diff --git a/docs/xml/metainfo-component.xml b/docs/xml/metainfo-component.xml
index 2707ac417..a0c0c0e23 100644
--- a/docs/xml/metainfo-component.xml
+++ b/docs/xml/metainfo-component.xml
@@ -362,6 +362,15 @@
 
 				</listitem>
 			</varlistentry>
+
+			<varlistentry>
+				<term>source</term>
+				<listitem>
+				<para>
+					Should provide a web link to the source code.
+				</para>
+				</listitem>
+			</varlistentry>
 			</variablelist>
 		</listitem>
 		</varlistentry>
diff --git a/qt/component.cpp b/qt/component.cpp
index d0a335acb..b07ad39c0 100644
--- a/qt/component.cpp
+++ b/qt/component.cpp
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ Component::UrlKind Component::stringToUrlKind(const QString& urlKindString) {
     if (urlKindString == QLatin1String("contact")) {
         return UrlKindContact;
     }
+    if (urlKindString == QLatin1String("source")) {
+        return UrlKindSource;
+    }
     return UrlKindUnknown;
 }
 
@@ -150,6 +153,7 @@ Q_GLOBAL_STATIC_WITH_ARGS(UrlKindMap, urlKindMap, ({
         { Component::UrlKindFaq, QLatin1String("faq") },
         { Component::UrlKindHelp, QLatin1String("help") },
         { Component::UrlKindHomepage, QLatin1String("homepage") },
+        { Component::UrlKindSource, QLatin1String("source") },
         { Component::UrlKindUnknown, QLatin1String("unknown") },
     }));
 
diff --git a/qt/component.h b/qt/component.h
index e8bda49a0..909e52ad1 100644
--- a/qt/component.h
+++ b/qt/component.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ class APPSTREAMQT_EXPORT Component {
             UrlKindDonation,
             UrlTranslate,
             UrlKindContact
+            UrlKindSource
         };
         Q_ENUM(UrlKind)
 
diff --git a/src/as-enums.c b/src/as-enums.c
index 4ef2914c5..f0d0d92af 100644
--- a/src/as-enums.c
+++ b/src/as-enums.c
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ as_url_kind_to_string (AsUrlKind url_kind)
 		return "translate";
 	if (url_kind == AS_URL_KIND_CONTACT)
 		return "contact";
+	if (url_kind == AS_URL_KIND_SOURCE)
+		return "source";
 	return "unknown";
 }
 
@@ -119,6 +121,8 @@ as_url_kind_from_string (const gchar *url_kind)
 		return AS_URL_KIND_TRANSLATE;
 	if (g_strcmp0 (url_kind, "contact") == 0)
 		return AS_URL_KIND_CONTACT;
+	if (g_strcmp0 (url_kind, "source") == 0)
+		return AS_URL_KIND_SOURCE;
 	return AS_URL_KIND_UNKNOWN;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/as-enums.h b/src/as-enums.h
index 697eccea9..9e5d76905 100644
--- a/src/as-enums.h
+++ b/src/as-enums.h
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ typedef enum {
 	AS_URL_KIND_DONATION,
 	AS_URL_KIND_TRANSLATE,
 	AS_URL_KIND_CONTACT,
+	AS_URL_KIND_SOURCE,
 	/*< private >*/
 	AS_URL_KIND_LAST
 } AsUrlKind;
diff --git a/tests/test-xmldata.c b/tests/test-xmldata.c
index 22426ec42..0a6946e4f 100644
--- a/tests/test-xmldata.c
+++ b/tests/test-xmldata.c
@@ -660,6 +660,7 @@ test_xml_read_url (void)
 					 "  <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"
+					 "  <url type=\"source\">https://example.org/source</url>\n"
 					 "</component>\n";
 
 	cpt = as_xml_test_read_data (xmldata_languages, AS_FORMAT_STYLE_METAINFO);
@@ -669,6 +670,7 @@ test_xml_read_url (void)
 	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");
+	g_assert_cmpstr (as_component_get_url (cpt, AS_URL_KIND_SOURCE), ==, "https://example.org/source");
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/tests/test-yamldata.c b/tests/test-yamldata.c
index f7c880ac6..1f8c36ff7 100644
--- a/tests/test-yamldata.c
+++ b/tests/test-yamldata.c
@@ -526,7 +526,8 @@ test_yaml_read_url (void)
 				"  homepage: https://example.org\n"
 				"  faq: https://example.org/faq\n"
 				"  donation: https://example.org/donate\n"
-				"  contact: https://example.org/contact\n";
+				"  contact: https://example.org/contact\n"
+				"  source:  https://example.org/source\n";
 
 	cpt = as_yaml_test_read_data (yamldata_urls, NULL);
 	g_assert_cmpstr (as_component_get_id (cpt), ==, "org.example.Test");
@@ -535,6 +536,7 @@ test_yaml_read_url (void)
 	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");
+	g_assert_cmpstr (as_component_get_url (cpt, AS_URL_KIND_SOURCE), ==, "https://example.org/source");
 }
 
 /**