diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 154950cf6a..cfa56ff59c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-Sat Aug 20 2005 22:05:25 2005  K.Kosako <sndgk393 AT ybb.ne.jp>
+Sun Aug 21 00:10:23 2005  NAKAMURA, Hiroshi  <nakahiro@sarion.co.jp>
+
+	* lib/wsdl/xmlSchema/importer.rb (WSDL::XMLSchema::Importer#fetch): add
+	  a workaround for importing an WSDL whose path begins with drive
+	  letter.  [ruby-dev:26242]
+
+Sat Aug 20 22:05:25 2005  K.Kosako <sndgk393 AT ybb.ne.jp>
 
 	* regexec.c (code_is_in_cclass_node): check code size.
 	  [ruby-dev:26840]
diff --git a/lib/wsdl/xmlSchema/importer.rb b/lib/wsdl/xmlSchema/importer.rb
index 8829d5240c..f57bfd972a 100644
--- a/lib/wsdl/xmlSchema/importer.rb
+++ b/lib/wsdl/xmlSchema/importer.rb
@@ -48,12 +48,18 @@ private
     if location.scheme == 'file' or
         (location.relative? and FileTest.exist?(location.path))
       content = File.open(location.path).read
+    elsif location.scheme and location.scheme.size == 1 and
+        FileTest.exist?(location.to_s)
+      # ToDo: remove this ugly workaround for a path with drive letter
+      # (D://foo/bar)
+      content = File.open(location.to_s).read
     else
       client = web_client.new(nil, "WSDL4R")
       client.proxy = ::SOAP::Env::HTTP_PROXY
       client.no_proxy = ::SOAP::Env::NO_PROXY
       if opt = ::SOAP::Property.loadproperty(::SOAP::PropertyName)
-        ::SOAP::HTTPConfigLoader.set_options(client, opt["client.protocol.http"])
+        ::SOAP::HTTPConfigLoader.set_options(client,
+          opt["client.protocol.http"])
       end
       content = client.get_content(location)
     end