diff --git a/src/core/generation.cpp b/src/core/generation.cpp
index a0b465f8..8dbad323 100644
--- a/src/core/generation.cpp
+++ b/src/core/generation.cpp
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@
 
 static QHash<QQmlEngine*, EngineGeneration*> g_generations; // NOLINT
 
-EngineGeneration::EngineGeneration(QmlScanner scanner)
-    : scanner(std::move(scanner))
+EngineGeneration::EngineGeneration(const QDir& rootPath, QmlScanner scanner)
+    : rootPath(rootPath)
+    , scanner(std::move(scanner))
+    , urlInterceptor(this->rootPath)
     , interceptNetFactory(this->scanner.qmldirIntercepts)
     , engine(new QQmlEngine()) {
 	g_generations.insert(this->engine, this);
diff --git a/src/core/generation.hpp b/src/core/generation.hpp
index 3c8f3997..c077c1bf 100644
--- a/src/core/generation.hpp
+++ b/src/core/generation.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <qcontainerfwd.h>
+#include <qdir.h>
 #include <qfilesystemwatcher.h>
 #include <qobject.h>
 #include <qpair.h>
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ class EngineGeneration: public QObject {
 	Q_OBJECT;
 
 public:
-	explicit EngineGeneration(QmlScanner scanner);
+	explicit EngineGeneration(const QDir& rootPath, QmlScanner scanner);
 	~EngineGeneration() override;
 	Q_DISABLE_COPY_MOVE(EngineGeneration);
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ public:
 	static EngineGeneration* findObjectGeneration(QObject* object);
 
 	RootWrapper* wrapper = nullptr;
+	QDir rootPath;
 	QmlScanner scanner;
 	QsUrlInterceptor urlInterceptor;
 	QsInterceptNetworkAccessManagerFactory interceptNetFactory;
diff --git a/src/core/qsintercept.cpp b/src/core/qsintercept.cpp
index 2eaf498e..ba46ab7b 100644
--- a/src/core/qsintercept.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qsintercept.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,22 @@
 
 Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(logQsIntercept, "quickshell.interceptor", QtWarningMsg);
 
-QUrl QsUrlInterceptor::intercept(const QUrl& url, QQmlAbstractUrlInterceptor::DataType type) {
+QUrl QsUrlInterceptor::intercept(
+    const QUrl& originalUrl,
+    QQmlAbstractUrlInterceptor::DataType type
+) {
+	auto url = originalUrl;
+
+	if (url.scheme() == "root") {
+		url.setScheme("qsintercept");
+
+		auto path = url.path();
+		if (path.startsWith('/')) path = path.sliced(1);
+		url.setPath(this->configRoot.filePath(path));
+
+		qCDebug(logQsIntercept) << "Rewrote root intercept" << originalUrl << "to" << url;
+	}
+
 	// Some types such as Image take into account where they are loading from, and force
 	// asynchronous loading over a network. qsintercept is considered to be over a network.
 	if (type == QQmlAbstractUrlInterceptor::DataType::UrlString && url.scheme() == "qsintercept") {
diff --git a/src/core/qsintercept.hpp b/src/core/qsintercept.hpp
index d51b78e6..57923568 100644
--- a/src/core/qsintercept.hpp
+++ b/src/core/qsintercept.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <qdir.h>
 #include <qhash.h>
 #include <qloggingcategory.h>
 #include <qnetworkaccessmanager.h>
@@ -13,7 +14,12 @@ Q_DECLARE_LOGGING_CATEGORY(logQsIntercept);
 
 class QsUrlInterceptor: public QQmlAbstractUrlInterceptor {
 public:
-	QUrl intercept(const QUrl& url, QQmlAbstractUrlInterceptor::DataType type) override;
+	explicit QsUrlInterceptor(const QDir& configRoot): configRoot(configRoot) {}
+
+	QUrl intercept(const QUrl& originalUrl, QQmlAbstractUrlInterceptor::DataType type) override;
+
+private:
+	QDir configRoot;
 };
 
 class QsInterceptDataReply: public QNetworkReply {
diff --git a/src/core/rootwrapper.cpp b/src/core/rootwrapper.cpp
index ed2ef4b7..ea2adf18 100644
--- a/src/core/rootwrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/core/rootwrapper.cpp
@@ -42,10 +42,11 @@ RootWrapper::~RootWrapper() {
 }
 
 void RootWrapper::reloadGraph(bool hard) {
-	auto scanner = QmlScanner();
+	auto rootPath = QFileInfo(this->rootPath).dir();
+	auto scanner = QmlScanner(rootPath);
 	scanner.scanQmlFile(this->rootPath);
 
-	auto* generation = new EngineGeneration(std::move(scanner));
+	auto* generation = new EngineGeneration(rootPath, std::move(scanner));
 	generation->wrapper = this;
 
 	// todo: move into EngineGeneration
diff --git a/src/core/scan.cpp b/src/core/scan.cpp
index f5f078aa..59ec05b6 100644
--- a/src/core/scan.cpp
+++ b/src/core/scan.cpp
@@ -103,7 +103,15 @@ bool QmlScanner::scanQmlFile(const QString& path) {
 	this->scanDir(currentdir.path());
 
 	for (auto& import: imports) {
-		auto ipath = currentdir.filePath(import);
+		QString ipath;
+		if (import.startsWith("root:")) {
+			auto path = import.sliced(5);
+			if (path.startsWith('/')) path = path.sliced(1);
+			ipath = this->rootPath.filePath(path);
+		} else {
+			ipath = currentdir.filePath(import);
+		}
+
 		auto cpath = QFileInfo(ipath).canonicalFilePath();
 
 		if (cpath.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/src/core/scan.hpp b/src/core/scan.hpp
index 32a6166d..e3071a88 100644
--- a/src/core/scan.hpp
+++ b/src/core/scan.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <qcontainerfwd.h>
+#include <qdir.h>
 #include <qhash.h>
 #include <qloggingcategory.h>
 #include <qvector.h>
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@ Q_DECLARE_LOGGING_CATEGORY(logQmlScanner);
 // expects canonical paths
 class QmlScanner {
 public:
+	QmlScanner(const QDir& rootPath): rootPath(rootPath) {}
+
 	void scanDir(const QString& path);
 	// returns if the file has a singleton
 	bool scanQmlFile(const QString& path);
@@ -17,4 +20,7 @@ public:
 	QVector<QString> scannedDirs;
 	QVector<QString> scannedFiles;
 	QHash<QString, QString> qmldirIntercepts;
+
+private:
+	QDir rootPath;
 };