--- java/org/apache/jasper/JspCompilationContext.java	(revision 909846)
+++ java/org/apache/jasper/JspCompilationContext.java	(working copy)
@@ -295,6 +295,10 @@ 
             if (jarUrl != null) {
                 result = new URL(jarUrl.toExternalForm() + res.substring(1));
             }
+            else {
+                // the path starts with /META-INF but the file is not in a jar
+                result = context.getResource(canonicalURI(res));
+            }
         } else if (res.startsWith("jar:file:")) {
                 // This is a tag file packaged in a jar that is being checked
                 // for a dependency