diff --git a/src/authm_mad/remotes/quota/quota.rb b/src/authm_mad/remotes/quota/quota.rb
index fedddd5f3e..e7a94b166e 100644
--- a/src/authm_mad/remotes/quota/quota.rb
+++ b/src/authm_mad/remotes/quota/quota.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 require 'sequel'
 require 'base64'
 require 'yaml'
+require 'uri'
+require 'net/http'
 
 class Quota
     ###########################################################################
@@ -82,7 +84,15 @@ class Quota
                 if template['TYPE'] == 'DATABLOCK'
                     template['SIZE'].to_i
                 elsif template['PATH']
-                    (File.size(template['PATH']).to_f / 2**20).round
+                    uri = URI.parse(template['PATH'])
+                    size = if uri.scheme.nil?
+                        File.size(template['PATH'])
+                    else
+                        Net::HTTP.start(uri.host,uri.port) { |http|
+                            http.head(uri.path)
+                        }.content_length
+                    end
+                    (size.to_f / 2**20).round
                 elsif template['SAVED_VM_ID']
                     vm_id   = template['SAVED_VM_ID'].to_i
                     disk_id = template['SAVED_DISK_ID'].to_i