diff --git a/qutebrowser/config/configtypes.py b/qutebrowser/config/configtypes.py
index 58bd0b807..5a6a524e7 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/config/configtypes.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/config/configtypes.py
@@ -1101,6 +1101,30 @@ class SearchEngineUrl(BaseType):
                 url.errorString()))
 
 
+class FuzzyUrl(BaseType):
+
+    """A single URL."""
+
+    def validate(self, value):
+        from qutebrowser.utils import urlutils
+        if not value:
+            if self._none_ok:
+                return
+            else:
+                raise configexc.ValidationError(value, "may not be empty!")
+        try:
+            self.transform(value)
+        except urlutils.FuzzyUrlError as e:
+            raise configexc.ValidationError(value, str(e))
+
+    def transform(self, value):
+        from qutebrowser.utils import urlutils
+        if not value:
+            return None
+        else:
+            return urlutils.fuzzy_url(value, do_search=False)
+
+
 class Encoding(BaseType):
 
     """Setting for a python encoding."""
diff --git a/qutebrowser/test/config/test_configtypes.py b/qutebrowser/test/config/test_configtypes.py
index e50db31cd..3ff7de7bc 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/test/config/test_configtypes.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/test/config/test_configtypes.py
@@ -1780,6 +1780,51 @@ class SearchEngineUrlTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(self.t.transform("foobar"), "foobar")
 
 
+class FuzzyUrlTests(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    """Test FuzzyUrl."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.t = configtypes.FuzzyUrl()
+
+    def test_validate_empty(self):
+        """Test validate with empty string and none_ok = False."""
+        with self.assertRaises(configexc.ValidationError):
+            self.t.validate('')
+
+    def test_validate_empty_none_ok(self):
+        """Test validate with empty string and none_ok = True."""
+        t = configtypes.FuzzyUrl(none_ok=True)
+        t.validate('')
+
+    def test_validate(self):
+        """Test validate with a good value."""
+        self.t.validate('http://example.com/?q={}')
+
+    def test_validate_good_fuzzy(self):
+        """Test validate with a good fuzzy value."""
+        self.t.validate('example.com')
+
+    def test_validate_invalid_url(self):
+        """Test validate with an invalid URL."""
+        with self.assertRaises(configexc.ValidationError):
+            self.t.validate('::foo')
+
+    def test_validate_invalid_search(self):
+        """Test validate with an invalid search term."""
+        with self.assertRaises(configexc.ValidationError):
+            self.t.validate('foo bar')
+
+    def test_transform_empty(self):
+        """Test transform with an empty value."""
+        self.assertIsNone(self.t.transform(''))
+
+    def test_transform(self):
+        """Test transform with a value."""
+        self.assertEqual(self.t.transform("example.com"),
+                         QUrl('http://example.com'))
+
+
 class UserStyleSheetTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     """Test UserStyleSheet."""