diff --git a/examples/common.pri b/examples/common.pri
index b85159ce82025f670d5f97fa7ac5ff98579429fc..4a1b676f298c421c011c7ebd6245966f96a96847 100644
--- a/examples/common.pri
+++ b/examples/common.pri
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-INCLUDEPATH += $$absolute_path(../lib, $$PWD)
+INCLUDEPATH += $$absolute_path(../lib, $$PWD) \
+               $$absolute_path(common, $$PWD)
 
 LIBPATH = $$getOutDir()/$$getConfigDir()/lib
 
+HEADERS += common/util.h
+
 LIBS += -L$$LIBPATH -lQt5WebEngine
 QMAKE_RPATHDIR += $$LIBPATH
 
diff --git a/examples/common/util.h b/examples/common/util.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7db6e2cd5b3478b7612787fc3909e47f0a74fc9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/common/util.h
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2013 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/legal
+**
+** This file is part of the QtWebEngine module of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and Digia.  For licensing terms and
+** conditions see http://qt.digia.com/licensing.  For further information
+** use the contact form at http://qt.digia.com/contact-us.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Digia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Digia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+** GNU General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU
+** General Public License version 3.0 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.GPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU General Public License version 3.0 requirements will be
+** met: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.
+**
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+#ifndef UTIL_H
+#define UTIL_H
+
+#include <QtCore/QCoreApplication>
+#include <QtCore/QFileInfo>
+#include <QtCore/QUrl>
+
+QUrl urlFromUserInput(const QString& userInput)
+{
+    QFileInfo fileInfo(userInput);
+    if (fileInfo.exists())
+        return QUrl(fileInfo.absoluteFilePath());
+    return QUrl::fromUserInput(userInput);
+}
+
+QUrl startupUrl()
+{
+    QUrl ret;
+    QStringList args(qApp->arguments());
+    args.takeFirst();
+    Q_FOREACH(const QString& arg, args) {
+        if (arg.startsWith(QLatin1Char('-')))
+             continue;
+        ret = urlFromUserInput(arg);
+        if (ret.isValid())
+            return ret;
+    }
+    return QUrl(QStringLiteral("http://qt-project.org/"));
+}
+
+
+#endif // UTIL_H
diff --git a/examples/qtquick/quickwindow.cpp b/examples/qtquick/quickwindow.cpp
index 6dd11cc11e06a2a4cb7a4d06aee43f8261388502..1f753c691dfd83d20ec2f8f60e1fd976b8455c2f 100644
--- a/examples/qtquick/quickwindow.cpp
+++ b/examples/qtquick/quickwindow.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 
 #include "quickwindow.h"
 
+#include "util.h"
+
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QQmlContext>
@@ -51,13 +53,8 @@ class Utils : public QObject {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
     Utils(QObject* parent = 0) : QObject(parent) { }
-    Q_INVOKABLE static QUrl fromUserInput(const QString& userInput)
-    {
-        QFileInfo fileInfo(userInput);
-        if (fileInfo.exists())
-            return QUrl(fileInfo.absoluteFilePath());
-        return QUrl::fromUserInput(userInput);
-    }
+    Q_INVOKABLE static QUrl fromUserInput(const QString& userInput) { return urlFromUserInput(userInput); }
+    Q_INVOKABLE static QUrl initialUrl() { return startupUrl(); }
 };
 
 #include "quickwindow.moc"
diff --git a/examples/qtquick/quickwindow.qml b/examples/qtquick/quickwindow.qml
index 7d42b2c0172420a409ff266d2a9160b339db08ee..7962be141eed3dedd06fe2194e05a18c39f926f2 100644
--- a/examples/qtquick/quickwindow.qml
+++ b/examples/qtquick/quickwindow.qml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
         id: webContentsView
         focus: true
         anchors.fill: parent
-        url: "http://qt-project.org/"
+        url: utils.initialUrl()
 
         onUrlChanged: addressBar.text = url
     }
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgetwindow.cpp b/examples/widgets/widgetwindow.cpp
index dad64cb7fbce61585a8778546180e818f2401fe1..589ef13c36c535c1f913672e42142b839444c32b 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/widgetwindow.cpp
+++ b/examples/widgets/widgetwindow.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "widgetwindow.h"
 
 #include "qwebcontentsview.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 static const int margin = 1;
 
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ WidgetWindow::WidgetWindow()
     connect(m_webView.data(), SIGNAL(titleChanged(const QString&)), SLOT(setWindowTitle(const QString&)));
     connect(m_webView.data(), SIGNAL(urlChanged(const QUrl&)), SLOT(setAddressBarUrl(const QUrl&)));
 
-    m_webView->load(QUrl(QStringLiteral("http://qt-project.org/")));
+    m_webView->load(startupUrl());
 }
 
 WidgetWindow::~WidgetWindow()
@@ -115,5 +116,6 @@ void WidgetWindow::loadStarted()
 
 void WidgetWindow::loadFinished(bool success)
 {
+    Q_UNUSED(success);
     reloadButton->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme("view-refresh"));
 }