--- a/src/bin/e_open.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_open.c
@@ -475,6 +475,19 @@ static const Ecore_Getopt options = {
    }
 };

+static Eina_Bool
+_is_protocole(const char *path)
+{
+   Eina_Bool nonlocal = EINA_FALSE;
+   if (strstr(path, ":"))
+   {
+      const char *p = path;
+      while (!nonlocal && (*p != '/' || p++))
+       nonlocal = (*p == ':');
+   }
+   return nonlocal;
+}
+
 E_API int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
@@ -535,7 +548,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
                }
           }
      }
-   else if (strstr(argv[args], ":"))
+   else if (_is_protocole(argv[args]))
      cmds = protocol_open(argv[args]);
    else
      cmds = local_open(argv[args]);