diff --git a/freqtrade/strategy/resolver.py b/freqtrade/strategy/resolver.py
index 0dcd3fc6a..46f70ccc9 100644
--- a/freqtrade/strategy/resolver.py
+++ b/freqtrade/strategy/resolver.py
@@ -6,14 +6,16 @@ This module load custom strategies
 import importlib.util
 import inspect
 import logging
-import os
+from base64 import urlsafe_b64decode
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from typing import Optional, Dict, Type
 
 from freqtrade import constants
 from freqtrade.strategy import import_strategy
 from freqtrade.strategy.interface import IStrategy
-
+import tempfile
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -80,6 +82,22 @@ class StrategyResolver(object):
             # Add extra strategy directory on top of search paths
             abs_paths.insert(0, extra_dir)
 
+        if ":" in strategy_name and "http" not in strategy_name:
+            print("loading none http based strategy: {}".format(strategy_name))
+            strat = strategy_name.split(":")
+
+            if len(strat) == 2:
+                temp = Path(tempfile.mkdtemp("freq", "strategy"))
+                name = strat[0] + ".py"
+
+                temp.joinpath(name).write_text(urlsafe_b64decode(strat[1]).decode('utf-8'))
+                temp.joinpath("__init__.py").touch()
+
+                strategy_name = os.path.splitext(name)[0]
+
+                # register temp path with the bot
+                abs_paths.insert(0, temp.absolute())
+
         for path in abs_paths:
             try:
                 strategy = self._search_strategy(path, strategy_name)
diff --git a/freqtrade/tests/strategy/test_strategy.py b/freqtrade/tests/strategy/test_strategy.py
index 1e082c380..72125a244 100644
--- a/freqtrade/tests/strategy/test_strategy.py
+++ b/freqtrade/tests/strategy/test_strategy.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # pragma pylint: disable=missing-docstring, protected-access, C0103
 import logging
 import os
+from base64 import urlsafe_b64encode
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -50,6 +51,14 @@ def test_load_strategy(result):
     assert 'adx' in resolver.strategy.populate_indicators(result)
 
 
+def test_load_strategy_byte64(result):
+    with open("freqtrade/tests/strategy/test_strategy.py", "r") as file:
+        encoded_string = urlsafe_b64encode(file.read().encode("utf-8")).decode("utf-8")
+        resolver = StrategyResolver({'strategy': 'TestStrategy:{}'.format(encoded_string)})
+        assert hasattr(resolver.strategy, 'populate_indicators')
+        assert 'adx' in resolver.strategy.populate_indicators(result)
+
+
 def test_load_strategy_invalid_directory(result, caplog):
     resolver = StrategyResolver()
     extra_dir = os.path.join('some', 'path')