diff --git a/theme.cpp b/theme.cpp
index 78e721755..5fdce4655 100644
--- a/theme.cpp
+++ b/theme.cpp
@@ -1037,6 +1037,14 @@ void Theme::setCacheLimit(int kbytes)
     }
 }
 
+KUrl Theme::homepage() const
+{
+    const QString metadataPath(KStandardDirs::locate("data", QLatin1Literal("desktoptheme/") % d->themeName % QLatin1Literal("/metadata.desktop")));
+    KConfig metadata(metadataPath);
+    KConfigGroup brandConfig(&metadata, "Branding");
+    return brandConfig.readEntry("homepage", KUrl("http://www.kde.org"));
+}
+
 }
 
 #include <theme.moc>
diff --git a/theme.h b/theme.h
index 8e7e2d515..81234bc68 100644
--- a/theme.h
+++ b/theme.h
@@ -372,6 +372,12 @@ class PLASMA_EXPORT Theme : public QObject
          */
         void releaseRectsCache(const QString &image);
 
+        /**
+         * @return the default homepage to use in conjunction with the branding svg content
+         * @since 4.7
+         */
+        KUrl homepage() const;
+
     Q_SIGNALS:
         /**
          * Emitted when the user changes the theme. SVGs should be reloaded at