diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index a56a56c..ec40612 100755
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -179,7 +179,14 @@ uri_fetch() {
 
 	# we need GNU wget for this
 	case "$uri" in
-		https://*) opts="--no-check-certificate";;
+		*https://*) opts="--no-check-certificate";;
+	esac
+
+	# fix saveas-*://* URIs
+	case "$uri" in
+		# remove 'saveas-' from beginning and
+		# '/filename' from end of URI
+		saveas-*://*) uri="${uri:7:$(expr ${#uri} - 7 - ${#d} - 1)}";;
 	esac
 	
 	mkdir -p "$SRCDEST"
@@ -194,7 +201,7 @@ uri_fetch() {
 
 is_remote() {
 	case "$1" in
-		http://*|ftp://*|https://*)
+		http://*|ftp://*|https://*|saveas-*://*)
 			return 0;;
 	esac
 	return 1