diff --git a/atom/browser/atom_browser_context.cc b/atom/browser/atom_browser_context.cc
index d69aab22fa8a..e31ebc4147e4 100644
--- a/atom/browser/atom_browser_context.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/atom_browser_context.cc
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@
 #include "chrome/browser/browser_process.h"
 #include "content/public/browser/browser_thread.h"
 #include "content/public/common/url_constants.h"
+#include "net/ftp/ftp_network_layer.h"
 #include "net/url_request/data_protocol_handler.h"
+#include "net/url_request/ftp_protocol_handler.h"
 #include "net/url_request/url_request_intercepting_job_factory.h"
+#include "net/url_request/url_request_context.h"
 #include "url/url_constants.h"
 
 using content::BrowserThread;
@@ -69,6 +72,13 @@ net::URLRequestJobFactory* AtomBrowserContext::CreateURLRequestJobFactory(
   job_factory->SetProtocolHandler(
       url::kWssScheme, new HttpProtocolHandler(url::kWssScheme));
 
+  auto host_resolver = url_request_context_getter()
+                          ->GetURLRequestContext()
+                          ->host_resolver();
+  job_factory->SetProtocolHandler(
+      url::kFtpScheme, new net::FtpProtocolHandler(
+          new net::FtpNetworkLayer(host_resolver)));
+
   // Set up interceptors in the reverse order.
   scoped_ptr<net::URLRequestJobFactory> top_job_factory = job_factory.Pass();
   content::URLRequestInterceptorScopedVector::reverse_iterator it;
diff --git a/atom/renderer/atom_render_view_observer.cc b/atom/renderer/atom_render_view_observer.cc
index 10ac9bbd6b7c..d7d115feb8e3 100644
--- a/atom/renderer/atom_render_view_observer.cc
+++ b/atom/renderer/atom_render_view_observer.cc
@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@
 #include "base/strings/string_number_conversions.h"
 #include "content/public/renderer/render_view.h"
 #include "ipc/ipc_message_macros.h"
+#include "net/base/net_module.h"
+#include "net/grit/net_resources.h"
 #include "third_party/WebKit/public/web/WebDraggableRegion.h"
 #include "third_party/WebKit/public/web/WebDocument.h"
 #include "third_party/WebKit/public/web/WebFrame.h"
 #include "third_party/WebKit/public/web/WebLocalFrame.h"
 #include "third_party/WebKit/public/web/WebKit.h"
 #include "third_party/WebKit/public/web/WebView.h"
+#include "ui/base/resource/resource_bundle.h"
 
 #include "atom/common/node_includes.h"
 
@@ -49,6 +52,16 @@ std::vector<v8::Local<v8::Value>> ListValueToVector(
   return result;
 }
 
+base::StringPiece NetResourceProvider(int key) {
+  if (key == IDR_DIR_HEADER_HTML) {
+    base::StringPiece html_data =
+        ui::ResourceBundle::GetSharedInstance().GetRawDataResource(
+            IDR_DIR_HEADER_HTML);
+    return html_data;
+  }
+  return base::StringPiece();
+}
+
 }  // namespace
 
 AtomRenderViewObserver::AtomRenderViewObserver(
@@ -57,6 +70,8 @@ AtomRenderViewObserver::AtomRenderViewObserver(
     : content::RenderViewObserver(render_view),
       renderer_client_(renderer_client),
       document_created_(false) {
+  // Initialise resource for directory listing.
+  net::NetModule::SetResourceProvider(NetResourceProvider);
 }
 
 AtomRenderViewObserver::~AtomRenderViewObserver() {