diff --git a/src/ios/ios.pyx b/src/ios/ios.pyx
index 8f16c94..7ed3423 100644
--- a/src/ios/ios.pyx
+++ b/src/ios/ios.pyx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ cdef extern from "ios_wrapper.h":
     ctypedef void (*ios_send_email_cb)(char *, void *)
     int ios_send_email(char *subject, char *text, char *mimetype, char
             *filename, char *filename_alias, ios_send_email_cb cb, void *userdata)
+    void ios_open_url(char *url)
 
 cdef void _send_email_done(char *status, void *data):
     cdef object callback = <object>data
@@ -20,11 +21,43 @@ cdef void _send_email_done(char *status, void *data):
     Py_DECREF(callback)
 
 
+#
+# Support for webbrowser module
+#
+
+class IosBrowser(object):
+    def open(self, url, new=0, autoraise=True):
+        open_url(url)
+    def open_new(self, url):
+        open_url(url)
+    def open_new_tab(self, url):
+        open_url(url)
+
+import webbrowser
+webbrowser.register('ios', IosBrowser, None, -1)
+
 #
 # API
 #
 
-__version__ = (1, 0, 0)
+__version__ = (1, 1, 0)
+
+def open_url(url):
+    '''Open an URL in Safari
+
+    :Parameters:
+        `url`: str
+            The url string
+    '''
+    cdef char *j_url = NULL
+
+    if url is not None:
+        if type(url) is unicode:
+            url = url.encode('UTF-8')
+        j_url = <bytes>url
+
+    ios_open_url(j_url)
+
 
 def send_email(subject, text, mimetype=None, filename=None, filename_alias=None, callback=None):
     '''Send an email using the IOS api.
diff --git a/src/ios/ios_browser.m b/src/ios/ios_browser.m
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9bc4450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ios/ios_browser.m
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*
+ * Browser support
+ */
+
+#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
+#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
+#include "ios_wrapper.h"
+
+void ios_open_url(char *url)
+{
+	NSString *nsurl = [NSString stringWithCString:(char *)url encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+	[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString: nsurl]];
+}
diff --git a/src/ios/ios_wrapper.h b/src/ios/ios_wrapper.h
index e3c34b5..fe2b0e6 100644
--- a/src/ios/ios_wrapper.h
+++ b/src/ios/ios_wrapper.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef __IOS_WRAPPER
 #define __IOS_WRAPPER
 
+void ios_open_url(char *url);
+
 typedef void (*ios_send_email_cb)(char *, void *);
 
 int ios_send_email(char *subject, char *text, char *mimetype, char *filename,
diff --git a/src/ios/setup.py b/src/ios/setup.py
index f628e2b..0f9d282 100755
--- a/src/ios/setup.py
+++ b/src/ios/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ setup(name='ios',
       version='1.0',
       ext_modules=[
         Extension(
-            'ios', ['ios.c', 'ios_mail.m'],
+            'ios', ['ios.c', 'ios_mail.m', 'ios_browser.m'],
             libraries=[ ],
             library_dirs=[],
             )