diff --git a/cli/fs_util.rs b/cli/fs_util.rs
index 5a32d5c390..fe0ef88575 100644
--- a/cli/fs_util.rs
+++ b/cli/fs_util.rs
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ where
     let lowercase_path = path.to_lowercase();
     if lowercase_path.starts_with("http://")
       || lowercase_path.starts_with("https://")
+      || lowercase_path.starts_with("file://")
     {
       let url = ModuleSpecifier::parse(&path)?;
       prepared.push(url);
diff --git a/cli/tests/integration/bench_tests.rs b/cli/tests/integration/bench_tests.rs
index 6199e5b80b..1d021b69b2 100644
--- a/cli/tests/integration/bench_tests.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/integration/bench_tests.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2022 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 
 use crate::itest;
+use deno_core::url::Url;
 use test_util as util;
 
 itest!(requires_unstable {
@@ -171,3 +172,19 @@ fn recursive_permissions_pledge() {
     "pledge test permissions called before restoring previous pledge"
   ));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn file_protocol() {
+  let file_url =
+    Url::from_file_path(util::testdata_path().join("bench/file_protocol.ts"))
+      .unwrap()
+      .to_string();
+
+  (util::CheckOutputIntegrationTest {
+    args_vec: vec!["bench", "--unstable", &file_url],
+    exit_code: 0,
+    output: "bench/file_protocol.out",
+    ..Default::default()
+  })
+  .run();
+}
diff --git a/cli/tests/integration/test_tests.rs b/cli/tests/integration/test_tests.rs
index 022e40f4b0..0cbc3130fd 100644
--- a/cli/tests/integration/test_tests.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/integration/test_tests.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2022 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 
 use crate::itest;
+use deno_core::url::Url;
 use test_util as util;
 
 #[test]
@@ -351,3 +352,19 @@ fn recursive_permissions_pledge() {
     "pledge test permissions called before restoring previous pledge"
   ));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn file_protocol() {
+  let file_url =
+    Url::from_file_path(util::testdata_path().join("test/file_protocol.ts"))
+      .unwrap()
+      .to_string();
+
+  (util::CheckOutputIntegrationTest {
+    args_vec: vec!["test", &file_url],
+    exit_code: 0,
+    output: "test/file_protocol.out",
+    ..Default::default()
+  })
+  .run();
+}
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/bench/file_protocol.out b/cli/tests/testdata/bench/file_protocol.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a384e1fa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/bench/file_protocol.out
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Check file://[WILDCARD]/bench/file_protocol.ts
+cpu: [WILDCARD]
+runtime: deno [WILDCARD] ([WILDCARD])
+
+[WILDCARD]/bench/file_protocol.ts
+benchmark      time (avg)             (min … max)       p75       p99      p995
+------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------
+bench0 [WILDCARD] [WILDCARD]/iter[WILDCARD]([WILDCARD] … [WILDCARD]) [WILDCARD]
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/bench/file_protocol.ts b/cli/tests/testdata/bench/file_protocol.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06a07bb38c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/bench/file_protocol.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Deno.bench("bench0", () => {});
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/test/file_protocol.out b/cli/tests/testdata/test/file_protocol.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..252165950c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/test/file_protocol.out
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Check file://[WILDCARD]/test/file_protocol.ts
+running 1 test from ./test/file_protocol.ts
+test 0 ... ok ([WILDCARD])
+
+test result: ok. 1 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out ([WILDCARD])
+
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/test/file_protocol.ts b/cli/tests/testdata/test/file_protocol.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79128c2b39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/test/file_protocol.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Deno.test("test 0", () => {});
diff --git a/test_util/src/lib.rs b/test_util/src/lib.rs
index ee8c363ebb..59a777d401 100644
--- a/test_util/src/lib.rs
+++ b/test_util/src/lib.rs
@@ -1728,18 +1728,18 @@ pub fn run_powershell_script_file(
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]
-pub struct CheckOutputIntegrationTest {
-  pub args: &'static str,
-  pub args_vec: Vec<&'static str>,
-  pub output: &'static str,
-  pub input: Option<&'static str>,
-  pub output_str: Option<&'static str>,
+pub struct CheckOutputIntegrationTest<'a> {
+  pub args: &'a str,
+  pub args_vec: Vec<&'a str>,
+  pub output: &'a str,
+  pub input: Option<&'a str>,
+  pub output_str: Option<&'a str>,
   pub exit_code: i32,
   pub http_server: bool,
   pub envs: Vec<(String, String)>,
 }
 
-impl CheckOutputIntegrationTest {
+impl<'a> CheckOutputIntegrationTest<'a> {
   pub fn run(&self) {
     let args = if self.args_vec.is_empty() {
       std::borrow::Cow::Owned(self.args.split_whitespace().collect::<Vec<_>>())