diff --git a/docs/sources/metainfo/component.xml b/docs/sources/metainfo/component.xml
index e95d1158..602c4c50 100644
--- a/docs/sources/metainfo/component.xml
+++ b/docs/sources/metainfo/component.xml
@@ -281,6 +281,19 @@
 				</para>
 				</listitem>
 			</varlistentry>
+
+			<varlistentry>
+				<term>contact</term>
+				<listitem>
+				<para>
+					URLs of this type should allow the user to contact the developer.
+				</para>
+				</para>
+					This could be an email address (mailto link), a webpage (e.g. an online
+					form or a page describing how to contact the developer) or some other valid URL.
+				</para>
+				</listitem>
+			</varlistentry>
 			</variablelist>
 		</listitem>
 		</varlistentry>
diff --git a/qt/component.cpp b/qt/component.cpp
index 6bd9f173..07ef3ceb 100644
--- a/qt/component.cpp
+++ b/qt/component.cpp
@@ -123,12 +123,16 @@ Component::UrlKind Component::stringToUrlKind(const QString& urlKindString) {
     if (urlKindString == QLatin1String("donation")) {
         return UrlKindDonation;
     }
+    if (urlKindString == QLatin1String("contact")) {
+        return UrlKindContact;
+    }
     return UrlKindUnknown;
 }
 
 typedef QHash<Component::UrlKind, QString> UrlKindMap;
 Q_GLOBAL_STATIC_WITH_ARGS(UrlKindMap, urlKindMap, ({
         { Component::UrlKindBugtracker, QLatin1String("bugtracker") },
+        { Component::UrlKindContact, QLatin1String("contact") },
         { Component::UrlKindDonation, QLatin1String("donation") },
         { Component::UrlKindFaq, QLatin1String("faq") },
         { Component::UrlKindHelp, QLatin1String("help") },
diff --git a/qt/component.h b/qt/component.h
index 5ef9edc1..2ced4ccd 100644
--- a/qt/component.h
+++ b/qt/component.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ Q_GADGET
             UrlKindUnknown,
             UrlKindHomepage,
             UrlKindBugtracker,
+            UrlKindConact,
             UrlKindFaq,
             UrlKindHelp,
             UrlKindDonation,
diff --git a/src/as-enums.c b/src/as-enums.c
index 8ed82b55..a49ad3ff 100644
--- a/src/as-enums.c
+++ b/src/as-enums.c
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ as_url_kind_to_string (AsUrlKind url_kind)
 		return "donation";
 	if (url_kind == AS_URL_KIND_TRANSLATE)
 		return "translate";
+	if (url_kind == AS_URL_KIND_CONTACT)
+		return "contact";
 	return "unknown";
 }
 
@@ -75,6 +77,8 @@ as_url_kind_from_string (const gchar *url_kind)
 		return AS_URL_KIND_DONATION;
 	if (g_strcmp0 (url_kind, "translate") == 0)
 		return AS_URL_KIND_TRANSLATE;
+	if (g_strcmp0 (url_kind, "contact") == 0)
+		return AS_URL_KIND_CONTACT;
 	return AS_URL_KIND_UNKNOWN;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/as-enums.h b/src/as-enums.h
index 915601c9..69943d0e 100644
--- a/src/as-enums.h
+++ b/src/as-enums.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
  * @AS_URL_KIND_HELP:		Help manual
  * @AS_URL_KIND_DONATION:	Page with information about how to donate to the project
  * @AS_URL_KIND_TRANSLATE:	Page with instructions on how to translate the project / submit translations.
+ * @AS_URL_KIND_CONTACT:	Contact the developers
  *
  * The URL type.
  **/
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ typedef enum {
 	AS_URL_KIND_HELP,
 	AS_URL_KIND_DONATION,
 	AS_URL_KIND_TRANSLATE,
+	AS_URL_KIND_CONTACT,
 	/*< private >*/
 	AS_URL_KIND_LAST
 } AsUrlKind;
diff --git a/tests/test-xmldata.c b/tests/test-xmldata.c
index 9295f2b6..3e252e0c 100644
--- a/tests/test-xmldata.c
+++ b/tests/test-xmldata.c
@@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ test_xml_read_url (void)
 					 "  <url type=\"homepage\">https://example.org</url>\n"
 					 "  <url type=\"faq\">https://example.org/faq</url>\n"
 					 "  <url type=\"donation\">https://example.org/donate</url>\n"
+					 "  <url type=\"contact\">https://example.org/contact</url>\n"
 					 "</component>\n";
 
 	cpt = as_xml_test_read_data (xmldata_languages, AS_FORMAT_STYLE_METAINFO);
@@ -514,6 +515,7 @@ test_xml_read_url (void)
 	g_assert_cmpstr (as_component_get_url (cpt, AS_URL_KIND_HOMEPAGE), ==, "https://example.org");
 	g_assert_cmpstr (as_component_get_url (cpt, AS_URL_KIND_FAQ), ==, "https://example.org/faq");
 	g_assert_cmpstr (as_component_get_url (cpt, AS_URL_KIND_DONATION), ==, "https://example.org/donate");
+	g_assert_cmpstr (as_component_get_url (cpt, AS_URL_KIND_CONTACT), ==, "https://example.org/contact");
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/tests/test-yamldata.c b/tests/test-yamldata.c
index d0994bc1..22b5b794 100644
--- a/tests/test-yamldata.c
+++ b/tests/test-yamldata.c
@@ -482,7 +482,8 @@ test_yaml_read_url (void)
 				     "Url:\n"
 				     "  homepage: https://example.org\n"
 				     "  faq: https://example.org/faq\n"
-				     "  donation: https://example.org/donate\n";
+				     "  donation: https://example.org/donate\n"
+				     "  contact: https://example.org/contact\n";
 
 	cpt = as_yaml_test_read_data (yamldata_urls, NULL);
 	g_assert_cmpstr (as_component_get_id (cpt), ==, "org.example.Test");
@@ -490,6 +491,7 @@ test_yaml_read_url (void)
 	g_assert_cmpstr (as_component_get_url (cpt, AS_URL_KIND_HOMEPAGE), ==, "https://example.org");
 	g_assert_cmpstr (as_component_get_url (cpt, AS_URL_KIND_FAQ), ==, "https://example.org/faq");
 	g_assert_cmpstr (as_component_get_url (cpt, AS_URL_KIND_DONATION), ==, "https://example.org/donate");
+	g_assert_cmpstr (as_component_get_url (cpt, AS_URL_KIND_CONTACT), ==, "https://example.org/contact");
 }
 
 /**