diff --git a/src/lib/Form/EventSubscriber/FixUrlProtocolListener.php b/src/lib/Form/EventSubscriber/FixUrlProtocolListener.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..602add4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/Form/EventSubscriber/FixUrlProtocolListener.php
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (C) Ibexa AS. All rights reserved.
+ * @license For full copyright and license information view LICENSE file distributed with this source code.
+ */
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Ibexa\ContentForms\Form\EventSubscriber;
+
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\EventListener\FixUrlProtocolListener as BaseFixUrlProtocolListener;
+use Symfony\Component\Form\FormEvent;
+use Symfony\Component\Form\FormEvents;
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
+final class FixUrlProtocolListener implements EventSubscriberInterface
+{
+    /** @var string|null */
+    private $defaultProtocol;
+
+    /** @var \Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\EventListener\FixUrlProtocolListener */
+    private $fixUrlProtocolListener;
+
+    /**
+     * @param string|null $defaultProtocol The URL scheme to add when there is none or null to not modify the data
+     */
+    public function __construct(?string $defaultProtocol = 'http')
+    {
+        $this->defaultProtocol = $defaultProtocol;
+        $this->fixUrlProtocolListener = new BaseFixUrlProtocolListener($defaultProtocol);
+    }
+
+    public function onSubmit(FormEvent $event): void
+    {
+        $data = $event->getData();
+        $dataLink = $data['link'] ?? null;
+        if (null === $this->defaultProtocol || empty($data) || empty($dataLink) || !\is_string($dataLink)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $protocol = explode(':', $dataLink)[0];
+        if ($this->hasAuthority($protocol) && $this->hasAuthority($this->defaultProtocol)) {
+            $event->setData($dataLink);
+            $this->fixUrlProtocolListener->onSubmit($event);
+            $data['link'] = $event->getData();
+            $event->setData($data);
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (!$this->hasAuthority($protocol) && preg_match('~^(?:[/.]|[\w+.-]+:|[^:/?@#]++@)~', $dataLink)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if ($this->hasAuthority($this->defaultProtocol)) {
+            $schemaSeparator = '://';
+            $regExp = '~^(?:[/.]|[\w+.-]+//|[^:/?@#]++@)~';
+        } else {
+            $schemaSeparator = ':';
+            $regExp = '~^[\w+.-]+:~'; // allowing emails for non-http/https/file
+        }
+
+        if (!preg_match($regExp, $dataLink)) {
+            $data['link'] = $this->defaultProtocol . $schemaSeparator . $dataLink;
+            $event->setData($data);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private function hasAuthority(string $protocol): bool
+    {
+        return !in_array($protocol, ['mailto', 'tel'], true);
+    }
+
+    public static function getSubscribedEvents(): array
+    {
+        return [FormEvents::SUBMIT => 'onSubmit'];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/Form/Type/FieldType/UrlFieldType.php b/src/lib/Form/Type/FieldType/UrlFieldType.php
index 47fdf990..c5250d52 100644
--- a/src/lib/Form/Type/FieldType/UrlFieldType.php
+++ b/src/lib/Form/Type/FieldType/UrlFieldType.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 namespace Ibexa\ContentForms\Form\Type\FieldType;
 
 use Ibexa\ContentForms\FieldType\DataTransformer\FieldValueTransformer;
+use Ibexa\ContentForms\Form\EventSubscriber\FixUrlProtocolListener;
 use Ibexa\Contracts\Core\Repository\FieldTypeService;
 use JMS\TranslationBundle\Annotation\Desc;
 use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;
@@ -49,8 +50,10 @@ public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
                 [
                     'label' => /** @Desc("URL") */ 'content.field_type.ezurl.link',
                     'required' => $options['required'],
+                    'default_protocol' => null,
                 ]
             )
+            ->addEventSubscriber(new FixUrlProtocolListener())
             ->add(
                 'text',
                 TextType::class,
diff --git a/tests/lib/Form/EventSubscriber/FixUrlProtocolListenerTest.php b/tests/lib/Form/EventSubscriber/FixUrlProtocolListenerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad9b2945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib/Form/EventSubscriber/FixUrlProtocolListenerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (C) Ibexa AS. All rights reserved.
+ * @license For full copyright and license information view LICENSE file distributed with this source code.
+ */
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Ibexa\Tests\ContentForms\Form\EventSubscriber;
+
+use Ibexa\ContentForms\Form\EventSubscriber\FixUrlProtocolListener;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Symfony\Component\Form\FormEvent;
+use Symfony\Component\Form\FormInterface;
+
+final class FixUrlProtocolListenerTest extends TestCase
+{
+    private const DOMAIN = 'example.com';
+    private const MAIL = 'foo@' . self::DOMAIN;
+    private const TEL = '+123456';
+    private const URL_HTTP = 'http://' . self::DOMAIN;
+    private const URL_HTTPS = 'https://' . self::DOMAIN;
+    private const URL_MAILTO = 'mailto:' . self::MAIL;
+    private const URL_RELATIVE = '/foo/bar/';
+    private const URL_SFTP = 'sftp://' . self::DOMAIN;
+    private const URL_TEL = 'tel:' . self::TEL;
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provideUrlCases
+     *
+     * @param array<string, string>|null $inputData
+     * @param array<string, string>|null $expectedData
+     * @param string $defaultProtocol
+     */
+    public function testUrlProtocolHandling(?array $inputData, ?array $expectedData, ?string $defaultProtocol = 'http'): void
+    {
+        $form = $this->createMock(FormInterface::class);
+        $listener = new FixUrlProtocolListener($defaultProtocol);
+
+        $event = new FormEvent($form, $inputData);
+
+        $listener->onSubmit($event);
+
+        self::assertSame($expectedData, $event->getData());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return iterable<string, array{
+     *     0: array<string, string>|null,
+     *     1: array<string, string>|null
+     * }>
+     */
+    public static function provideUrlCases(): iterable
+    {
+        return [
+            'adds http when protocol missing' => [
+                ['link' => self::DOMAIN],
+                ['link' => self::URL_HTTP],
+            ],
+            'does not modify https url' => [
+                ['link' => self::URL_HTTPS],
+                ['link' => self::URL_HTTPS],
+            ],
+            'does not modify http url' => [
+                ['link' => self::URL_HTTP],
+                ['link' => self::URL_HTTP],
+            ],
+            'keep relative url with leading / intact' => [
+                ['link' => self::URL_RELATIVE],
+                ['link' => self::URL_RELATIVE],
+            ],
+            'keeps ftp intact' => [
+                ['link' => self::URL_SFTP],
+                ['link' => self::URL_SFTP],
+            ],
+            'keeps tel intact' => [
+                ['link' => self::URL_TEL],
+                ['link' => self::URL_TEL],
+            ],
+            'adds default tel' => [
+                ['link' => self::TEL],
+                ['link' => self::URL_TEL],
+                'tel',
+            ],
+            'keeps mailto intact' => [
+                ['link' => self::URL_MAILTO],
+                ['link' => self::URL_MAILTO],
+            ],
+            'adds default mailto' => [
+                ['link' => self::MAIL],
+                ['link' => self::URL_MAILTO],
+                'mailto',
+            ],
+            'does nothing when link is empty string' => [
+                ['link' => ''],
+                ['link' => ''],
+            ],
+            'does nothing when link key is missing' => [
+                [],
+                [],
+            ],
+            'does nothing when data is null' => [
+                null,
+                null,
+            ],
+        ];
+    }
+}