diff --git a/core/src/org/apache/pivot/beans/BXMLSerializer.java b/core/src/org/apache/pivot/beans/BXMLSerializer.java
index 64e4b58e3..2abfc0a62 100644
--- a/core/src/org/apache/pivot/beans/BXMLSerializer.java
+++ b/core/src/org/apache/pivot/beans/BXMLSerializer.java
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ public Object evaluate(final Object value) {
     public static final char URL_PREFIX = '@';
     public static final char RESOURCE_KEY_PREFIX = '%';
     public static final char OBJECT_REFERENCE_PREFIX = '$';
+    public static final char SLASH_PREFIX = '/';
 
     public static final String NAMESPACE_BINDING_PREFIX = OBJECT_REFERENCE_PREFIX + "{";
     public static final String NAMESPACE_BINDING_SUFFIX = "}";
@@ -886,7 +887,7 @@ private void processStartElement() throws IOException, SerializationException {
 
             // Determine location from src attribute
             URL locationLocal;
-            if (src.charAt(0) == '/') {
+            if (src.charAt(0) == SLASH_PREFIX) {
                 locationLocal = classLoader.getResource(src.substring(1));
             } else {
                 locationLocal = new URL(this.location, src);
@@ -1327,8 +1328,8 @@ private void processEndElement() throws SerializationException {
 
             case SCRIPT: {
                 String src = null;
-                if (element.properties.containsKey(INCLUDE_SRC_ATTRIBUTE)) {
-                    src = element.properties.get(INCLUDE_SRC_ATTRIBUTE);
+                if (element.properties.containsKey(SCRIPT_SRC_ATTRIBUTE)) {
+                    src = element.properties.get(SCRIPT_SRC_ATTRIBUTE);
                 }
 
                 if (src != null) {
@@ -1350,8 +1351,11 @@ private void processEndElement() throws SerializationException {
 
                     try {
                         URL scriptLocation;
-                        if (src.charAt(0) == '/') {
+                        if (src.charAt(0) == SLASH_PREFIX) {
                             scriptLocation = classLoader.getResource(src.substring(1));
+                            if (scriptLocation == null) {  // add a fallback
+                                scriptLocation = new URL(location, src.substring(1));
+                            }
                         } else {
                             scriptLocation = new URL(location, src);
                         }
diff --git a/tests/src/org/apache/pivot/tests/issues/pivot949/Pivot949.java b/tests/src/org/apache/pivot/tests/issues/pivot949/Pivot949.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b119ee8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/org/apache/pivot/tests/issues/pivot949/Pivot949.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ * Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+ * compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.pivot.tests.issues.pivot949;
+
+import org.apache.pivot.beans.BXMLSerializer;
+import org.apache.pivot.collections.Map;
+import org.apache.pivot.wtk.Application;
+import org.apache.pivot.wtk.DesktopApplicationContext;
+import org.apache.pivot.wtk.Display;
+import org.apache.pivot.wtk.Window;
+
+public class Pivot949 extends Application.Adapter {
+
+    private Window window = null;
+
+    @Override
+    public void startup(Display display, Map<String, String> properties) throws Exception {
+        System.out.println("Pivot949 startup(...)");
+        System.out.println("\n"
+            + "Note that this issue is related to include scripts (with absolute path) "
+            + "from a bxml file.\n"
+            + "Here we'll test both relative and absolute scripts.\n"
+            + "\n");
+
+        BXMLSerializer bxmlSerializer = new BXMLSerializer();
+        window = (Window) bxmlSerializer.readObject(Pivot949.class, "pivot_949.bxml");
+        System.out.println("got window = " + window);
+        window.open(display);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean shutdown(boolean b) throws Exception {
+        if (window != null) {
+            window.close();
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        DesktopApplicationContext.main(Pivot949.class, args);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/src/org/apache/pivot/tests/issues/pivot949/pivot_949.bxml b/tests/src/org/apache/pivot/tests/issues/pivot949/pivot_949.bxml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ebfee64c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/org/apache/pivot/tests/issues/pivot949/pivot_949.bxml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+<Window title="Pivot-949" maximized="true"
+    bxml:id="window"
+    xmlns:bxml="http://pivot.apache.org/bxml"
+    xmlns:app="org.apache.pivot.tests.issues"
+    xmlns:content="org.apache.pivot.wtk.content"
+    xmlns="org.apache.pivot.wtk"
+>
+
+    <!-- <bxml:script src="utilities_script.js"/> // ok if it's in the same package/folder -->
+    <!-- <bxml:script src="../../utilities_script.js"/> // ok with a relative package/folder -->
+    <bxml:script src="../../utilities_script.js"/>
+
+    <bxml:script>
+    <![CDATA[
+    // just as a sample, to use the JavaScript just defined in the included file ...
+    log("inline script 1 - just loaded a script with a relative URI");
+
+    var nextURI = '/pivot_949.js';
+    log("inline script 1 - now try to load another script, but with an absolute URI '"
+        + nextURI + "' ...");
+    ]]>
+    </bxml:script>
+
+
+    <!-- <bxml:script src="pivot_949.js"/> // ok if it's in the same package/folder -->
+    <!-- <bxml:script src="./pivot_949.js"/> // ok if it's in the same package/folder -->
+    <bxml:script src="/pivot_949.js"/>
+    <!-- <bxml:script src="$nextURI"/>  // TODO: later ... -->
+
+    <Label text="$foo"/>
+
+    <bxml:script>
+    <![CDATA[
+    // just as a sample, to use the JavaScript just defined in the included file ...
+    log("inline script 2 - all is ok");
+    ]]>
+    </bxml:script>
+
+</Window>
diff --git a/tests/src/org/apache/pivot/tests/issues/pivot949/pivot_949.js b/tests/src/org/apache/pivot/tests/issues/pivot949/pivot_949.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb3cdf0dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/org/apache/pivot/tests/issues/pivot949/pivot_949.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ * Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+ * compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+importPackage(java.lang);  // required to use System.out and System.err
+importPackage(org.apache.pivot.collections);  // required to use Pivot class ArrayList and other collections
+importPackage(org.apache.pivot.util);  // required to use Pivot Utility class Console
+importPackage(org.apache.pivot.wtk);   // required to use Pivot WTK classes
+
+
+var foo = 'Hello from JavaScript in the JVM';