diff --git a/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Unix.cpp b/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Unix.cpp
index d3cd93840e..1374590f36 100644
--- a/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Unix.cpp
+++ b/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Unix.cpp
@@ -198,6 +198,13 @@ void ArchHooks_Unix::Init()
 #endif
 }
 
+bool ArchHooks_Unix::GoToURL( RString sUrl )
+{
+	RString command = "xdg-open " + sUrl;
+	int result = system( command.c_str() );
+	return result != -1 && WEXITSTATUS( result ) == 0;
+}
+
 #ifndef _CS_GNU_LIBC_VERSION
 #define _CS_GNU_LIBC_VERSION 2
 #endif
diff --git a/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Unix.h b/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Unix.h
index 4606f0948e..81c52ec522 100644
--- a/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Unix.h
+++ b/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Unix.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ public:
 	void MountInitialFilesystems( const RString &sDirOfExecutable );
 	float GetDisplayAspectRatio() { return 4.0f/3; }
 
+	bool GoToURL( RString sUrl );
+
 	static clockid_t GetClock();
 };