diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/classpath.clj b/src/babashka/impl/classpath.clj
index a1846656..a90e5126 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/classpath.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/classpath.clj
@@ -7,31 +7,37 @@
 (set! *warn-on-reflection* true)
 
 (defprotocol IResourceResolver
-  (getResource [this path]))
+  (getResource [this path opts]))
 
 (deftype DirectoryResolver [path]
   IResourceResolver
-  (getResource [this resource-path]
+  (getResource [this resource-path {:keys [:url?]}]
     (let [f (io/file path resource-path)]
       (when (.exists f)
-        {:file (.getCanonicalPath f)
-         :source (slurp f)}))))
+        (if url?
+          (java.net.URL. (str "file:"
+                              (.getCanonicalPath f)))
+          {:file (.getCanonicalPath f)
+           :source (slurp f)})))))
 
 (defn path-from-jar
-  [^java.io.File jar-file path]
+  [^java.io.File jar-file path {:keys [:url?]}]
   (with-open [jar (JarFile. jar-file)]
     (let [entries (enumeration-seq (.entries jar))
           entry (some (fn [^JarFile$JarFileEntry x]
                         (let [nm (.getName x)]
                           (when (and (not (.isDirectory x)) (= path nm))
-                            {:file path
-                             :source (slurp (.getInputStream jar x))}))) entries)]
+                            (if url?
+                              (java.net.URL.
+                               (str "jar:file:" (.getCanonicalPath jar-file) "!/" path))
+                              {:file path
+                               :source (slurp (.getInputStream jar x))})))) entries)]
       entry)))
 
 (deftype JarFileResolver [path]
   IResourceResolver
-  (getResource [this resource-path]
-    (path-from-jar path resource-path)))
+  (getResource [this resource-path opts]
+    (path-from-jar path resource-path opts)))
 
 (defn part->entry [part]
   (if (str/ends-with? part ".jar")
@@ -40,25 +46,25 @@
 
 (deftype Loader [entries]
   IResourceResolver
-  (getResource [this resource-path]
-    (some #(getResource % resource-path) entries)))
+  (getResource [this resource-path opts]
+    (some #(getResource % resource-path opts) entries)))
 
 (defn loader [^String classpath]
   (let [parts (.split classpath (System/getProperty "path.separator"))
         entries (map part->entry parts)]
     (Loader. entries)))
 
-(defn source-for-namespace [loader namespace]
+(defn source-for-namespace [loader namespace opts]
   (let [ns-str (name namespace)
         ^String ns-str (munge ns-str)
         path (.replace ns-str "." (System/getProperty "file.separator"))
         paths (map #(str path %) [".bb" ".clj" ".cljc"])]
-    (some #(getResource loader %) paths)))
+    (some #(getResource loader % opts) paths)))
 
 ;;;; Scratch
 
 (comment
   (def l (loader "src:/Users/borkdude/.m2/repository/cheshire/cheshire/5.9.0/cheshire-5.9.0.jar"))
-  (source-for-namespace l 'babashka.impl.cheshire)
-  (:file (source-for-namespace l 'cheshire.core))
+  (source-for-namespace l 'babashka.impl.cheshire nil)
+  (:file (source-for-namespace l 'cheshire.core nil))
   )
diff --git a/src/babashka/main.clj b/src/babashka/main.clj
index 7f34a985..8bdf6cc4 100644
--- a/src/babashka/main.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/main.clj
@@ -275,17 +275,20 @@ Everything after that is bound to *command-line-args*."))
                  (cp/loader classpath))
         load-fn (when classpath
                   (fn [{:keys [:namespace]}]
-                    (let [res (cp/source-for-namespace loader namespace)]
+                    (let [res (cp/source-for-namespace loader namespace nil)]
                       (when uberscript (swap! uberscript-sources conj (:source res)))
                       res)))
         _ (when file (vars/bindRoot vars/file-var (.getCanonicalPath (io/file file))))
         ctx {:aliases aliases
-             :namespaces (assoc namespaces 'clojure.core
-                                (assoc core-extras
-                                       '*command-line-args*
-                                       (sci/new-dynamic-var '*command-line-args* command-line-args)
-                                       '*file* vars/file-var
-                                       '*warn-on-reflection* reflection-var))
+             :namespaces (-> namespaces
+                             (assoc 'clojure.core
+                                    (assoc core-extras
+                                           '*command-line-args*
+                                           (sci/new-dynamic-var '*command-line-args* command-line-args)
+                                           '*file* vars/file-var
+                                           '*warn-on-reflection* reflection-var))
+                             (assoc-in ['clojure.java.io 'resource]
+                                       #(when classpath (cp/getResource loader % {:url? true}))))
              :bindings bindings
              :env env
              :features #{:bb}
diff --git a/test/babashka/classpath_test.clj b/test/babashka/classpath_test.clj
index 24048ade..dd20b197 100644
--- a/test/babashka/classpath_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/classpath_test.clj
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   (:require
    [babashka.test-utils :as tu]
    [clojure.edn :as edn]
-   [clojure.test :as t :refer [deftest is]]))
+   [clojure.test :as t :refer [deftest is]]
+   [clojure.java.io :as io]))
 
 (defn bb [input & args]
   (edn/read-string (apply tu/bb (when (some? input) (str input)) (map str args))))
@@ -41,3 +42,10 @@
   (require '[ns-with-error])
   (catch Exception nil))
 (nil? (resolve 'ns-with-error/x))"))))
+
+(deftest resource-test
+  (let [tmp-file (java.io.File/createTempFile "icon" ".png")]
+    (.deleteOnExit tmp-file)
+    (bb nil "--classpath" "logo" "-e" (format "(io/copy (io/input-stream (io/resource \"icon.png\")) (io/file \"%s\"))" (.getPath tmp-file)))
+    (is (= (.length (io/file "logo" "icon.png"))
+           (.length tmp-file)))))