diff --git a/downloadmanager.py b/downloadmanager.py
index 8402b81..329d3fc 100644
--- a/downloadmanager.py
+++ b/downloadmanager.py
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import time
 import tempfile
 import urlparse
 import urllib
+import re
+import base64
 
 import gtk
 import hulahop
@@ -296,6 +298,11 @@ components.registrar.registerFactory('{23c51569-e9a1-4a92-adeb-3723db82ef7c}',
 
 def save_link(url, text, owner_document):
     # Inspired on Firefox' browser/base/content/nsContextMenu.js:saveLink()
+    
+    # HACK, workaround for ticket #1029
+    if url.startswith('data:'):
+        save_data_uri(url, text, owner_document)
+        return
 
     cls = components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"]
     io_service = cls.getService(interfaces.nsIIOService)
@@ -320,6 +327,43 @@ def save_link(url, text, owner_document):
             _SaveLinkProgressListener(owner_document),
             interfaces.nsIStreamListener)
     channel.asyncOpen(listener, None)
+    
+def save_data_uri(url, text, owner_document):
+    '''Special case, workaround for ticket #1029'''
+    pattern = re.compile(r'''
+                  ^data:  
+                  (\w+/\w+)?            # mimetype
+                  (?:;charset="(\w+)")? # charset
+                  (?:;(base64))?        # encoding
+                  ,(.+)                 # actual data
+                  $
+                  ''', re.VERBOSE)
+    result = re.search(pattern, url).groups()
+
+    mime = result[0] or 'text/plain'
+    charset = result[1] or 'US-ASCII'
+    encoding = result[2] or 'base64'
+    data = base64.decodestring(result[3])
+
+    temp_path = os.path.join(activity.get_activity_root(), 'instance')
+    if not os.path.exists(temp_path):
+        os.makedirs(temp_path)
+    fd, file_path = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=temp_path, prefix='datauri',
+                                     suffix='')
+    os.close(fd)
+    os.chmod(file_path, 0644)
+
+    # write data to file
+    open(file_path, 'w').write(data)
+
+    jobject = datastore.create()
+    jobject.metadata['title'] = 'datauri'
+    jobject.metadata['mime_type'] = mime
+    jobject.metadata['icon-color'] = profile.get_color().to_string()
+    jobject.file_path = file_path
+    datastore.write(jobject)
+    
+    activity.show_object_in_journal(jobject.object_id)
 
 def _implements_interface(obj, interface):
     try: