diff --git a/wkhtmltopdf/tests/run.py b/wkhtmltopdf/tests/run.py
index 4ff7f9e..2a6cda5 100644
--- a/wkhtmltopdf/tests/run.py
+++ b/wkhtmltopdf/tests/run.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     MEDIA_URL='/media/',
     STATIC_ROOT=os.path.join(DIRNAME, 'static'),
     STATIC_URL='/static/',
-    TEMPLATES = [  # For Django >= 1.10. Ignored in lower versions
+    TEMPLATES=[  # For Django >= 1.10. Ignored in lower versions
         {
             'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
             'APP_DIRS': True,
diff --git a/wkhtmltopdf/tests/templates/footer.html b/wkhtmltopdf/tests/templates/footer.html
index 9deaf30..18ac4f5 100644
--- a/wkhtmltopdf/tests/templates/footer.html
+++ b/wkhtmltopdf/tests/templates/footer.html
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {% load static %}
-<script src="{% static 'sample_js_not_existing.js' %}"></script>
 
-<img src="{% get_media_prefix %}sample_image_not_existing.png" />
+<script src="{% static 'js/sample_js_file.js' %}"></script>
+
+<img src="{% get_media_prefix %}sample_image_file.png" />
diff --git a/wkhtmltopdf/utils.py b/wkhtmltopdf/utils.py
index d81131b..6fec0de 100644
--- a/wkhtmltopdf/utils.py
+++ b/wkhtmltopdf/utils.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import django
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.staticfiles import finders
 from django.template import loader
 from django.template.context import Context, RequestContext
 from django.utils import six
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ def wkhtmltopdf(pages, output=None, **kwargs):
 
     return check_output(ck_args, **ck_kwargs)
 
+
 def convert_to_pdf(filename, header_filename=None, footer_filename=None, cmd_options=None):
     # Clobber header_html and footer_html only if filenames are
     # provided. These keys may be in self.cmd_options as hardcoded
@@ -155,6 +157,7 @@ def convert_to_pdf(filename, header_filename=None, footer_filename=None, cmd_opt
         cmd_options['footer_html'] = footer_filename
     return wkhtmltopdf(pages=filename, **cmd_options)
 
+
 class RenderedFile(object):
     """
     Create a temporary file resource of the rendered template with context.
@@ -180,6 +183,7 @@ def __del__(self):
         if self.temporary_file is not None:
             self.temporary_file.close()
 
+
 def render_pdf_from_template(input_template, header_template, footer_template, context, request=None, cmd_options=None):
     # For basic usage. Performs all the actions necessary to create a single
     # page PDF from a single template and context.
@@ -217,6 +221,7 @@ def render_pdf_from_template(input_template, header_template, footer_template, c
                           footer_filename=footer_filename,
                           cmd_options=cmd_options)
 
+
 def content_disposition_filename(filename):
     """
     Sanitize a file name to be used in the Content-Disposition HTTP
@@ -260,34 +265,30 @@ def make_absolute_paths(content):
     """Convert all MEDIA files into a file://URL paths in order to
     correctly get it displayed in PDFs."""
     overrides = [
-        {
-            'root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT,
-            'url': settings.MEDIA_URL,
-        },
-        {
-            'root': settings.STATIC_ROOT,
-            'url': settings.STATIC_URL,
-        }
+        settings.MEDIA_URL,
+        settings.STATIC_URL,
     ]
+
     has_scheme = re.compile(r'^[^:/]+://')
 
     for x in overrides:
-        if not x['url'] or has_scheme.match(x['url']):
+        if has_scheme.match(x):
             continue
 
-        if not x['root'].endswith('/'):
-            x['root'] += '/'
-
         occur_pattern = '''["|']({0}.*?)["|']'''
-        occurences = re.findall(occur_pattern.format(x['url']), content)
+        occurences = re.findall(occur_pattern.format(x), content)
         occurences = list(set(occurences))  # Remove dups
+
         for occur in occurences:
-            content = content.replace(occur,
-                                      pathname2fileurl(x['root']) +
-                                      occur[len(x['url']):])
+            filename = occur[len(x):]
+            pathname = finders.find(filename, all=False)
+
+            if pathname:
+                content = content.replace(occur, pathname2fileurl(pathname))
 
     return content
 
+
 def render_to_temporary_file(template, context, request=None, mode='w+b',
                              bufsize=-1, suffix='.html', prefix='tmp',
                              dir=None, delete=True):