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diff --git a/Lib/urllib/request.py b/Lib/urllib/request.py
index bcfdcc5..80be65c 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib/request.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/request.py
@@ -1657,6 +1657,9 @@ else:
# URL has an empty authority section, so the path begins on the
# third character.
pathname = pathname[2:]
+ elif pathname[:12] == '//localhost/':
+ # Skip past 'localhost' authority.
+ pathname = pathname[11:]
encoding = sys.getfilesystemencoding()
errors = sys.getfilesystemencodeerrors()
return unquote(pathname, encoding=encoding, errors=errors)