diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/genexus/ApplicationContext.java b/common/src/main/java/com/genexus/ApplicationContext.java
index a7af446c4..f7fbc07b5 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/genexus/ApplicationContext.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/genexus/ApplicationContext.java
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public boolean checkIfResourceExist(String path)
 		if (isSpringBootApp())
 			return new ClassPathResource(path).exists();
 		else
-			return new File(path).exists();
+			return new File(path).exists() || getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(path) != null;
 	}
 
 	public void setEJBEngine(boolean isEJBEngine)
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/genexus/xml/XMLReader.java b/common/src/main/java/com/genexus/xml/XMLReader.java
index 9355bde9f..17db526f2 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/genexus/xml/XMLReader.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/genexus/xml/XMLReader.java
@@ -785,7 +785,11 @@ public void open(String url)
 			else
 			{
 				File xmlFile = new File(url);
-				fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(xmlFile);
+				if (xmlFile.exists())
+					fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(xmlFile);
+				else {
+					fileInputStream = getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(url);
+				}
 			}
 			inputSource = new XMLInputSource(null, url, null, fileInputStream, null);
 			if (documentEncoding.length() > 0)