diff --git a/src/ng/httpBackend.js b/src/ng/httpBackend.js
index 71592a565294..0a0e1f71680e 100644
--- a/src/ng/httpBackend.js
+++ b/src/ng/httpBackend.js
@@ -28,12 +28,11 @@ var XHR = window.XMLHttpRequest || function() {
  */
 function $HttpBackendProvider() {
   this.$get = ['$browser', '$window', '$document', function($browser, $window, $document) {
-    return createHttpBackend($browser, XHR, $browser.defer, $window.angular.callbacks,
-        $document[0], $window.location.protocol.replace(':', ''));
+    return createHttpBackend($browser, XHR, $browser.defer, $window.angular.callbacks, $document[0]);
   }];
 }
 
-function createHttpBackend($browser, XHR, $browserDefer, callbacks, rawDocument, locationProtocol) {
+function createHttpBackend($browser, XHR, $browserDefer, callbacks, rawDocument) {
   var ABORTED = -1;
 
   // TODO(vojta): fix the signature
@@ -113,14 +112,14 @@ function createHttpBackend($browser, XHR, $browserDefer, callbacks, rawDocument,
     }
 
     function completeRequest(callback, status, response, headersString) {
-      var protocol = locationProtocol || urlResolve(url).protocol;
+      var protocol = urlResolve(url).protocol;
 
       // cancel timeout and subsequent timeout promise resolution
       timeoutId && $browserDefer.cancel(timeoutId);
       jsonpDone = xhr = null;
 
       // fix status code for file protocol (it's always 0)
-      status = (protocol == 'file') ? (response ? 200 : 404) : status;
+      status = (protocol == 'file' && status === 0) ? (response ? 200 : 404) : status;
 
       // normalize IE bug (http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/1450)
       status = status == 1223 ? 204 : status;
diff --git a/test/ng/httpBackendSpec.js b/test/ng/httpBackendSpec.js
index 0748d1161cf9..8c843d2add07 100644
--- a/test/ng/httpBackendSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/httpBackendSpec.js
@@ -436,13 +436,61 @@ describe('$httpBackend', function() {
 
 
     it('should convert 0 to 404 if no content - relative url', function() {
-      $backend = createHttpBackend($browser, MockXhr, null, null, null, 'file');
+      var originalUrlParsingNode = urlParsingNode;
+
+      //temporarily overriding the DOM element to pretend that the test runs origin with file:// protocol
+      urlParsingNode = {
+        hash : "#/C:/",
+        host : "",
+        hostname : "",
+        href : "file:///C:/base#!/C:/foo",
+        pathname : "/C:/foo",
+        port : "",
+        protocol : "file:",
+        search : "",
+        setAttribute: angular.noop
+      };
 
-      $backend('GET', '/whatever/index.html', null, callback);
-      respond(0, '');
+      try {
+
+        $backend = createHttpBackend($browser, MockXhr);
+
+        $backend('GET', '/whatever/index.html', null, callback);
+        respond(0, '');
+
+        expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(callback.mostRecentCall.args[0]).toBe(404);
+
+      } finally {
+        urlParsingNode = originalUrlParsingNode;
+      }
+    });
+
+
+    it('should return original backend status code if different from 0', function () {
+      $backend = createHttpBackend($browser, MockXhr);
+
+      // request to http://
+      $backend('POST', 'http://rest_api/create_whatever', null, callback);
+      respond(201, '');
 
       expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalled();
-      expect(callback.mostRecentCall.args[0]).toBe(404);
+      expect(callback.mostRecentCall.args[0]).toBe(201);
+
+
+      // request to file://
+      $backend('POST', 'file://rest_api/create_whatever', null, callback);
+      respond(201, '');
+
+      expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(callback.mostRecentCall.args[0]).toBe(201);
+
+      // request to file:// with HTTP status >= 300
+      $backend('POST', 'file://rest_api/create_whatever', null, callback);
+      respond(503, '');
+
+      expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(callback.mostRecentCall.args[0]).toBe(503);
     });
   });
 });