diff --git a/pipeline/compressors/__init__.py b/pipeline/compressors/__init__.py
index ef9974e4..779009d3 100644
--- a/pipeline/compressors/__init__.py
+++ b/pipeline/compressors/__init__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 from itertools import takewhile
 
+from django.contrib.staticfiles import finders
 from django.contrib.staticfiles.storage import staticfiles_storage
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_bytes, force_text
 
@@ -211,7 +212,12 @@ def relative_path(self, absolute_path, output_filename):
 
     def read_bytes(self, path):
         """Read file content in binary mode"""
-        file = staticfiles_storage.open(path)
+        finder_path = finders.find(path)
+        if finder_path is not None:
+            file = open(finder_path)
+        else:
+            raise Exception("File '%s' not found via "
+                            "static files finders", path)
         content = file.read()
         file.close()
         return content