diff --git a/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp b/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
index 4ffeda9723..e6248d4716 100644
--- a/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
+++ b/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
@@ -343,7 +343,8 @@ bool wxXmlResource::Load(const wxString& filemask_)
 {
     wxString filemask = ConvertFileNameToURL(filemask_);
 
-    bool allOK = true;
+    bool allOK = true,
+         anyOK = false;
 
 #if wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
     wxFileSystem fsys;
@@ -356,33 +357,47 @@ bool wxXmlResource::Load(const wxString& filemask_)
     wxString fnd = wxXmlFindFirst;
     if ( fnd.empty() )
     {
-        wxLogError(_("Cannot load resources from '%s'."), filemask);
-        return false;
+        // Some file system handlers (e.g. wxInternetFSHandler) just don't
+        // implement FindFirst() at all, try using the original path as is.
+        fnd = filemask;
     }
 
     while (!fnd.empty())
     {
+        bool thisOK = true;
+
 #if wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
         if ( IsArchive(fnd) )
         {
             if ( !Load(fnd + wxT("#zip:*.xrc")) )
-                allOK = false;
+                thisOK = false;
         }
         else // a single resource URL
 #endif // wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
         {
             wxXmlDocument * const doc = DoLoadFile(fnd);
             if ( !doc )
-                allOK = false;
+                thisOK = false;
             else
                 Data().push_back(new wxXmlResourceDataRecord(fnd, doc));
         }
 
+        if ( thisOK )
+            anyOK = true;
+        else
+            allOK = false;
+
         fnd = wxXmlFindNext;
     }
 #   undef wxXmlFindFirst
 #   undef wxXmlFindNext
 
+    if ( !anyOK )
+    {
+        wxLogError(_("Cannot load resources from '%s'."), filemask);
+        return false;
+    }
+
     return allOK;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/xml/xrctest.cpp b/tests/xml/xrctest.cpp
index 4aff56711a..04e1a435ff 100644
--- a/tests/xml/xrctest.cpp
+++ b/tests/xml/xrctest.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #if wxUSE_XRC
 
+#include "wx/fs_inet.h"
 #include "wx/xml/xml.h"
 #include "wx/sstream.h"
 #include "wx/wfstream.h"
@@ -204,4 +205,31 @@ TEST_CASE_METHOD(XrcTestCase, "XRC::IDRanges", "[xrc]")
     }
 }
 
+// This test is disabled by default as it requires the environment variable
+// below to be defined to point to a HTTP URL with the file to load.
+//
+// Use something like "python3 -m http.server samples/xrc/rc" and set
+// WX_TEST_XRC_URL to http://localhost/menu.xrc to run this test.
+TEST_CASE_METHOD(XrcTestCase, "XRC::LoadURL", "[xrc][.]")
+{
+    wxString url;
+    REQUIRE( wxGetEnv("WX_TEST_XRC_URL", &url) );
+
+    // Ensure that loading from HTTP URLs is supported.
+    struct InetHandler : wxInternetFSHandler
+    {
+        InetHandler()
+        {
+            wxFileSystem::AddHandler(this);
+        }
+
+        ~InetHandler()
+        {
+            wxFileSystem::RemoveHandler(this);
+        }
+    } inetHandler;
+
+    CHECK( wxXmlResource::Get()->Load(url) );
+}
+
 #endif // wxUSE_XRC