diff --git a/src/ng/location.js b/src/ng/location.js
index 575feb7e1db5..6d38d1acf3ff 100644
--- a/src/ng/location.js
+++ b/src/ng/location.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var URL_MATCH = /^(file|ftp|http|https):\/\/(\w+:{0,1}\w*@)?([\w\.-]*)(:([0-9]+))?(\/[^\?#]*)?(\?([^#]*))?(#(.*))?$/,
+var URL_MATCH = /^([^:]+):\/\/(\w+:{0,1}\w*@)?([\w\.-]*)(:([0-9]+))?(\/[^\?#]*)?(\?([^#]*))?(#(.*))?$/,
     PATH_MATCH = /^([^\?#]*)?(\?([^#]*))?(#(.*))?$/,
     HASH_MATCH = PATH_MATCH,
     DEFAULT_PORTS = {'http': 80, 'https': 443, 'ftp': 21};
diff --git a/test/ng/locationSpec.js b/test/ng/locationSpec.js
index 648fa42da5d4..b866b1e3da7d 100644
--- a/test/ng/locationSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/locationSpec.js
@@ -632,6 +632,17 @@ describe('$location', function() {
 
       expect(match[10]).toBe('?book=moby');
     });
+
+
+    it('should parse chrome extension urls', function() {
+      var match = URL_MATCH.exec('chrome-extension://jjcldkdmokihdaomalanmlohibnoplog/index.html?foo#bar');
+
+      expect(match[1]).toBe('chrome-extension');
+      expect(match[3]).toBe('jjcldkdmokihdaomalanmlohibnoplog');
+      expect(match[6]).toBe('/index.html');
+      expect(match[8]).toBe('foo');
+      expect(match[10]).toBe('bar');
+    });
   });