diff --git a/src/Exceptions/UrlCouldNotBeOpened.php b/src/Exceptions/UrlCouldNotBeOpened.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e04bcea64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Exceptions/UrlCouldNotBeOpened.php
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Spatie\MediaLibrary\Exceptions;
+
+use Exception;
+
+class UrlCouldNotBeOpened extends Exception
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/HasMedia/HasMediaTrait.php b/src/HasMedia/HasMediaTrait.php
index c3f2d2193..306bcd51e 100644
--- a/src/HasMedia/HasMediaTrait.php
+++ b/src/HasMedia/HasMediaTrait.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Spatie\MediaLibrary\Conversion\Conversion;
 use Spatie\MediaLibrary\Exceptions\MediaDoesNotBelongToModel;
 use Spatie\MediaLibrary\Exceptions\MediaIsNotPartOfCollection;
+use Spatie\MediaLibrary\Exceptions\UrlCouldNotBeOpened;
 use Spatie\MediaLibrary\FileAdder\FileAdderFactory;
 use Spatie\MediaLibrary\Filesystem;
 use Spatie\MediaLibrary\Media;
@@ -40,6 +41,19 @@ public function addMedia($file)
         return app(FileAdderFactory::class)->create($this, $file);
     }
 
+    public function addMediaFromUrl($url)
+    {
+        if ($stream = @fopen($url, 'r')) {
+            $tmpFile = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'media-library');
+            file_put_contents($tmpFile, $stream);
+
+            return app(FileAdderFactory::class)->create($this, $tmpFile);
+        }
+
+        throw new UrlCouldNotBeOpened;
+
+    }
+
     /**
      * Copy a file to the medialibrary.
      *
diff --git a/tests/FileAdder/IntegrationTest.php b/tests/FileAdder/IntegrationTest.php
index a6e977436..1ef0de27b 100644
--- a/tests/FileAdder/IntegrationTest.php
+++ b/tests/FileAdder/IntegrationTest.php
@@ -132,6 +132,23 @@ public function it_can_add_an_upload_to_the_medialibrary()
         $this->assertFileExists($this->getMediaDirectory($media->id.'/'.$media->file_name));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function it_can_add_a_remote_file_to_the_medialibrary()
+    {
+        $url = $this->getTestUrl();
+        $filename = basename(parse_url($url, PHP_URL_PATH));
+
+        $media = $this->testModel->addMediaFromUrl($url)
+            ->usingName('test')
+            ->usingFileName($filename)
+            ->toMediaLibrary();
+
+        $this->assertEquals('test', $media->name);
+        $this->assertFileExists($this->getMediaDirectory($media->id.'/'.$filename));
+    }
+
     /**
      * @test
      */
diff --git a/tests/TestCase.php b/tests/TestCase.php
index 5d664d85e..7caede05b 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase.php
@@ -131,4 +131,9 @@ public function getTestJpg()
     {
         return $this->getTestFilesDirectory('test.jpg');
     }
+
+    public function getTestUrl()
+    {
+        return 'http://medialibrary.spatie.be/assets/images/mountain.jpg';
+    }
 }