diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoaapplicationdelegate.mm b/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoaapplicationdelegate.mm
index 10be0fe658..d642115926 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoaapplicationdelegate.mm
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoaapplicationdelegate.mm
@@ -359,13 +359,25 @@ QT_USE_NAMESPACE
 - (void)getUrl:(NSAppleEventDescriptor *)event withReplyEvent:(NSAppleEventDescriptor *)replyEvent
 {
     Q_UNUSED(replyEvent);
+
     NSString *urlString = [[event paramDescriptorForKeyword:keyDirectObject] stringValue];
+    const QString qurlString = QString::fromNSString(urlString);
+
+    if (event.eventClass == kInternetEventClass && event.eventID == kAEGetURL) {
+        // 'GURL' (Get URL) event this application should handle
+        if (!QGuiApplication::instance())
+            return;
+        QCocoaIntegration *cocoaIntegration = QCocoaIntegration::instance();
+        Q_ASSERT(cocoaIntegration);
+        cocoaIntegration->services()->handleUrl(QUrl(qurlString));
+        return;
+    }
+
     // The string we get from the requesting application might not necessarily meet
     // QUrl's requirement for a IDN-compliant host. So if we can't parse into a QUrl,
     // then we pass the string on to the application as the name of a file (and
     // QFileOpenEvent::file is not guaranteed to be the path to a local, open'able
     // file anyway).
-    const QString qurlString = QString::fromNSString(urlString);
     if (const QUrl url(qurlString); url.isValid())
         QWindowSystemInterface::handleFileOpenEvent(url);
     else