diff --git a/coreapi/remote_provisioning.c b/coreapi/remote_provisioning.c
index 7deb4d5e6..96ee2a6dd 100644
--- a/coreapi/remote_provisioning.c
+++ b/coreapi/remote_provisioning.c
@@ -52,11 +52,32 @@ static void linphone_remote_provisioning_apply(LinphoneCore *lc, const char *xml
 	}
 }
 
+static int linphone_remote_provisioning_load_file( LinphoneCore* lc, const char* file_path){
+	int status = -1;
+	FILE* f = fopen(file_path, "r");
+
+	if( f ){
+		fseek(f, 0, SEEK_END);
+		long fsize = ftell(f);
+		fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET);
+
+		char* provisioning = ms_malloc(fsize + 1);
+		fread(provisioning, fsize, 1, f);
+		fclose(f);
+		linphone_remote_provisioning_apply(lc, provisioning);
+		status = 0;
+	} else {
+		ms_error("Couldn't open file %s for provisioning", file_path);
+	}
+
+	return status;
+}
+
 static void belle_request_process_response_event(void *ctx, const belle_http_response_event_t *event) {
 	LinphoneCore *lc = (LinphoneCore *)ctx;
 	belle_sip_message_t *body = BELLE_SIP_MESSAGE(event->response);
 	const char *message = belle_sip_message_get_body(body);
-	
+
 	if (belle_http_response_get_status_code(event->response) == 200) {
 		linphone_remote_provisioning_apply(lc, message);
 	} else {
@@ -80,23 +101,31 @@ 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) {
-	belle_generic_uri_t *uri=belle_generic_uri_parse(remote_provisioning_uri);
-	belle_http_request_listener_callbacks_t belle_request_listener = {
-		belle_request_process_response_event,
-		belle_request_process_io_error,
-		belle_request_process_timeout,
-		belle_request_process_auth_requested
-	};
-	belle_http_request_listener_t *listener = belle_http_request_listener_create_from_callbacks(&belle_request_listener, lc);
-	belle_http_request_t *request;
-	
-	if (uri==NULL) {
-		belle_sip_error("Invalid provisioning URI [%s]",remote_provisioning_uri);
-		return -1;
+	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://");
+		return linphone_remote_provisioning_load_file(lc, file_path);
+	} else {
+		belle_generic_uri_t *uri=belle_generic_uri_parse(remote_provisioning_uri);
+		belle_http_request_listener_callbacks_t belle_request_listener = {
+			belle_request_process_response_event,
+			belle_request_process_io_error,
+			belle_request_process_timeout,
+			belle_request_process_auth_requested
+		};
+		belle_http_request_listener_t *listener = belle_http_request_listener_create_from_callbacks(&belle_request_listener, lc);
+		belle_http_request_t *request;
+
+		if (uri==NULL) {
+			belle_sip_error("Invalid provisioning URI [%s]",remote_provisioning_uri);
+			return -1;
+		}
+		request=belle_http_request_create("GET",uri, NULL);
+		belle_http_provider_send_request(lc->http_provider, request, listener);
+		return 0;
 	}
-	request=belle_http_request_create("GET",uri, NULL);
-	belle_http_provider_send_request(lc->http_provider, request, listener);
-	return 0;
 }
 
 void linphone_core_set_provisioning_uri(LinphoneCore *lc, const char *uri) {
diff --git a/tester/rcfiles/marie_remote_localfile2_rc b/tester/rcfiles/marie_remote_localfile2_rc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d41ca4c8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tester/rcfiles/marie_remote_localfile2_rc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<config xmlns="http://www.linphone.org/xsds/lpconfig.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.linphone.org/xsds/lpconfig.xsd lpconfig.xsd">
+  <section name="app">
+	<entry name="show_login_view" overwrite="true">0</entry>
+	<entry name="pushnotification_preference" overwrite="true">1</entry>
+  </section>
+  <section name="misc">
+    <entry name="transient_provisioning" overwrite="true">1</entry>
+    <entry name="tester_file_ok" overwrite="true">1</entry>
+  </section>
+</config>
diff --git a/tester/rcfiles/marie_remote_localfile_rc b/tester/rcfiles/marie_remote_localfile_rc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2f947607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tester/rcfiles/marie_remote_localfile_rc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[misc]
+config-uri=file://./rcfiles/marie_remote_localfile2_rc
+
diff --git a/tester/remote_provisioning_tester.c b/tester/remote_provisioning_tester.c
index f38ab9a67..99bfbcc6a 100644
--- a/tester/remote_provisioning_tester.c
+++ b/tester/remote_provisioning_tester.c
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 /*
-    liblinphone_tester - liblinphone test suite
-    Copyright (C) 2013  Belledonne Communications SARL
+	liblinphone_tester - liblinphone test suite
+	Copyright (C) 2013  Belledonne Communications SARL
 
-    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-    the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
-    (at your option) any later version.
+	This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+	it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+	the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+	(at your option) any later version.
 
-    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-    GNU General Public License for more details.
+	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+	GNU General Public License for more details.
 
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+	along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ void linphone_configuration_status(LinphoneCore *lc, LinphoneConfiguringState st
 	if (status == LinphoneConfiguringSkipped) {
 		counters->number_of_LinphoneConfiguringSkipped++;
 	} else if (status == LinphoneConfiguringFailed) {
-	  	counters->number_of_LinphoneConfiguringFailed++;
+		counters->number_of_LinphoneConfiguringFailed++;
 	} else if (status == LinphoneConfiguringSuccessful) {
-	  	counters->number_of_LinphoneConfiguringSuccessful++;
+		counters->number_of_LinphoneConfiguringSuccessful++;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -89,6 +89,18 @@ static void remote_provisioning_default_values(void) {
 	linphone_core_manager_destroy(marie);
 }
 
+static void remote_provisioning_file(void) {
+	LinphoneCoreManager* marie = linphone_core_manager_new2("marie_remote_localfile_rc", FALSE);
+	const LpConfig* conf;
+	CU_ASSERT_TRUE(wait_for(marie->lc,NULL,&marie->stat.number_of_LinphoneConfiguringSuccessful,1));
+
+	conf = linphone_core_get_config( marie->lc );
+	CU_ASSERT_EQUAL( lp_config_get_int(conf,"misc","tester_file_ok", 0), 1 );
+
+	linphone_core_manager_destroy(marie);
+}
+
+
 test_t remote_provisioning_tests[] = {
 	{ "Remote provisioning skipped", remote_provisioning_skipped },
 	{ "Remote provisioning successful behind http", remote_provisioning_http },
@@ -96,7 +108,8 @@ test_t remote_provisioning_tests[] = {
 	{ "Remote provisioning 404 not found", remote_provisioning_not_found },
 	{ "Remote provisioning invalid", remote_provisioning_invalid },
 	{ "Remote provisioning transient successful", remote_provisioning_transient },
-	{ "Remote provisioning default values", remote_provisioning_default_values }
+	{ "Remote provisioning default values", remote_provisioning_default_values },
+	{ "Remote provisioning from file", remote_provisioning_file }
 };
 
 test_suite_t remote_provisioning_test_suite = {