinaryFileResponse::create(__DIR__.'/../README.md', 200, array('Content-Type' => 'application/octet-stream'));
+        $response = BinaryFileResponse::create($file, 200, array('Content-Type' => 'application/octet-stream'));
         $response->prepare($request);
 
         $this->expectOutputString('');
@@ -168,6 +171,14 @@ class BinaryFileResponseTest extends ResponseTestCase
         $this->assertContains('README.md', $response->headers->get('X-Sendfile'));
     }
 
+    public function provideXSendfileFiles()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array(__DIR__.'/../README.md'),
+            array('file://'.__DIR__.'/../README.md'),
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * @dataProvider getSampleXAccelMappings
      */