diff --git a/lisp/org-html.el b/lisp/org-html.el
index 116eb54cc..cd15ececa 100644
--- a/lisp/org-html.el
+++ b/lisp/org-html.el
@@ -763,7 +763,8 @@ MAY-INLINE-P allows inlining it as an image."
 	    ((or
 		(not type)
 		(string= type "http")
-		(string= type "https"))
+		(string= type "https")
+		(string= type "file"))
 	       (if fragment
 		  (setq thefile (concat thefile "#" fragment))))