diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/impl/CopyFromLocalOperation.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/impl/CopyFromLocalOperation.java
index a50c31fc86..87e687b755 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/impl/CopyFromLocalOperation.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/impl/CopyFromLocalOperation.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public CopyFromLocalOperation(
     this.callbacks = callbacks;
     this.deleteSource = deleteSource;
     this.overwrite = overwrite;
-    this.source = source;
+    this.source = source.toUri().getScheme() == null ? new Path("file://", source) : source;
     this.destination = destination;
 
     // Capacity of 1 is a safe default for now since transfer manager can also
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/ITestS3ACopyFromLocalFile.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/ITestS3ACopyFromLocalFile.java
index f9600de6d2..ffc8a990ed 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/ITestS3ACopyFromLocalFile.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/ITestS3ACopyFromLocalFile.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
@@ -107,4 +108,15 @@ public void testOnlyFromLocal() throws Throwable {
     intercept(IllegalArgumentException.class,
         () -> getFileSystem().copyFromLocalFile(true, true, dest, dest));
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCopyFromLocalWithNoFileScheme() throws IOException {
+    describe("Copying from local file with no file scheme to remote s3 destination");
+    File source = createTempFile("tempData");
+    Path dest = path(getMethodName());
+
+    Path sourcePathWithOutScheme = new Path(source.toURI().getPath());
+    assertNull(sourcePathWithOutScheme.toUri().getScheme());
+    getFileSystem().copyFromLocalFile(true, true, sourcePathWithOutScheme, dest);
+  }
 }