diff --git a/src/setup.py b/src/setup.py
index fb5a5bc..4f38b1e 100755
--- a/src/setup.py
+++ b/src/setup.py
@@ -61,8 +61,14 @@ class FridaPrebuiltExt(build_ext):
                 os_version=os_version
             )
 
-            print('downloading prebuilt extension from', egg_url)
-            egg_data = urlopen(egg_url).read()
+            try:
+                print('downloading prebuilt extension from', egg_url)
+                egg_data = urlopen(egg_url).read()
+            except:
+                egg_url = re.sub(r".*/f/frida/(.*)","file:///\g<1>",egg_url)
+                print('trying to get prebuilt extension from the current folder', egg_url)
+                egg_data = urlopen(egg_url).read()
+
             egg_file = BytesIO(egg_data)
 
             print('extracting prebuilt extension')