diff --git a/pkgs/additional/sane-open/sane-open b/pkgs/additional/sane-open/sane-open
index 79b55cc1c..9932f5724 100755
--- a/pkgs/additional/sane-open/sane-open
+++ b/pkgs/additional/sane-open/sane-open
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ usage() {
   echo "--auto-keyboard: toggle the virtual keyboard state to whatever's preferred by the app"
   echo "--application <thing.desktop>: open the desktop file (by name, not path)"
   echo "--file </path/to/file>: open the file using the default mime handler"
+  echo "--uri <uri>: open the URI using the default mime handler"
+  echo "  e.g. --uri https://uninsane.org"
   exit $1
 }
 
@@ -84,16 +86,6 @@ open_application() {
     --method org.freedesktop.portal.DynamicLauncher.Launch \
     "$1" {}
 }
-open_file() {
-  # open the file, and then pass the fd to dbus
-  log "open_file: '$1'"
-  exec 3< "$1"
-  gdbus call --session --timeout 10 \
-    --dest org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop \
-    --object-path /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop \
-    --method org.freedesktop.portal.OpenURI.OpenFile \
-    "" 3 "{'ask': <false>}"
-}
 open_desktopFile() {
   log "open_desktopFile: '$1'"
   local target=$(tryAsDesktopFile "$1")
@@ -107,6 +99,24 @@ open_desktopFile() {
     open_application "$target"
   fi
 }
+open_file() {
+  # open the file, and then pass the fd to dbus
+  log "open_file: '$1'"
+  exec 3< "$1"
+  gdbus call --session --timeout 10 \
+    --dest org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop \
+    --object-path /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop \
+    --method org.freedesktop.portal.OpenURI.OpenFile \
+    "" 3 "{'ask': <false>}"
+}
+open_uri() {
+  log "open_uri: '$1'"
+  gdbus call --session --timeout 10 \
+    --dest org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop \
+    --object-path /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop \
+    --method org.freedesktop.portal.OpenURI.OpenURI \
+    "" "$1" "{'ask': <false>}"
+}
 
 # evaluate truthy and print desktop name as `FOO.desktop` if the provided file is a .desktop file suitable for open_application.
 tryAsDesktopFile() {
@@ -200,6 +210,9 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
     "--file")
       resourceType="file"
       ;;
+    "--uri")
+      resourceType="uri"
+      ;;
     *)
       if [ $# -ne 0 ]; then
         usage 1