diff --git a/src/resultset.h b/src/resultset.h
--- a/src/resultset.h
+++ b/src/resultset.h
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@
             Linked    = 2
         };
 
-        QString resource() const;             ///< URL of the resource
+        QString resource() const;             ///< String representation of resource (can represent an url or a path)
+        QUrl url() const;                     ///< Url representation of a resource based on internal resource, cannot be set
         QString title() const;                ///< Title of the resource, or URL if title is not known
         QString mimetype() const;             ///< Mimetype of the resource, or URL if title is not known
         double score() const;                 ///< The score calculated based on the usage statistics
diff --git a/src/resultset.cpp b/src/resultset.cpp
--- a/src/resultset.cpp
+++ b/src/resultset.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include <QSqlQuery>
 #include <QSqlError>
 #include <QCoreApplication>
+#include <QDir>
+#include <QUrl>
 
 // Local
 #include <common/database/Database.h>
@@ -112,6 +114,14 @@
 
 #undef CREATE_GETTER_AND_SETTER
 
+QUrl ResultSet::Result::url() const
+{
+    if (QDir::isAbsolutePath(d->resource)) {
+        return QUrl::fromLocalFile(d->resource);
+    } else {
+        return QUrl(d->resource);
+    }
+}
 
 class ResultSetPrivate {
 public: