diff --git a/application/Espo/Classes/FieldValidators/UrlType.php b/application/Espo/Classes/FieldValidators/UrlType.php
index 9e20b43b4e..05b5bb425f 100644
--- a/application/Espo/Classes/FieldValidators/UrlType.php
+++ b/application/Espo/Classes/FieldValidators/UrlType.php
@@ -30,19 +30,17 @@
 namespace Espo\Classes\FieldValidators;
 
 use Espo\Core\Utils\Metadata;
+use Espo\ORM\Defs;
 use Espo\ORM\Entity;
 
 class UrlType
 {
-    private Metadata $metadata;
 
-    private VarcharType $varcharType;
-
-    public function __construct(Metadata $metadata, VarcharType $varcharType)
-    {
-        $this->metadata = $metadata;
-        $this->varcharType = $varcharType;
-    }
+    public function __construct(
+        private Metadata $metadata,
+        private VarcharType $varcharType,
+        private Defs $defs,
+    ) {}
 
     public function checkRequired(Entity $entity, string $field): bool
     {
@@ -62,6 +60,15 @@ class UrlType
             return true;
         }
 
+        if (
+            $this->defs
+                ->getEntity($entity->getEntityType())
+                ->tryGetField($field)
+                ?->getParam('protocolRequired')
+        ) {
+            return filter_var($value, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL) !== false;
+        }
+
         /** @var string $pattern */
         $pattern = $this->metadata->get(['app', 'regExpPatterns', 'uriOptionalProtocol', 'pattern']);
 
diff --git a/application/Espo/Resources/i18n/en_US/Admin.json b/application/Espo/Resources/i18n/en_US/Admin.json
index 70979703bf..c6245c5eb7 100644
--- a/application/Espo/Resources/i18n/en_US/Admin.json
+++ b/application/Espo/Resources/i18n/en_US/Admin.json
@@ -245,7 +245,8 @@
         "notStorable": "Not Storable",
         "itemsEditable": "Items Editable",
         "openInNewTab": "Open in new tab",
-        "notLockable": "Not Lockable"
+        "notLockable": "Not Lockable",
+        "protocolRequired": "Protocol Required"
     },
     "strings" : {
         "rebuildRequired": "Rebuild is required"
diff --git a/application/Espo/Resources/metadata/fields/url.json b/application/Espo/Resources/metadata/fields/url.json
index f078b892a4..f409f3fcd7 100644
--- a/application/Espo/Resources/metadata/fields/url.json
+++ b/application/Espo/Resources/metadata/fields/url.json
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
             "type": "bool",
             "tooltip": "urlStrip"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "protocolRequired",
+            "type": "bool"
+        },
         {
             "name": "copyToClipboard",
             "type": "bool",
diff --git a/client/src/views/fields/url.js b/client/src/views/fields/url.js
index cb3c331d68..332d372ffe 100644
--- a/client/src/views/fields/url.js
+++ b/client/src/views/fields/url.js
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class UrlFieldView extends VarcharFieldView {
      * @property {boolean} [required] Required.
      * @property {boolean} [copyToClipboard] To display a Copy-to-clipboard button.
      * @property {boolean} [strip] To strip.
+     * @property {boolean} [protocolRequired] Require protocol. As of v9.4.
      */
 
     /**
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ class UrlFieldView extends VarcharFieldView {
     noSpellCheck = true
     optionalProtocol = true
 
-    DEFAULT_MAX_LENGTH =255
+    DEFAULT_MAX_LENGTH = 255
 
     data() {
         const data = super.data();
@@ -93,6 +94,14 @@ class UrlFieldView extends VarcharFieldView {
         return data;
     }
 
+    setup() {
+        super.setup();
+
+        if (this.params.protocolRequired) {
+            this.optionalProtocol = false;
+        }
+    }
+
     afterRender() {
         super.afterRender();
 
@@ -141,7 +150,7 @@ class UrlFieldView extends VarcharFieldView {
     parse(value) {
         value = value.trim();
 
-        if (this.params.strip) {
+        if (this.params.strip && !this.params.protocolRequired) {
             value = this.strip(value);
         }
 
@@ -194,14 +203,7 @@ class UrlFieldView extends VarcharFieldView {
             return false;
         }
 
-        const patternName = this.optionalProtocol ? 'uriOptionalProtocol' : 'uri';
-
-        /** @var {string} */
-        const pattern = this.getMetadata().get(['app', 'regExpPatterns', patternName, 'pattern']);
-
-        const regExp = new RegExp('^' + pattern + '$');
-
-        if (regExp.test(value)) {
+        if (this.isValid(value)) {
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -213,6 +215,34 @@ class UrlFieldView extends VarcharFieldView {
         return true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @private
+     * @param {string} value
+     * @return {boolean}
+     */
+    isValid(value) {
+        if (!this.optionalProtocol) {
+            try {
+                new URL(value);
+
+                return true;
+            } catch (e) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /** @var {string} */
+        const pattern = this.getMetadata().get(['app', 'regExpPatterns', 'uriOptionalProtocol', 'pattern']);
+
+        const regExp = new RegExp('^' + pattern + '$');
+
+        if (regExp.test(value)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     // noinspection JSUnusedGlobalSymbols
     validateMaxLength() {
         const maxLength = this.params.maxLength || this.DEFAULT_MAX_LENGTH;
diff --git a/schema/metadata/entityDefs.json b/schema/metadata/entityDefs.json
index 70e55ecc60..22bcfdf5a7 100644
--- a/schema/metadata/entityDefs.json
+++ b/schema/metadata/entityDefs.json
@@ -495,6 +495,10 @@
                             "copyToClipboard": {
                                 "type": "boolean",
                                 "description": "Display 'Copy to Clipboard' button."
+                            },
+                            "protocolRequired": {
+                                "type": "boolean",
+                                "description": "Require protocol. As of v9.4."
                             }
                         }
                     }