diff --git a/source/utils/urlUtils.py b/source/utils/urlUtils.py
index 7eedb746d9f..08255ada106 100644
--- a/source/utils/urlUtils.py
+++ b/source/utils/urlUtils.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def isSamePageURL(targetURLOnPage: str, rootURL: str) -> bool:
 	if not targetURLOnPage or not rootURL:
 		return False
 
-	validSchemes = ("http", "https")
+	validSchemes = ("http", "https", "file")
 	# Parse the URLs
 	parsedTargetURLOnPage: ParseResult = urlparse(targetURLOnPage)
 	if parsedTargetURLOnPage.scheme not in validSchemes:
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_util/test_urlUtils.py b/tests/unit/test_util/test_urlUtils.py
index 1f642168c9d..a5132ffc9d9 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_util/test_urlUtils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_util/test_urlUtils.py
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ def test_unusualCharacters(self):
 		"""Test URLs with unusual characters."""
 		self.assertTrue(isSamePageURL("http://example.com/page#%E2%9C%93", "http://example.com/page"))
 
+	def test_externalLinkInLocalFile(self):
+		"""Test external link in local file."""
+		self.assertFalse(isSamePageURL("http://example.com/page#section", "file:///file"))
+
 	def test_ftpScheme(self):
 		"""Test URLs with different schemes like FTP."""
 		self.assertFalse(isSamePageURL("ftp://example.com/page#section", "http://example.com/page"))