diff --git a/docs/sources/metainfo/component.xml b/docs/sources/metainfo/component.xml
index b8d958a6..8cbac959 100644
--- a/docs/sources/metainfo/component.xml
+++ b/docs/sources/metainfo/component.xml
@@ -313,6 +313,15 @@
                       </para>
                     </listitem>
                   </varlistentry>
+                  <varlistentry>
+                    <term>url</term>
+                    <listitem>
+                      <para>
+                        The application is a web site that is viewed through a browser.
+                        The value of the tag is a direct HTTP/HTTPS URL that the browser must navigate to.
+                      </para>
+                    </listitem>
+                  </varlistentry>
                 </variablelist>
 		<para>
 			Example:
diff --git a/src/as-launchable.c b/src/as-launchable.c
index b80b8172..e8e41692 100644
--- a/src/as-launchable.c
+++ b/src/as-launchable.c
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ as_launchable_kind_to_string (AsLaunchableKind kind)
 		return "service";
 	if (kind == AS_LAUNCHABLE_KIND_COCKPIT_MANIFEST)
 		return "cockpit-manifest";
+	if (kind == AS_LAUNCHABLE_KIND_URL)
+		return "url";
 	return "unknown";
 }
 
@@ -88,6 +90,8 @@ as_launchable_kind_from_string (const gchar *kind_str)
 		return AS_LAUNCHABLE_KIND_SERVICE;
 	if (g_strcmp0 (kind_str, "cockpit-manifest") == 0)
 		return AS_LAUNCHABLE_KIND_COCKPIT_MANIFEST;
+	if (g_strcmp0 (kind_str, "url") == 0)
+		return AS_LAUNCHABLE_KIND_URL;
 	return AS_LAUNCHABLE_KIND_UNKNOWN;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/as-launchable.h b/src/as-launchable.h
index 6858c23d..a04bd7da 100644
--- a/src/as-launchable.h
+++ b/src/as-launchable.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ typedef enum  {
 	AS_LAUNCHABLE_KIND_DESKTOP_ID,
 	AS_LAUNCHABLE_KIND_SERVICE,
 	AS_LAUNCHABLE_KIND_COCKPIT_MANIFEST,
+	AS_LAUNCHABLE_KIND_URL,
 	/*< private >*/
 	AS_LAUNCHABLE_KIND_LAST
 } AsLaunchableKind;