diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/URIResultParser.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/URIResultParser.java
index 028936358..e6678e249 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/URIResultParser.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/URIResultParser.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public final class URIResultParser extends ResultParser {
       "(:\\d{1,5})?" + // maybe port
       "(/|\\?|$)"; // query, path or nothing
   private static final Pattern URL_WITH_PROTOCOL_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(
-      "[a-zA-Z0-9]{2,}://" + // protocol
+      "[a-zA-Z0-9]{2,}:(/)*" + // protocol
       "[a-zA-Z0-9\\-]+(\\.[a-zA-Z0-9\\-]+)*" + // host name elements
       PATTERN_END);
   private static final Pattern URL_WITHOUT_PROTOCOL_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(
diff --git a/core/test/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/URIParsedResultTestCase.java b/core/test/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/URIParsedResultTestCase.java
index 1c4aa87ba..ef6fed581 100644
--- a/core/test/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/URIParsedResultTestCase.java
+++ b/core/test/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/URIParsedResultTestCase.java
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ public final class URIParsedResultTestCase extends Assert {
     doTestIsPossiblyMalicious("http://google.com/@@", false);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testExotic() {
+    doTest("bitcoin:mySD89iqpmptrK3PhHFW9fa7BXiP7ANy3Y", "bitcoin:mySD89iqpmptrK3PhHFW9fa7BXiP7ANy3Y", null);
+  }
+
   private static void doTest(String contents, String uri, String title) {
     Result fakeResult = new Result(contents, null, null, BarcodeFormat.QR_CODE);
     ParsedResult result = ResultParser.parseResult(fakeResult);