diff --git a/coreapi/remote_provisioning.c b/coreapi/remote_provisioning.c
index 8c57b47ef..abf884e95 100644
--- a/coreapi/remote_provisioning.c
+++ b/coreapi/remote_provisioning.c
@@ -110,33 +110,32 @@ static void belle_request_process_auth_requested(void *ctx, belle_sip_auth_event
 }
 
 int linphone_remote_provisioning_download_and_apply(LinphoneCore *lc, const char *remote_provisioning_uri) {
-	const char* file_path = strstr(remote_provisioning_uri, "file://");
 
-	if( file_path == remote_provisioning_uri ){
-		// We allow for 'local remote-provisioning' in case the file is to be opened from the hard drive
-		file_path += strlen("file://");
+	belle_generic_uri_t *uri=belle_generic_uri_parse(remote_provisioning_uri);
+	const char* scheme = uri ? belle_generic_uri_get_scheme(uri) : NULL;
+
+	if( scheme && (strcmp(scheme,"file") == 0) ){
+		// We allow for 'local remote-provisioning' in case the file is to be opened from the hard drive.
+		const char* file_path = remote_provisioning_uri + strlen("file://"); // skip scheme
 		return linphone_remote_provisioning_load_file(lc, file_path);
-	} else {
-		belle_generic_uri_t *uri=belle_generic_uri_parse(remote_provisioning_uri);
+
+	} else if( scheme && strncmp(scheme, "http", 4) == 0 ) {
 		belle_http_request_listener_callbacks_t belle_request_listener={0};
 		belle_http_request_listener_t *listener;
 		belle_http_request_t *request;
-		
+
 		belle_request_listener.process_response=belle_request_process_response_event;
 		belle_request_listener.process_auth_requested=belle_request_process_auth_requested;
 		belle_request_listener.process_io_error=belle_request_process_io_error;
 		belle_request_listener.process_timeout=belle_request_process_timeout;
-		
-		listener = belle_http_request_listener_create_from_callbacks(&belle_request_listener, lc);
-		
 
-		if (uri==NULL) {
-			belle_sip_error("Invalid provisioning URI [%s]",remote_provisioning_uri);
-			return -1;
-		}
+		listener = belle_http_request_listener_create_from_callbacks(&belle_request_listener, lc);
+
 		request=belle_http_request_create("GET",uri, NULL);
-		belle_http_provider_send_request(lc->http_provider, request, listener);
-		return 0;
+		return belle_http_provider_send_request(lc->http_provider, request, listener);
+	} else {
+		ms_error("Invalid provisioning URI [%s] (missing scheme?)",remote_provisioning_uri);
+		return -1;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/tester/rcfiles/marie_remote_invalid_uri_rc b/tester/rcfiles/marie_remote_invalid_uri_rc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..972c0a0c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tester/rcfiles/marie_remote_invalid_uri_rc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[misc]
+config-uri=/tmp/lol
+
diff --git a/tester/remote_provisioning_tester.c b/tester/remote_provisioning_tester.c
index 21e9a3f6a..6864b573a 100644
--- a/tester/remote_provisioning_tester.c
+++ b/tester/remote_provisioning_tester.c
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ static void remote_provisioning_invalid(void) {
 	linphone_core_manager_destroy(marie);
 }
 
+static void remote_provisioning_invalid_uri(void) {
+	LinphoneCoreManager* marie = linphone_core_manager_new2("marie_remote_invalid_uri_rc", FALSE);
+	CU_ASSERT_TRUE(wait_for(marie->lc,NULL,&marie->stat.number_of_LinphoneConfiguringFailed,1));
+	linphone_core_manager_destroy(marie);
+}
+
 static void remote_provisioning_default_values(void) {
 	LinphoneProxyConfig *lpc;
 	LinphoneCoreManager* marie = linphone_core_manager_new2("marie_remote_default_values_rc", FALSE);
@@ -120,7 +126,8 @@ test_t remote_provisioning_tests[] = {
 	{ "Remote provisioning invalid", remote_provisioning_invalid },
 	{ "Remote provisioning transient successful", remote_provisioning_transient },
 	{ "Remote provisioning default values", remote_provisioning_default_values },
-	{ "Remote provisioning from file", remote_provisioning_file }
+	{ "Remote provisioning from file", remote_provisioning_file },
+	{ "Remote provisioning invalid URI", remote_provisioning_invalid_uri }
 };
 
 test_suite_t remote_provisioning_test_suite = {