diff --git a/main/inc/lib/extra_field.lib.php b/main/inc/lib/extra_field.lib.php
index 24c81fb238..487d671e97 100755
--- a/main/inc/lib/extra_field.lib.php
+++ b/main/inc/lib/extra_field.lib.php
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ class ExtraField extends Model
     const FIELD_TYPE_FILE_IMAGE = 16;
     const FIELD_TYPE_FLOAT = 17;
     const FIELD_TYPE_FILE = 18;
+    const FIELD_TYPE_VIDEO_URL = 19;
 
     public $type = 'user';
     public $pageName;
@@ -333,6 +334,7 @@ class ExtraField extends Model
         $types[self::FIELD_TYPE_FILE_IMAGE] = get_lang('FieldTypeFileImage');
         $types[self::FIELD_TYPE_FLOAT] = get_lang('FieldTypeFloat');
         $types[self::FIELD_TYPE_FILE] = get_lang('FieldTypeFile');
+        $types[self::FIELD_TYPE_VIDEO_URL] = get_lang('FieldTypeVideoUrl');
 
         switch ($handler) {
             case 'course':
@@ -1437,6 +1439,14 @@ EOF;
                             }
                         }
                         break;
+                    case ExtraField::FIELD_TYPE_VIDEO_URL:
+                        $form->addUrl(
+                            "extra_{$field_details['variable']}",
+                            $field_details['display_text'],
+                            false,
+                            ['placeholder' => 'https://']
+                        );
+                        break;
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/main/inc/lib/formvalidator/Element/Url.php b/main/inc/lib/formvalidator/Element/Url.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e40efc5f97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/inc/lib/formvalidator/Element/Url.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+/* For licensing terms, see /license.txt */
+/**
+ * Url element
+ *
+ * Class Url
+ */
+class Url extends HTML_QuickForm_text
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor of Url class
+     * @param type $elementName
+     * @param type $elementLabel
+     * @param type $attributes
+     */
+    public function Url($elementName = null, $elementLabel = null, $attributes = null)
+    {
+        if (!isset($attributes['id'])) {
+            $attributes['id'] = $elementName;
+        }
+
+        $attributes['type'] = 'url';
+        $attributes['class'] = 'form-control';
+
+        parent::__construct($elementName, $elementLabel, $attributes);
+
+        $this->setType('url');
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/main/inc/lib/formvalidator/FormValidator.class.php b/main/inc/lib/formvalidator/FormValidator.class.php
index c4acfc9bcc..77d68f61f1 100755
--- a/main/inc/lib/formvalidator/FormValidator.class.php
+++ b/main/inc/lib/formvalidator/FormValidator.class.php
@@ -973,6 +973,25 @@ EOT;
             isset($GLOBALS['_HTML_QuickForm_default_renderer']) ?
                 $GLOBALS['_HTML_QuickForm_default_renderer'] : null;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds a input of type url to the form.
+     * @param type $name The label for the form-element
+     * @param type $label The element name
+     * @param type $required Optional. Is the form-element required (default=true)
+     * @param type $attributes Optional. List of attributes for the form-element
+     */
+    public function addUrl($name, $label, $required = true, $attributes = array())
+    {
+        $this->addElement('url', $name, $label, $attributes);
+        $this->applyFilter($name, 'trim');
+        $this->addRule($name, get_lang('InsertAValidUrl'), 'url');
+
+        if ($required) {
+            $this->addRule($name, get_lang('ThisFieldIsRequired'), 'required');
+        }
+    }
+
 }
 
 /**