diff --git a/AndroidManifest.xml b/AndroidManifest.xml
index 4d3db9f80..cafacbd19 100644
--- a/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@
                 <data android:pathPattern="/.*/.*/fdroid/archive/*" />
                 <data android:pathPattern="/.*/.*/.*/fdroid/archive" />
                 <data android:pathPattern="/.*/.*/.*/fdroid/archive/*" />
+                <!--
+                Some QR Code scanners don't respect custom schemes like fdroidrepo://,
+                so this is a workaround, since the local repo URL is all uppercase in
+                the QR Code for sending the local repo to another device.
+                -->
+                <data android:path="/FDROID/REPO" />
             </intent-filter>
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
diff --git a/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/fragments/RepoListFragment.java b/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/fragments/RepoListFragment.java
index c30f23397..fa43cb82b 100644
--- a/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/fragments/RepoListFragment.java
+++ b/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/views/fragments/RepoListFragment.java
@@ -208,6 +208,14 @@ public class RepoListFragment extends ListFragment
                  * case means it should be downcased.
                  */
                 uri = Uri.parse(uri.toString().toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH));
+            } else if (uri.getPath().startsWith("/FDROID/REPO")) {
+                /*
+                 * some QR scanners chop off the fdroidrepo:// and just try
+                 * http://, then the incoming URI does not get downcased
+                 * properly, and the query string is stripped off. So just
+                 * downcase the path, and carry on to get something working.
+                 */
+                uri = Uri.parse(uri.toString().toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH));
             }
             // make scheme and host lowercase so they're readable in dialogs
             scheme = scheme.toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH);