diff --git a/src/shell-global.c b/src/shell-global.c
index 78d149fae..f527c0f39 100644
--- a/src/shell-global.c
+++ b/src/shell-global.c
@@ -286,7 +286,33 @@ shell_global_init (ShellGlobal *global)
 
   if (shell_js)
     {
+      int i, j;
       search_path = g_strsplit (shell_js, ":", -1);
+
+      /* The naive g_strsplit above will split 'resource:///foo/bar' into 'resource',
+       * '///foo/bar'. Combine these back together by looking for a literal 'resource'
+       * in the array. */
+      for (i = 0, j = 0; search_path[i];)
+        {
+          char *out;
+
+          if (strcmp (search_path[i], "resource") == 0 && search_path[i + 1] != NULL)
+            {
+              out = g_strconcat (search_path[i], ":", search_path[i + 1], NULL);
+              g_free (search_path[i]);
+              g_free (search_path[i + 1]);
+              i += 2;
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              out = search_path[i];
+              i += 1;
+            }
+
+          search_path[j++] = out;
+        }
+
+      search_path[j] = NULL; /* NULL-terminate the now possibly shorter array */
     }
   else
     {