diff --git a/kustomize/internal/commands/create/create.go b/kustomize/internal/commands/create/create.go
index 7561e8ad6..51871728b 100644
--- a/kustomize/internal/commands/create/create.go
+++ b/kustomize/internal/commands/create/create.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/filesys"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/ifc"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/konfig"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/loader"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v3/internal/commands/kustfile"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v3/internal/commands/util"
 )
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ func runCreate(opts createFlags, fSys filesys.FileSystem, uf ifc.KunstructuredFa
 	var resources []string
 	var err error
 	if opts.resources != "" {
-		resources, err = util.GlobPatterns(fSys, strings.Split(opts.resources, ","))
+		resources, err = util.GlobPatternsWithLoader(fSys, loader.NewFileLoaderAtCwd(fSys), strings.Split(opts.resources, ","))
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/add/addresource.go b/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/add/addresource.go
index 7f05a6421..2060aadea 100644
--- a/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/add/addresource.go
+++ b/kustomize/internal/commands/edit/add/addresource.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/filesys"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/loader"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v3/internal/commands/kustfile"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v3/internal/commands/util"
 )
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ func (o *addResourceOptions) Validate(args []string) error {
 
 // RunAddResource runs addResource command (do real work).
 func (o *addResourceOptions) RunAddResource(fSys filesys.FileSystem) error {
-	resources, err := util.GlobPatterns(fSys, o.resourceFilePaths)
+	resources, err := util.GlobPatternsWithLoader(fSys, loader.NewFileLoaderAtCwd(fSys), o.resourceFilePaths)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/kustomize/internal/commands/util/util.go b/kustomize/internal/commands/util/util.go
index 0999f5541..cdbe62d6f 100644
--- a/kustomize/internal/commands/util/util.go
+++ b/kustomize/internal/commands/util/util.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/filesys"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/ifc"
 )
 
 // GlobPatterns accepts a slice of glob strings and returns the set of
@@ -29,6 +30,32 @@ func GlobPatterns(fSys filesys.FileSystem, patterns []string) ([]string, error)
 	return result, nil
 }
 
+// GlobPatterns accepts a slice of glob strings and returns the set of
+// matching file paths. If files are not found, will try load from remote.
+func GlobPatternsWithLoader(fSys filesys.FileSystem, ldr ifc.Loader, patterns []string) ([]string, error) {
+	var result []string
+	for _, pattern := range patterns {
+		files, err := fSys.Glob(pattern)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if len(files) == 0 {
+			loader, err := ldr.New(pattern)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("%s has no match", pattern)
+			} else {
+				result = append(result, pattern)
+				if loader != nil {
+					loader.Cleanup()
+				}
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		result = append(result, files...)
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
 // ConvertToMap converts a slice of strings in the form of
 // `key:value` into a map.
 func ConvertToMap(input string, kind string) (map[string]string, error) {
diff --git a/kustomize/internal/commands/util/util_test.go b/kustomize/internal/commands/util/util_test.go
index 5828de090..4daea1a0d 100644
--- a/kustomize/internal/commands/util/util_test.go
+++ b/kustomize/internal/commands/util/util_test.go
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 package util
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
+
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/filesys"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/ifc"
 )
 
 func TestConvertToMap(t *testing.T) {
@@ -35,3 +39,59 @@ func TestConvertToMapError(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("incorrect error: %v", err.Error())
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGlobPatternsWithLoaderRemoteFile(t *testing.T) {
+	fSys := filesys.MakeFsInMemory()
+	fSys.Create("test.yml")
+	httpPath := "https://example.com/example.yaml"
+	ldr := fakeLoader{
+		path: httpPath,
+	}
+
+	// test load remote file
+	resources, err := GlobPatternsWithLoader(fSys, ldr, []string{httpPath})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected load error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(resources) != 1 || resources[0] != httpPath {
+		t.Fatalf("incorrect resources: %v", resources)
+	}
+
+	// test load local and remote file
+	resources, err = GlobPatternsWithLoader(fSys, ldr, []string{httpPath, "/test.yml"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected load error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(resources) != 2 || resources[0] != httpPath || resources[1] != "/test.yml" {
+		t.Fatalf("incorrect resources: %v", resources)
+	}
+
+	// test load invalid file
+	resources, err = GlobPatternsWithLoader(fSys, ldr, []string{"http://invalid"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected load error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(resources) > 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("incorrect resources: %v", resources)
+	}
+}
+
+type fakeLoader struct {
+	path string
+}
+
+func (l fakeLoader) Root() string {
+	return ""
+}
+func (l fakeLoader) New(newRoot string) (ifc.Loader, error) {
+	if newRoot == l.path {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s not exist", newRoot)
+}
+func (l fakeLoader) Load(location string) ([]byte, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+func (l fakeLoader) Cleanup() error {
+	return nil
+}