diff --git a/src/command.c b/src/command.c
index 9a7072c43..bf77dc8e7 100644
--- a/src/command.c
+++ b/src/command.c
@@ -237,10 +237,13 @@ int handleClose(FILE * fp, unsigned int * permission, int argArrayLength,
 int handleAdd(FILE * fp, unsigned int * permission, int argArrayLength, 
 		char ** argArray) 
 {
-        char * directory = NULL;
+        char * path = NULL;
 
-        if(argArrayLength == 2) directory = argArray[1];
-        return addAllIn(fp,directory);
+        if(argArrayLength == 2) {
+		path = argArray[1];
+		if(isRemoteUrl(path)) return addToPlaylist(fp,path);
+	}
+        return addAllIn(fp,path);
 }
 
 int handleDelete(FILE * fp, unsigned int * permission, int argArrayLength, 
diff --git a/src/directory.c b/src/directory.c
index 356664501..095023f0f 100644
--- a/src/directory.c
+++ b/src/directory.c
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ int traverseAllIn(FILE * fp, char * name,
 
 	if((directory = getDirectory(name))==NULL) {
 		Song * song;
-		if((song = getSong(name)) && forEachSong) {
+		if((song = getSongFromDB(name)) && forEachSong) {
 			return forEachSong(fp, song, data);
 		}
 		myfprintf(fp,"%s: directory or file not found\n",COMMAND_RESPOND_ERROR);
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ Song * getSongDetails(char * file, char ** shortnameRet,
 	return (Song *)song;
 }
 
-Song * getSong(char * file) {
+Song * getSongFromDB(char * file) {
 	return getSongDetails(file,NULL,NULL);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/directory.h b/src/directory.h
index 9681d74fc..eb9c6fcc7 100644
--- a/src/directory.h
+++ b/src/directory.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ int countSongsIn(FILE * fp, char * name);
 
 unsigned long sumSongTimesIn(FILE * fp, char * name);
 
-Song * getSong(char * file);
+Song * getSongFromDB(char * file);
 
 time_t getDbModTime();
 
diff --git a/src/ls.c b/src/ls.c
index d651e202c..81a57d0e9 100644
--- a/src/ls.c
+++ b/src/ls.c
@@ -41,6 +41,28 @@ char * dupAndStripPlaylistSuffix(char * file) {
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int isRemoteUrl(char * url) {
+	char * urlPrefixes[] = 	{
+					"http://",
+					"ftp://",
+					NULL
+				};
+
+	while(*urlPrefixes) {
+		if(strncmp(*urlPrefixes,url,strlen(*urlPrefixes)) == 0) {
+#ifdef HAVE_MAD
+			if(hasMp3Suffix(*urlPrefixes)) return 1;
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_OGG
+			if(hasOggSuffix(*urlPrefixes)) return 1;
+			return 0;
+#endif
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int lsPlaylists(FILE * fp, char * utf8path) {
 	DIR * dir;
 	struct stat st;
diff --git a/src/ls.h b/src/ls.h
index 2f724d08f..cb99df299 100644
--- a/src/ls.h
+++ b/src/ls.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 int lsPlaylists(FILE * fp, char * utf8path);
 
+int isRemoteUrl(char * url);
+
 int isFile(char * utf8file, time_t * mtime);
 
 int isDir(char * utf8name);
diff --git a/src/playlist.c b/src/playlist.c
index 1bc5147bb..a705b3160 100644
--- a/src/playlist.c
+++ b/src/playlist.c
@@ -149,7 +149,12 @@ int clearPlaylist(FILE * fp) {
 
 	if(stopPlaylist(fp)<0) return -1;
 
-	for(i=0;i<playlist.length;i++) playlist.songs[i] = NULL;
+	for(i=0;i<playlist.length;i++) {
+		if(playlist.songs[i]->type == SONG_TYPE_URL) {
+			free(playlist.songs[i]);
+		}
+		playlist.songs[i] = NULL;
+	}
 	playlist.length = 0;
 
 	incrPlaylistVersion();
@@ -449,13 +454,18 @@ void clearPlayerQueue() {
 	}
 }
 
-int addToPlaylist(FILE * fp, char * file) {
+int addToPlaylist(FILE * fp, char * url) {
 	Song * song;
 
-	DEBUG("add to playlist: %s\n",file);
+	DEBUG("add to playlist: %s\n",url);
 	
-	if(!(song = getSong(file))) {
-		myfprintf(fp,"%s \"%s\" is not in the music db\n",COMMAND_RESPOND_ERROR,file);
+	if((song = getSongFromDB(url))) {
+	}
+	else if(isRemoteUrl(url) && (song = newSong(url,SONG_TYPE_URL))) {
+	}
+	else {
+		myfprintf(fp,"%s \"%s\" is not in the music db\n",
+				COMMAND_RESPOND_ERROR,url);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -588,6 +598,9 @@ int deleteFromPlaylist(FILE * fp, int song) {
 		if(playlist.order[i]>song) playlist.order[i]--;
 	}
 	/* now take care of other misc stuff */
+	if(playlist.songs[playlist.length-1]->type == SONG_TYPE_URL) {
+		freeJustSong(playlist.songs[playlist.length-1]);
+	}
 	playlist.songs[playlist.length-1] = NULL;
 	playlist.length--;
 
@@ -1127,7 +1140,9 @@ int loadPlaylist(FILE * fp, char * utf8file) {
 			temp = fsCharsetToUtf8(s);
 			if(!temp) continue;
 			temp = strdup(temp);
-			if(s[0]==PLAYLIST_COMMENT && !getSong(temp)) {
+			if(s[0]==PLAYLIST_COMMENT && !getSongFromDB(temp)
+					&& !isRemoteUrl(temp)) 
+			{
 				free(temp);
 				continue;
 			}
diff --git a/src/song.h b/src/song.h
index 10286c22c..48d1dcd7f 100644
--- a/src/song.h
+++ b/src/song.h
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ Song * newSong(char * utf8url, SONG_TYPE type);
 
 void freeSong(Song *);
 
+void freeJustSong(Song *);
+
 SongList * newSongList();
 
 void freeSongList(SongList * list);