diff --git a/docs/notes/bugfix-22816.md b/docs/notes/bugfix-22816.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3f311e569c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/notes/bugfix-22816.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Fix permissions when loading a local html file on iOS 12
diff --git a/libbrowser/src/libbrowser_wkwebview.mm b/libbrowser/src/libbrowser_wkwebview.mm
index 8d2a10de4c1..e3b829fc353 100644
--- a/libbrowser/src/libbrowser_wkwebview.mm
+++ b/libbrowser/src/libbrowser_wkwebview.mm
@@ -1618,7 +1618,16 @@ - (void) loadRequest:(MCWKWebViewLoadRequest *)request inWebView:(WKWebView *)we
 	MCBrowserRunBlockOnMainFiber(^{
 		if (request.htmlText == nil)
 		{
-			[webView loadRequest:[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:request.url]];
+			if (![request.url isFileURL])
+				[webView loadRequest:[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:request.url]];
+			else
+			{
+				NSURL *t_docs_dir_url = [[[NSFileManager defaultManager] URLsForDirectory:NSDocumentDirectory inDomains:NSUserDomainMask] lastObject];
+				if ([request.url.absoluteString hasPrefix:t_docs_dir_url.absoluteString])
+					[webView loadFileURL:request.url allowingReadAccessToURL:t_docs_dir_url];
+				else
+					[webView loadFileURL:request.url allowingReadAccessToURL:request.url.URLByDeletingLastPathComponent];
+			}
 		}
 		else
 		{