Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/downloadtasks/DownloadOsmTask.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/downloadtasks/DownloadOsmTask.java	(revision 4578)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/downloadtasks/DownloadOsmTask.java	(revision 4579)
@@ -72,5 +72,8 @@
     @Override
     public boolean acceptsUrl(String url) {
-        return url != null && url.matches("http://.*/api/0.6/(map|nodes?|ways?|relations?).*");
+        return url != null && (
+                url.matches("http://.*/api/0.6/(map|nodes?|ways?|relations?).*")    // OSM API 0.6
+             || url.matches("http://.*/xapi\\?.*\\[@meta\\]")                       // Overpass API XAPI compatibility layer
+                );
     }