1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/wkhtmltopdf/utils.py b/wkhtmltopdf/utils.py
index 03a5f82..69da74f 100644
--- a/wkhtmltopdf/utils.py
+++ b/wkhtmltopdf/utils.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from itertools import chain
 from os import fdopen
 import sys
 from tempfile import mkstemp
+import urllib
 import warnings
 
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -124,6 +125,11 @@ def http_quote(string):
     return '"{!s}"'.format(string.replace('\\', '\\\\').replace('"', '\\"'))
 
 
+def pathname2fileurl(pathname):
+    """Returns a file:// URL for pathname. Handles OS-specific conversions."""
+    return 'file://' + urllib.pathname2url(pathname)
+
+
 try:
     # From Django 1.4
     from django.conf import override_settings