diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/XMLCatalog.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/XMLCatalog.java
index 8d709e927..56402a1cb 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/XMLCatalog.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/XMLCatalog.java
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ public class XMLCatalog extends DataType
         }
 
         if (url != null) {
-            String fileName = url.getFile();
+            String fileName = fileUtils.fromURI(url.toString());
             if (fileName != null) {
                 log("fileName " + fileName, Project.MSG_DEBUG);
                 File resFile = new File(fileName);
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/sitraka/XMLReportTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/sitraka/XMLReportTest.java
index d53c80d82..519d80b0a 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/sitraka/XMLReportTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/sitraka/XMLReportTest.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Path;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.util.FileUtils;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
 import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
  * Ensure that reference classpath feature is working fine...
  */
 public class XMLReportTest extends TestCase {
+    /** helper for some File/URL connversions */
+    private static FileUtils fileUtils = FileUtils.newFileUtils();
+
     public XMLReportTest(String s) {
         super(s);
     }
@@ -45,7 +49,7 @@ public class XMLReportTest extends TestCase {
         if (url == null) {
             throw new FileNotFoundException("Unable to load '" + name + "' from classpath");
         }
-        return new File(url.getFile());
+        return new File(fileUtils.fromURI(url.toString()));
     }
 
     public void testCreateDocument() throws Exception {