diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index abb3131..66e78fc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ language: scala
 before_script:
   - "export DISPLAY=:99.0"
   - "sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start"
-  - sleep 3 # give xvfb some time to start
+  - python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080 &
 script:
-  - sbt ++$TRAVIS_SCALA_VERSION seleniumJSEnv/scalastyle seleniumJSEnv/test:scalastyle seleniumJSEnvTest/scalastyle seleniumJSEnvTest/test:scalastyle
+  - sbt ++$TRAVIS_SCALA_VERSION seleniumJSEnv/scalastyle seleniumJSEnv/test:scalastyle seleniumJSEnvTest/scalastyle seleniumJSHttpEnvTest/test:scalastyle seleniumJSEnvTest/test:scalastyle
   - sbt ++$TRAVIS_SCALA_VERSION seleniumJSEnvTest/run seleniumJSEnvTest/test 'set scalaJSStage in Global := FullOptStage' seleniumJSEnvTest/run seleniumJSEnvTest/test
   - sbt ++$TRAVIS_SCALA_VERSION 'set inScope(ThisScope in seleniumJSEnvTest)(jsEnv := new org.scalajs.jsenv.selenium.SeleniumJSEnv(org.scalajs.jsenv.selenium.Firefox).withKeepAlive())' seleniumJSEnvTest/run seleniumJSEnvTest/test 'set scalaJSStage in Global := FullOptStage' seleniumJSEnvTest/run seleniumJSEnvTest/test
+  - sbt ++$TRAVIS_SCALA_VERSION 'set scalaJSStage in Global := FullOptStage' seleniumJSHttpEnvTest/test
 scala:
   - 2.10.6
   - 2.11.7
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 5cf7e00..14f0cd7 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import sbt.Keys._
 
 import org.scalajs.jsenv.selenium.SeleniumJSEnv
 import org.scalajs.jsenv.selenium.Firefox
+import org.scalajs.jsenv.selenium.CustomFileMaterializer
 
 val commonSettings: Seq[Setting[_]] = Seq(
   version := "0.1.2-SNAPSHOT",
@@ -18,6 +19,15 @@ val commonSettings: Seq[Setting[_]] = Seq(
       Some("scm:git:git@github.com:scala-js/scala-js-env-selenium.git")))
 )
 
+val testSettings: Seq[Setting[_]] = commonSettings ++ Seq(
+  testOptions +=
+    Tests.Argument(TestFramework("com.novocode.junit.JUnitFramework"), "-v", "-a"),
+  jsDependencies ++= Seq(
+      RuntimeDOM % "test",
+      "org.webjars" % "jquery" % "1.10.2" / "jquery.js"
+  )
+)
+
 // We'll need the name scalajs-env-selenium for the `seleniumJSEnv` project
 name := "root"
 
@@ -65,13 +75,16 @@ lazy val seleniumJSEnv: Project = project.
 lazy val seleniumJSEnvTest: Project = project.
   enablePlugins(ScalaJSPlugin).
   enablePlugins(ScalaJSJUnitPlugin).
-  settings(commonSettings).
+  settings(testSettings).
   settings(
-    testOptions +=
-      Tests.Argument(TestFramework("com.novocode.junit.JUnitFramework"), "-v", "-a"),
-    jsDependencies ++= Seq(
-        RuntimeDOM % "test",
-        "org.webjars" % "jquery" % "1.10.2" / "jquery.js"
-    ),
     jsEnv := new SeleniumJSEnv(Firefox)
   )
+
+lazy val seleniumJSHttpEnvTest: Project = project.
+  enablePlugins(ScalaJSPlugin).
+  enablePlugins(ScalaJSJUnitPlugin).
+  settings(testSettings).
+  settings(
+    jsEnv := new SeleniumJSEnv(Firefox).
+      withMaterializer(new CustomFileMaterializer("tmp", "http://localhost:8080/tmp"))
+  )
diff --git a/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/AbstractSeleniumJSRunner.scala b/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/AbstractSeleniumJSRunner.scala
index 05e7f05..bbc7840 100644
--- a/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/AbstractSeleniumJSRunner.scala
+++ b/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/AbstractSeleniumJSRunner.scala
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ package org.scalajs.jsenv.selenium
 import org.scalajs.core.tools.io.{MemVirtualJSFile, VirtualJSFile}
 import org.scalajs.core.tools.jsdep.ResolvedJSDependency
 import org.scalajs.core.tools.logging.Logger
-import org.scalajs.jsenv.{VirtualFileMaterializer, JSConsole}
+import org.scalajs.jsenv.JSConsole
 
 abstract class AbstractSeleniumJSRunner(browserProvider: SeleniumBrowser,
-    libs: Seq[ResolvedJSDependency], code: VirtualJSFile) {
+    libs: Seq[ResolvedJSDependency], code: VirtualJSFile, materializer: FileMaterializer) {
 
   protected val browser = browserProvider.newDriver
 
@@ -22,30 +22,23 @@ abstract class AbstractSeleniumJSRunner(browserProvider: SeleniumBrowser,
     _console = console
   }
 
-  protected[this] val libCache = new VirtualFileMaterializer(true)
-
   protected def initFiles(): Seq[VirtualJSFile] =
     browserProvider.initFiles() ++ runtimeEnv()
 
   protected def runAllScripts(): Unit = {
     val inits = initFiles()
-    val cacheDir = libCache.cacheDir.getAbsolutePath
-    def absolutePath(fileName: String): String =
-      "file://" + cacheDir + "/" + fileName
 
     val jsFiles = {
-      inits.map(file => absolutePath(file.path)) ++
-      libs.map(dep => absolutePath(dep.info.relPath.split('/').last)) :+
+      inits.map(materializer.materialize(_).toString) ++
+      libs.map(dep => materializer.materialize(dep.lib).toString) :+
       code.path
     }
     val page = htmlPage(jsFiles)
 
-    inits.foreach(libCache.materialize)
-    libs.foreach(dep => libCache.materialize(dep.lib))
-    libCache.materialize(code)
-    libCache.materialize(page)
+    materializer.materialize(code)
+    val pageURL = materializer.materialize(page)
 
-    browser.getWebDriver.get("file://" + cacheDir + "/" + page.path)
+    browser.getWebDriver.get(pageURL.toString)
     browser.processConsoleLogs(console)
   }
 
diff --git a/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/CustomFileMaterializer.scala b/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/CustomFileMaterializer.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13d6ff3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/CustomFileMaterializer.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package org.scalajs.jsenv.selenium
+
+import java.io.File
+import java.net.URL
+
+import org.scalajs.core.tools.io.{IO, VirtualTextFile, WritableFileVirtualTextFile}
+
+/** Materializes files on the filesystem and specifies a custom url to access stored files.
+ *  This can be used to bypass cross origin access policies as shown below.
+ *
+ *  @param fsRoot Location on the filesystem where to store the generated files
+ *  @param webRoot Corresponding url to access the files
+ *
+ *  @example
+ *
+ *  The following illustrates how to configure a project such that the browser fetches
+ *  files by http:// instead of file://.
+ *  This example assumes a local webserver is running and serving the ".tmp"
+ *  directory at http://localhost:8080
+ *
+ *  <pre>
+ *    jsSettings(
+ *      // ...
+ *      jsEnv := new SeleniumJSEnv(org.scalajs.jsenv.selenium.Firefox)
+ *          .withMaterializer(new SpecificFileMaterializer(".tmp", "http://localhost:8080"))
+ *    )
+ *  </pre>
+ */
+class CustomFileMaterializer(val fsRoot: String, val webRoot: String) extends FileMaterializer {
+
+  val storageDir = createStorageDir()
+
+  /** Create a target file to write/copy to. Will also call
+    *  deleteOnExit on the file.
+    */
+  private def trgFile(name: String): File = {
+    val f = new File(storageDir, name)
+    f.deleteOnExit()
+    f
+  }
+
+  /** Creates the storage directory if it does not exist. */
+  private def createStorageDir(): File = {
+    val storageDir = new File(fsRoot)
+    storageDir.mkdir()
+    storageDir
+  }
+
+  override def materialize(vf: VirtualTextFile): URL = {
+    val trg = trgFile(vf.name)
+    IO.copyTo(vf, WritableFileVirtualTextFile(trg))
+    new URL(webRoot + "/" + vf.name)
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/DefaultFileMaterializer.scala b/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/DefaultFileMaterializer.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27cd0a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/DefaultFileMaterializer.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package org.scalajs.jsenv.selenium
+
+import org.scalajs.core.tools.io.VirtualTextFile
+import org.scalajs.jsenv.VirtualFileMaterializer
+import java.net.URL
+
+/** Materializes virtual files in a temporary directory and links to them
+  * via file://
+  */
+object DefaultFileMaterializer extends FileMaterializer {
+
+  private val materializer = new VirtualFileMaterializer(true)
+
+  override def materialize(vf: VirtualTextFile): URL = {
+    materializer.materialize(vf).toURI.toURL
+  }
+}
diff --git a/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/FileMaterializer.scala b/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/FileMaterializer.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bc8fee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/FileMaterializer.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package org.scalajs.jsenv.selenium
+
+import java.net.URL
+
+import org.scalajs.core.tools.io.VirtualTextFile
+
+trait FileMaterializer {
+  def materialize(vf: VirtualTextFile): URL
+}
diff --git a/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/SeleniumAsyncJSRunner.scala b/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/SeleniumAsyncJSRunner.scala
index e0ee308..82a3485 100644
--- a/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/SeleniumAsyncJSRunner.scala
+++ b/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/SeleniumAsyncJSRunner.scala
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import scala.concurrent.{Future, Promise}
 import scala.util.Try
 
 class SeleniumAsyncJSRunner(browserProvider: SeleniumBrowser,
-    libs: Seq[ResolvedJSDependency], code: VirtualJSFile, keepAlive: Boolean)
-    extends AbstractSeleniumJSRunner(browserProvider, libs, code)
+    libs: Seq[ResolvedJSDependency], code: VirtualJSFile, keepAlive: Boolean, materializer: FileMaterializer)
+    extends AbstractSeleniumJSRunner(browserProvider, libs, code, materializer)
     with AsyncJSRunner {
 
   private[this] var promise = Promise[Unit]()
diff --git a/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/SeleniumComJSRunner.scala b/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/SeleniumComJSRunner.scala
index 37ceb0d..1ba15cb 100644
--- a/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/SeleniumComJSRunner.scala
+++ b/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/SeleniumComJSRunner.scala
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
 import scala.util.Try
 
 class SeleniumComJSRunner(browserProvider: SeleniumBrowser,
-    libs: Seq[ResolvedJSDependency], code: VirtualJSFile, keepAlive: Boolean)
-    extends SeleniumAsyncJSRunner(browserProvider, libs, code, keepAlive)
+    libs: Seq[ResolvedJSDependency], code: VirtualJSFile, keepAlive: Boolean, materializer: FileMaterializer)
+    extends SeleniumAsyncJSRunner(browserProvider, libs, code, keepAlive, materializer)
     with ComJSRunner {
 
   protected def envName: String =
diff --git a/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/SeleniumJSEnv.scala b/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/SeleniumJSEnv.scala
index 5a2701e..cfb985d 100644
--- a/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/SeleniumJSEnv.scala
+++ b/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/SeleniumJSEnv.scala
@@ -5,29 +5,32 @@ import org.scalajs.core.tools.jsdep.ResolvedJSDependency
 import org.scalajs.jsenv.{AsyncJSEnv, ComJSEnv}
 import org.scalajs.jsenv.{JSRunner, AsyncJSRunner, ComJSRunner}
 
-class SeleniumJSEnv private (browser: SeleniumBrowser, keepAlive: Boolean)
+class SeleniumJSEnv private (browser: SeleniumBrowser, keepAlive: Boolean, materializer: FileMaterializer)
     extends AsyncJSEnv with ComJSEnv {
 
   def this(browser: SeleniumBrowser) =
-    this(browser, keepAlive = false)
+    this(browser, keepAlive = false, materializer = DefaultFileMaterializer)
+
+  def withMaterializer(materializer: FileMaterializer): SeleniumJSEnv =
+    new SeleniumJSEnv(browser, keepAlive, materializer)
 
   def withKeepAlive(): SeleniumJSEnv =
-    new SeleniumJSEnv(browser, keepAlive = true)
+    new SeleniumJSEnv(browser, keepAlive = true, materializer)
 
   def browserName: String = browser.name
 
   def name: String = "SeleniumJSEnv for " + browserName
 
   def jsRunner(libs: Seq[ResolvedJSDependency], code: VirtualJSFile): JSRunner =
-    new SeleniumRunner(browser, libs, code, keepAlive)
+    new SeleniumRunner(browser, libs, code, keepAlive, materializer)
 
   def asyncRunner(libs: Seq[ResolvedJSDependency],
       code: VirtualJSFile): AsyncJSRunner = {
-    new SeleniumAsyncJSRunner(browser, libs, code, keepAlive)
+    new SeleniumAsyncJSRunner(browser, libs, code, keepAlive, materializer)
   }
 
   def comRunner(libs: Seq[ResolvedJSDependency],
       code: VirtualJSFile): ComJSRunner = {
-    new SeleniumComJSRunner(browser, libs, code, keepAlive)
+    new SeleniumComJSRunner(browser, libs, code, keepAlive, materializer)
   }
 }
diff --git a/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/SeleniumRunner.scala b/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/SeleniumRunner.scala
index 8e8eb18..d13652a 100644
--- a/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/SeleniumRunner.scala
+++ b/seleniumJSEnv/src/main/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/SeleniumRunner.scala
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import org.scalajs.core.tools.logging.Logger
 import org.scalajs.jsenv.{JSConsole, JSRunner}
 
 class SeleniumRunner(browserProvider: SeleniumBrowser,
-    libs: Seq[ResolvedJSDependency], code: VirtualJSFile, keepAlive: Boolean)
-    extends AbstractSeleniumJSRunner(browserProvider, libs, code) with JSRunner {
+    libs: Seq[ResolvedJSDependency], code: VirtualJSFile, keepAlive: Boolean, materializer: FileMaterializer)
+    extends AbstractSeleniumJSRunner(browserProvider, libs, code, materializer) with JSRunner {
 
   def run(logger: Logger, console: JSConsole): Unit = {
     setupLoggerAndConsole(logger, console)
diff --git a/seleniumJSHttpEnvTest/src/test/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/LocationTest.scala b/seleniumJSHttpEnvTest/src/test/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/LocationTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd8d2d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/seleniumJSHttpEnvTest/src/test/scala/org/scalajs/jsenv/selenium/LocationTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package org.scalajs.jsenv.selenium
+
+import org.junit.Assert._
+import org.junit.Test
+
+import scala.scalajs.js.Dynamic.global
+
+class LocationTest {
+
+  @Test def LocationTest(): Unit = {
+    assertEquals("http:", global.window.location.protocol.toString())
+    assertEquals("localhost:8080", global.window.location.host.toString())
+  }
+}