diff --git a/includes/class-wc-download-handler.php b/includes/class-wc-download-handler.php
index bd91e32b328..a5395674f43 100644
--- a/includes/class-wc-download-handler.php
+++ b/includes/class-wc-download-handler.php
@@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ class WC_Download_Handler {
 			$remote_file = false;
 			$file_path   = ABSPATH . $file_path;
 
+		} elseif ( '/wp-content' === substr( $file_path, 0, 11 ) ) {
+			$remote_file = false;
+			$file_path   = realpath( WP_CONTENT_DIR . substr( $file_path, 11 ) );
+
 		// Check if we have an absolute path
 		} elseif ( ( ! isset( $parsed_file_path['scheme'] ) || ! in_array( $parsed_file_path['scheme'], array( 'http', 'https', 'ftp' ) ) ) && isset( $parsed_file_path['path'] ) && file_exists( $parsed_file_path['path'] ) ) {
 			$remote_file = false;
diff --git a/includes/class-wc-product-download.php b/includes/class-wc-product-download.php
index 80feed84acb..5bad4305ed5 100644
--- a/includes/class-wc-product-download.php
+++ b/includes/class-wc-product-download.php
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ class WC_Product_Download implements ArrayAccess {
 		$file_url = $this->get_file();
 		if ( '..' === substr( $file_url, 0, 2 ) || '/' !== substr( $file_url, 0, 1 ) ) {
 			$file_url = realpath( ABSPATH . $file_url );
+		} elseif ( '/wp-content' === substr( $file_url, 0, 11 ) ) {
+			$file_url = realpath( WP_CONTENT_DIR . substr( $file_url, 11 ) );
 		}
 		return apply_filters( 'woocommerce_downloadable_file_exists', file_exists( $file_url ), $this->get_file() );
 	}