diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/ProcessedRoute.java b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/ProcessedRoute.java
index cf28e009c7..eb3d7b0deb 100644
--- a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/ProcessedRoute.java
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/ProcessedRoute.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ public class ProcessedRoute {
 
     private String path;
     private boolean isAsset;
+    private boolean ignoreAssetPath;
 
     public String getPath() {
         return path;
@@ -25,4 +26,12 @@ public boolean isAsset() {
     public void setAsset(boolean asset) {
         isAsset = asset;
     }
+
+    public boolean isIgnoreAssetPath() {
+        return ignoreAssetPath;
+    }
+
+    public void setIgnoreAssetPath(boolean ignoreAssetPath) {
+        this.ignoreAssetPath = ignoreAssetPath;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/WebViewLocalServer.java b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/WebViewLocalServer.java
index 097e25af40..6ef1235007 100755
--- a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/WebViewLocalServer.java
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/WebViewLocalServer.java
@@ -484,10 +484,12 @@ public InputStream handle(Uri url) {
 
                 // Pass path to routeProcessor if present
                 RouteProcessor routeProcessor = bridge.getRouteProcessor();
+                boolean ignoreAssetPath = false;
                 if (routeProcessor != null) {
                     ProcessedRoute processedRoute = bridge.getRouteProcessor().process("", path);
                     path = processedRoute.getPath();
                     isAsset = processedRoute.isAsset();
+                    ignoreAssetPath = processedRoute.isIgnoreAssetPath();
                 }
 
                 try {
@@ -501,6 +503,8 @@ public InputStream handle(Uri url) {
                         }
 
                         stream = protocolHandler.openFile(path);
+                    } else if (ignoreAssetPath) {
+                        stream = protocolHandler.openAsset(path);
                     } else {
                         stream = protocolHandler.openAsset(assetPath + path);
                     }