diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index 221f0b5be8..f970ddb079 100644
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ var modalDialogCustom = require('./app/ui/modal-dialog-custom')
 var TxLogger = require('./app/execution/txLogger')
 var Txlistener = remixLib.execution.txListener
 var EventsDecoder = remixLib.execution.EventsDecoder
-var handleImports = require('./app/compiler/compiler-imports')
+var CompilerImport = require('./app/compiler/compiler-imports')
 var FileManager = require('./app/files/fileManager')
 var ContextualListener = require('./app/editor/contextualListener')
 var ContextView = require('./app/editor/contextView')
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ class App {
     self._api.filesProviders['ipfs'] = new BasicReadOnlyExplorer('ipfs')
     self._view = {}
     self._components = {}
+    self._components.compilerImport = new CompilerImport()
     self.data = {
       _layout: {
         right: {
@@ -235,7 +236,7 @@ Please make a backup of your contracts and start using http://remix.ethereum.org
   }
 
   function importExternal (url, cb) {
-    handleImports.import(url,
+    self._components.compilerImport.import(url,
       (loadingMsg) => {
         toolTip(loadingMsg)
       },
@@ -249,22 +250,34 @@ Please make a backup of your contracts and start using http://remix.ethereum.org
       })
   }
 
-  // ----------------- Compiler -----------------
-  var compiler = new Compiler((url, cb) => {
+  function importFileCb (url, filecb) {
     var provider = fileManager.fileProviderOf(url)
     if (provider) {
       provider.exists(url, (error, exist) => {
-        if (error) return cb(error)
+        if (error) return filecb(error)
         if (exist) {
-          return provider.get(url, cb)
+          return provider.get(url, filecb)
         } else {
-          importExternal(url, cb)
+          importExternal(url, filecb)
         }
       })
+    } else if (self._components.compilerImport.isRelativeImport(url)) {
+      // try to resolve localhost modules (aka truffle imports)
+      var splitted = /([^/]+)\/(.*)$/g.exec(url)
+      async.tryEach([
+        (cb) => { importFileCb('localhost/installed_contracts/' + url, cb) },
+        (cb) => { if (!splitted) { cb('url not parseable' + url) } else { importFileCb('localhost/installed_contracts/' + splitted[1] + '/contracts/' + splitted[2], cb) } },
+        (cb) => { importFileCb('localhost/node_modules/' + url, cb) },
+        (cb) => { if (!splitted) { cb('url not parseable' + url) } else { importFileCb('localhost/node_modules/' + splitted[1] + '/contracts/' + splitted[2], cb) } }],
+        (error, result) => { filecb(error, result) }
+      )
     } else {
-      importExternal(url, cb)
+      importExternal(url, filecb)
     }
-  })
+  }
+
+  // ----------------- Compiler -----------------
+  var compiler = new Compiler(importFileCb)
   var offsetToLineColumnConverter = new OffsetToLineColumnConverter(compiler.event)
 
   // ----------------- UniversalDApp -----------------
@@ -553,7 +566,8 @@ Please make a backup of your contracts and start using http://remix.ethereum.org
   var fileManager = new FileManager({
     config: config,
     editor: editor,
-    filesProviders: filesProviders
+    filesProviders: filesProviders,
+    compilerImport: self._components.compilerImport
   })
 
   // Add files received from remote instance (i.e. another remix-ide)
diff --git a/src/app/compiler/compiler-imports.js b/src/app/compiler/compiler-imports.js
index 8860beb161..6a0e559c47 100644
--- a/src/app/compiler/compiler-imports.js
+++ b/src/app/compiler/compiler-imports.js
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ var base64 = require('js-base64').Base64
 var swarmgw = require('swarmgw')
 var request = require('request')
 
-module.exports = {
-  previouslyHandled: {}, // cache import so we don't make the request at each compilation.
-  handleGithubCall: function (root, path, cb) {
+module.exports = class CompilerImports {
+  constructor () {
+    this.previouslyHandled = {} // cache import so we don't make the request at each compilation.
+  }
+
+  handleGithubCal (root, path, cb) {
     return request.get(
       {
         url: 'https://api.github.com/repos/' + root + '/contents/' + path,
@@ -26,15 +29,15 @@ module.exports = {
           cb('Content not received')
         }
       })
-  },
+  }
 
-  handleSwarmImport: function (url, cleanUrl, cb) {
+  handleSwarmImport (url, cleanUrl, cb) {
     swarmgw.get(url, function (err, content) {
       cb(err, content, cleanUrl)
     })
-  },
+  }
 
-  handleIPFS: function (url, cb) {
+  handleIPFS (url, cb) {
     // replace ipfs:// with /ipfs/
     url = url.replace(/^ipfs:\/\/?/, 'ipfs/')
 
@@ -51,17 +54,21 @@ module.exports = {
         }
         cb(null, data, url)
       })
-  },
+  }
 
-  handlers: function () {
+  handlers () {
     return [
       { type: 'github', match: /^(https?:\/\/)?(www.)?github.com\/([^/]*\/[^/]*)\/(.*)/, handler: (match, cb) => { this.handleGithubCall(match[3], match[4], cb) } },
       { type: 'swarm', match: /^(bzz[ri]?:\/\/?(.*))$/, handler: (match, cb) => { this.handleSwarmImport(match[1], match[2], cb) } },
       { type: 'ipfs', match: /^(ipfs:\/\/?.+)/, handler: (match, cb) => { this.handleIPFS(match[1], cb) } }
     ]
-  },
+  }
+
+  isRelativeImport (url) {
+    return /^([A-Za-z0-9]+)/.exec(url)
+  }
 
-  import: function (url, loadingCb, cb) {
+  import (url, loadingCb, cb) {
     var self = this
     var imported = this.previouslyHandled[url]
     if (imported) {
diff --git a/src/app/files/fileManager.js b/src/app/files/fileManager.js
index 8bbdee20ba..0d974200fb 100644
--- a/src/app/files/fileManager.js
+++ b/src/app/files/fileManager.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ var $ = require('jquery')
 var remixLib = require('remix-lib')
 var yo = require('yo-yo')
 var EventManager = remixLib.EventManager
-var imports = require('../compiler/compiler-imports')
 
 /*
   attach to files event (removed renamed)
@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ class FileManager {
     if (provider !== null && this.opt.filesProviders[provider[0]]) {
       return this.opt.filesProviders[provider[0]]
     } else {
-      for (var handler of imports.handlers()) {
+      for (var handler of this.opt.compilerImport.handlers()) {
         if (handler.match.exec(file)) {
           return this.opt.filesProviders[handler.type]
         }