diff --git a/trains/backend_interface/task/repo/freeze.py b/trains/backend_interface/task/repo/freeze.py
index 77123f40..8961bf06 100644
--- a/trains/backend_interface/task/repo/freeze.py
+++ b/trains/backend_interface/task/repo/freeze.py
@@ -4,8 +4,30 @@ from .util import get_command_output
 
 
 def pip_freeze():
+    req_lines = []
+    local_packages = []
     try:
-        return get_command_output([sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "freeze"]).splitlines()
+        req_lines = get_command_output([sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "freeze"]).splitlines()
+        # fix "package @ file://" from pip freeze to "package"
+        for i, r in enumerate(req_lines):
+            parts = r.split('@', 1)
+            if parts and len(parts) == 2 and parts[1].strip().lower().startswith('file://'):
+                req_lines[i] = parts[0]
+                local_packages.append((i, parts[0].strip()))
+        # if we found local packages, at least get their versions (using pip list)
+        if local_packages:
+            # noinspection PyBroadException
+            try:
+                list_lines = get_command_output(
+                    [sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "list", "--format", "freeze"]).splitlines()
+                for index, name in local_packages:
+                    line = [r for r in list_lines if r.strip().startswith(name+'==')]
+                    if not line:
+                        continue
+                    line = line[0]
+                    req_lines[index] = line.strip()
+            except Exception:
+                pass
     except Exception as ex:
         print('Failed calling "pip freeze": {}'.format(str(ex)))
-    return []
+    return req_lines
diff --git a/trains/backend_interface/task/task.py b/trains/backend_interface/task/task.py
index 92c1f979..ee1cef5c 100644
--- a/trains/backend_interface/task/task.py
+++ b/trains/backend_interface/task/task.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ from ...debugging.log import LoggerRoot
 from ...storage.helper import StorageHelper, StorageError
 from .access import AccessMixin
 from .log import TaskHandler
-from .repo import ScriptInfo
+from .repo import ScriptInfo, pip_freeze
 from .repo.util import get_command_output
 from ...config import config, PROC_MASTER_ID_ENV_VAR, SUPPRESS_UPDATE_MESSAGE_ENV_VAR
 
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ class Task(IdObjectBase, AccessMixin, SetupUploadMixin):
                 if config.get('development.detect_with_pip_freeze', False):
                     conda_requirements = ""
                     requirements = '# Python ' + sys.version.replace('\n', ' ').replace('\r', ' ') + '\n\n'\
-                                   + get_command_output([sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "freeze"])
+                                   + "\n".join(pip_freeze())
                 else:
                     requirements, conda_requirements = script_requirements.get_requirements(
                         entry_point_filename=entry_point_filename)