diff -r 01966f6feadc android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
--- a/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java	Thu Jan 29 13:33:53 2015 -0800
+++ b/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java	Thu Feb 12 08:31:53 2015 +0100
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.media.*;
 import android.hardware.*;
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.net.Uri;
 
 /**
     SDL Activity
@@ -433,6 +435,21 @@
     /**
      * This method is called by SDL using JNI.
      */
+    public static int openURL(String url)
+    {
+       try {
+          Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
+          i.setData(Uri.parse(url));
+          mSingleton.startActivity(i);
+       } catch (Exception ex) {
+          return -1;
+       }
+       return 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method is called by SDL using JNI.
+     */
     public static boolean sendMessage(int command, int param) {
         return mSingleton.sendCommand(command, Integer.valueOf(param));
     }
diff -r 01966f6feadc include/SDL_filesystem.h
--- a/include/SDL_filesystem.h	Thu Jan 29 13:33:53 2015 -0800
+++ b/include/SDL_filesystem.h	Thu Feb 12 08:31:53 2015 +0100
@@ -125,6 +125,15 @@
  */
 extern DECLSPEC char *SDLCALL SDL_GetPrefPath(const char *org, const char *app);
 
+/**
+ * \brief Open an URL in a web browser
+ *
+ *  \param url The URL to open  (ex: "http://www.libsdl.org")
+ *
+ *  \return 0 on success, -1 on error
+ */ 
+extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_OpenURL(const char *url);
+
 /* Ends C function definitions when using C++ */
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff -r 01966f6feadc src/core/android/SDL_android.c
--- a/src/core/android/SDL_android.c	Thu Jan 29 13:33:53 2015 -0800
+++ b/src/core/android/SDL_android.c	Thu Feb 12 08:31:53 2015 +0100
@@ -477,6 +477,21 @@
     }
 }
 
+int Android_JNI_OpenURL(const char *url)
+{
+    int retval = -1;
+    jmethodID mid;
+    JNIEnv *mEnv = Android_JNI_GetEnv();
+    mid = (*mEnv)->GetStaticMethodID(mEnv, mActivityClass,"openURL","(Ljava/lang/String;)I");
+    if (mid) {
+        jstring jurl = (jstring)((*mEnv)->NewStringUTF(mEnv, url));
+        retval = (*mEnv)->CallStaticIntMethod(mEnv, mActivityClass, mid, jurl);
+        (*mEnv)->DeleteLocalRef(mEnv, jurl);
+    }
+
+    return retval;
+}
+
 SDL_bool Android_JNI_GetAccelerometerValues(float values[3])
 {
     int i;
diff -r 01966f6feadc src/core/android/SDL_android.h
--- a/src/core/android/SDL_android.h	Thu Jan 29 13:33:53 2015 -0800
+++ b/src/core/android/SDL_android.h	Thu Feb 12 08:31:53 2015 +0100
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 extern SDL_bool Android_JNI_DeleteContext(void); */
 extern void Android_JNI_SwapWindow();
 extern void Android_JNI_SetActivityTitle(const char *title);
+extern int Android_JNI_OpenURL(const char *url);
+
 extern SDL_bool Android_JNI_GetAccelerometerValues(float values[3]);
 extern void Android_JNI_ShowTextInput(SDL_Rect *inputRect);
 extern void Android_JNI_HideTextInput();
diff -r 01966f6feadc src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi_overrides.h
--- a/src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi_overrides.h	Thu Jan 29 13:33:53 2015 -0800
+++ b/src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi_overrides.h	Thu Feb 12 08:31:53 2015 +0100
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@
 #define SDL_RegisterEvents SDL_RegisterEvents_REAL
 #define SDL_GetBasePath SDL_GetBasePath_REAL
 #define SDL_GetPrefPath SDL_GetPrefPath_REAL
+#define SDL_OpenURL SDL_OpenURL_REAL
 #define SDL_GameControllerAddMapping SDL_GameControllerAddMapping_REAL
 #define SDL_GameControllerMappingForGUID SDL_GameControllerMappingForGUID_REAL
 #define SDL_GameControllerMapping SDL_GameControllerMapping_REAL
diff -r 01966f6feadc src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi_procs.h
--- a/src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi_procs.h	Thu Jan 29 13:33:53 2015 -0800
+++ b/src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi_procs.h	Thu Feb 12 08:31:53 2015 +0100
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@
 SDL_DYNAPI_PROC(Uint32,SDL_RegisterEvents,(int a),(a),return)
 SDL_DYNAPI_PROC(char*,SDL_GetBasePath,(void),(),return)
 SDL_DYNAPI_PROC(char*,SDL_GetPrefPath,(const char *a, const char *b),(a,b),return)
+SDL_DYNAPI_PROC(int,SDL_OpenURL,(const char *a),(a),return)
 SDL_DYNAPI_PROC(int,SDL_GameControllerAddMapping,(const char *a),(a),return)
 SDL_DYNAPI_PROC(char*,SDL_GameControllerMappingForGUID,(SDL_JoystickGUID a),(a),return)
 SDL_DYNAPI_PROC(char*,SDL_GameControllerMapping,(SDL_GameController *a),(a),return)
diff -r 01966f6feadc src/filesystem/android/SDL_sysfilesystem.c
--- a/src/filesystem/android/SDL_sysfilesystem.c	Thu Jan 29 13:33:53 2015 -0800
+++ b/src/filesystem/android/SDL_sysfilesystem.c	Thu Feb 12 08:31:53 2015 +0100
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@
     return NULL;
 }
 
+int
+SDL_OpenURL(const char *url)
+{
+    if (url == NULL) {
+        return SDL_InvalidParamError("url");
+    }
+
+    return Android_JNI_OpenURL(url);
+}
+
 #endif /* SDL_FILESYSTEM_ANDROID */
 
 /* vi: set ts=4 sw=4 expandtab: */
diff -r 01966f6feadc src/filesystem/cocoa/SDL_sysfilesystem.m
--- a/src/filesystem/cocoa/SDL_sysfilesystem.m	Thu Jan 29 13:33:53 2015 -0800
+++ b/src/filesystem/cocoa/SDL_sysfilesystem.m	Thu Feb 12 08:31:53 2015 +0100
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 /* System dependent filesystem routines                                */
 
 #include <Foundation/Foundation.h>
+#include <AppKit/NSWorkspace.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
@@ -98,6 +99,26 @@
     return retval;
 }}
 
+int
+SDL_OpenURL(const char *url)
+{ @autoreleasepool
+{
+    if (url == NULL) {
+        return SDL_InvalidParamError("url");
+    }
+
+    NSString *nsstr = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:url];
+    NSURL *nsurl = [NSURL URLWithString:nsstr];
+    bool retval;
+
+    retval = [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] openURL:nsurl];
+    if (retval) {
+        return 0;
+    } else {
+        return -1;
+    }
+}}
+
 #endif /* SDL_FILESYSTEM_COCOA */
 
 /* vi: set ts=4 sw=4 expandtab: */
diff -r 01966f6feadc src/filesystem/unix/SDL_sysfilesystem.c
--- a/src/filesystem/unix/SDL_sysfilesystem.c	Thu Jan 29 13:33:53 2015 -0800
+++ b/src/filesystem/unix/SDL_sysfilesystem.c	Thu Feb 12 08:31:53 2015 +0100
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 
 #ifdef __FREEBSD__
@@ -205,6 +206,60 @@
     return retval;
 }
 
+int
+SDL_OpenURL(const char *url)
+{
+    pid_t pid1;
+    int status;
+
+    if (url == NULL) {
+        return SDL_InvalidParamError("url");
+    }
+
+    // Usual fork. (cannot use "vfork()" here, because after we will use "vfork()" which is
+    // different from "_exit()" and "exec*()" that are the only allowed functions).
+    pid1 = fork();
+    if (pid1 == 0) {
+        // Child process
+
+        // ****************************************
+        // Notice this is "vfork()" and not "fork()"
+        // See restrictions in documentation
+        // ****************************************
+        pid_t pid2 = vfork();
+        if (pid2 == 0) {
+            // Grand child process will try to launch the url
+            execlp("xdg-open", "xdg-open", url, (char *)0);
+            _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        } else if (pid2 < 0) {
+            // Error forking
+            _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        } else {
+            // Child process doesn't wait for Grand child process which *might* be blocking.
+            // Success forking
+            _exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+        }
+    } else if (pid1 < 0) {
+        return -1; // Error forking
+    } else {
+        if (waitpid(pid1, &status, 0) == pid1) {
+             if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
+                 if (WEXITSTATUS(status) == 0) {
+                     return 0; // Sucess
+                 } else {
+                     return -1; // Error xdg-open
+                 }
+             } else {
+                return -1; // Error in Child process
+             }
+        } else {
+            return -1; // Error waiting for Child process
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 #endif /* SDL_FILESYSTEM_UNIX */
 
 /* vi: set ts=4 sw=4 expandtab: */
diff -r 01966f6feadc src/power/uikit/SDL_syspower.m
--- a/src/power/uikit/SDL_syspower.m	Thu Jan 29 13:33:53 2015 -0800
+++ b/src/power/uikit/SDL_syspower.m	Thu Feb 12 08:31:53 2015 +0100
@@ -91,6 +91,25 @@
     return SDL_TRUE;            /* always the definitive answer on iOS. */
 }
 
+
+int SDL_OpenURL(const char *url)
+{
+    if (url == NULL) {
+        return SDL_InvalidParamError("url");
+    }
+
+    NSString *nsstr = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:url];
+    NSURL *nsurl = [NSURL URLWithString:nsstr];
+    bool retval;
+
+    retval = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:nsurl];
+    if (retval) {
+        return 0;
+    } else {
+        return -1;
+    }
+}
+
 #endif /* SDL_POWER_UIKIT */
 #endif /* SDL_POWER_DISABLED */