diff --git a/htaccess.txt b/htaccess.txt
index 55f4e6be971f5..c39b56adfc854 100644
--- a/htaccess.txt
+++ b/htaccess.txt
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
 # If the requested path and file is not /index.php and the request
 # has not already been internally rewritten to the index.php script
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index\.php
+# and the request is for something within the component folder,
+# or for the site root, or for an extensionless URL, or the
+# requested URL ends with one of the listed extensions
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /component/|(/[^.]*)$ [NC]
 # and the requested path and file doesn't directly match a physical file
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 # and the requested path and file doesn't directly match a physical folder