Index: src/org/python/core/SyspathJavaLoader.java
===================================================================
--- src/org/python/core/SyspathJavaLoader.java	(revision 6914)
+++ src/org/python/core/SyspathJavaLoader.java	(working copy)
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 
@@ -39,6 +40,15 @@
             return ret;
         }
 
+        return (InputStream) find(res,false);
+    }
+
+    protected URL findResource(String res) {
+        return (URL) find(res, true);
+    }
+    
+    private Object find(String res, boolean asURL) { 
+        PySystemState sys = Py.getSystemState();
         if (res.charAt(0) == SLASH_CHAR) {
             res = res.substring(1);
         }
@@ -56,7 +66,12 @@
                 ZipEntry ze = archive.getEntry(entryRes);
                 if (ze != null) {
                     try {
-                        return archive.getInputStream(ze);
+                        if (asURL) {
+                            return new URL("jar:file:"+archive.asString()+"!/"+ze.getName());
+                        }
+                        else {
+                            return archive.getInputStream(ze);
+                        }
                     } catch (IOException e) {
                         ;
                     }
@@ -65,7 +80,15 @@
             }
             String dir = sys.getPath(entry.__str__().toString());
             try {
-                return new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(new File(dir, res)));
+                File f = new File(dir, res);
+                FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(f);
+                if (asURL) {
+                    return new BufferedInputStream(fin);
+                }
+                else {
+                    fin.close();
+                    return f.toURL();
+                }
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 continue;
             }
Index: Lib/test/test_syspathresource_jy.py
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--- Lib/test/test_syspathresource_jy.py	(revision 0)
+++ Lib/test/test_syspathresource_jy.py	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import unittest
+import sys
+
+from test import test_support
+
+class SyspathResourceTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.orig_path = sys.path
+        sys.path.insert(0, test_support.findfile("bug1373.jar"))
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        sys.path = self.orig_path
+
+    def test_resource_stream_from_syspath(self):
+        from pck import Main
+        self.assert_(Main.getResourceAsStream('Main.txt'))
+
+    def test_resource_url_from_syspath(self):
+        from pck import Main
+        self.assert_(Main.getResource('Main.txt'))
+
+def test_main():
+    test_support.run_unittest(SyspathResourceTest)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_main()
+