diff --git a/lib/cocoapods-downloader/remote_file.rb b/lib/cocoapods-downloader/remote_file.rb
index 2721cc3..a6d5ff0 100644
--- a/lib/cocoapods-downloader/remote_file.rb
+++ b/lib/cocoapods-downloader/remote_file.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ def self.options
         [:type, :flatten, :sha1, :sha256, :headers]
       end
 
-      class UnsupportedFileTypeError < StandardError; end
+      class UnsupportedFileTypeError < StandardError
+      end
 
       private
 
@@ -57,7 +58,16 @@ def should_flatten?
       end
 
       def type_with_url(url)
-        case URI.parse(url).path
+        url_path = URI.parse(url).path
+        if type_from_url_path(url_path).nil?
+          type_with_url_query(url)
+        else
+          type_from_url_path(url_path)
+        end
+      end
+
+      def type_from_url_path(url_path)
+        case url_path
         when /\.zip$/
           :zip
         when /\.(tgz|tar\.gz)$/
@@ -73,6 +83,12 @@ def type_with_url(url)
         end
       end
 
+      def type_with_url_query(url)
+        query = URI.parse(url).query.to_s
+        query_params = Hash[URI.decode_www_form(query)]
+        type_from_url_path(query_params['file_path'])
+      end
+
       def filename_with_type(type = :zip)
         case type
         when :zip, :tgz, :tar, :tbz, :txz, :dmg
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/remote_file/download_file b/spec/fixtures/remote_file/download_file
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81b9692
Binary files /dev/null and b/spec/fixtures/remote_file/download_file differ
diff --git a/spec/remote_file_spec.rb b/spec/remote_file_spec.rb
index eca4eab..6e1591a 100644
--- a/spec/remote_file_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/remote_file_spec.rb
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ def download_file(full_filename)
         tmp_folder_with_quotes('lib/file.txt').read.strip.should =~ /This is a fixture/
       end
 
+      it 'should download file and unzip it when the target url contains file_path query param' do
+        options = { :http => "#{@fixtures_url}/download_file?file_path=lib.zip" }
+        downloader = Downloader.for_target(tmp_folder, options)
+        downloader.download
+        tmp_folder('lib/file.txt').should.exist
+        tmp_folder('lib/file.txt').read.strip.should =~ /This is a fixture/
+      end
+
       it 'should flatten zip archives, when the spec explicitly demands it' do
         options = { :flatten => true }
         downloader = MockRemoteFile.new(tmp_folder, "#{@fixtures_url}/lib.zip", options)