diff --git a/library/Director/PropertyModifier/PropertyModifierParseURL.php b/library/Director/PropertyModifier/PropertyModifierParseURL.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce7c81be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/Director/PropertyModifier/PropertyModifierParseURL.php
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Icinga\Module\Director\PropertyModifier;
+
+use Icinga\Exception\InvalidPropertyException;
+use Icinga\Module\Director\Hook\PropertyModifierHook;
+use Icinga\Module\Director\Web\Form\QuickForm;
+
+class PropertyModifierParseURL extends PropertyModifierHook
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Array with possible components that can be returned from URL.
+     */
+    protected static $components = [
+        'scheme'   => PHP_URL_SCHEME,
+        'host'     => PHP_URL_HOST,
+        'port'     => PHP_URL_PORT,
+        'path'     => PHP_URL_PATH,
+        'query'    => PHP_URL_QUERY,
+        'fragment' => PHP_URL_FRAGMENT,
+    ];
+
+    public static function addSettingsFormFields(QuickForm $form)
+    {
+        $form->addElement('select', 'url_component', [
+            'label'        => $form->translate('URL component'),
+            'description'  => $form->translate('URL component'),
+            'multiOptions' => $form->optionalEnum(static::enumComponents()),
+            'required'     => true,
+        ]);
+
+        $form->addElement('select', 'on_failure', [
+            'label'        => $form->translate('On failure'),
+            'description'  => $form->translate(
+                'What should we do if the URL could not get parsed or component not found?'
+            ),
+            'multiOptions' => $form->optionalEnum([
+                'null' => $form->translate('Set no value (null)'),
+                'keep' => $form->translate('Keep the property as is'),
+                'fail' => $form->translate('Let the whole import run fail'),
+            ]),
+            'required' => true,
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    protected static function enumComponents()
+    {
+        $components = array_keys(self::$components);
+        return array_combine($components, $components);
+    }
+
+    public function getName()
+    {
+        return 'Parse a URL and return its components';
+    }
+
+    public function transform($value)
+    {
+        $component = self::$components[$this->getSetting('url_component')];
+        $response = parse_url($value, $component);
+
+        // if component not found $response will be null, false if seriously malformed URL
+        if ($response === null || $response === false) {
+            switch ($this->getSetting('on_failure')) {
+                case 'null':
+                    return null;
+                case 'keep':
+                    return $value;
+                case 'fail':
+                default:
+                    throw new InvalidPropertyException(
+                        'Parsing URL "%s" failed.',
+                        $value
+                    );
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $response;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/run.php b/run.php
index 9a77010b..7e762545 100644
--- a/run.php
+++ b/run.php
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ $this->provideHook('director/PropertyModifier', $prefix . 'PropertyModifier\\Pro
 $this->provideHook('director/PropertyModifier', $prefix . 'PropertyModifier\\PropertyModifierUpperCaseFirst');
 $this->provideHook('director/PropertyModifier', $prefix . 'PropertyModifier\\PropertyModifierRejectOrSelect');
 $this->provideHook('director/PropertyModifier', $prefix . 'PropertyModifier\\PropertyModifierArrayElementByPosition');
+$this->provideHook('director/PropertyModifier', $prefix . 'PropertyModifier\\PropertyModifierParseURL');
 
 $this->provideHook('director/Job', $prefix . 'Job\\HousekeepingJob');
 $this->provideHook('director/Job', $prefix . 'Job\\ConfigJob');
diff --git a/test/php/library/Director/PropertyModifier/PropertyModifierParseURLTest.php b/test/php/library/Director/PropertyModifier/PropertyModifierParseURLTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53c303fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/php/library/Director/PropertyModifier/PropertyModifierParseURLTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Tests\Icinga\Module\Director\PropertyModifier;
+
+use Icinga\Module\Director\PropertyModifier\PropertyModifierParseURL;
+use Icinga\Module\Director\Test\BaseTestCase;
+
+class PropertyModifierParseURLTest extends BaseTestCase
+{
+    protected static $validurl = 'https://www.icinga.org/path/file.html?foo=bar#section';
+    protected static $invalidurl = 'http:///www.icinga.org/';
+
+
+    public function testModifierDoesNotSupportArraysItself()
+    {
+        $modifier = new PropertyModifierParseURL();
+        $this->assertFalse($modifier->hasArraySupport());
+    }
+
+    public function testEmptyPropertyReturnsNullOnfailureNull()
+    {
+        $modifier = new PropertyModifierParseURL();
+        $modifier->setSettings([
+            'url_component' => 'query',
+            'on_failure' => 'null',
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertNull($modifier->transform(''));
+    }
+
+    public function testMissingComponentReturnsNullOnfailureNull()
+    {
+        $modifier = new PropertyModifierParseURL();
+        $modifier->setSettings([
+            'url_component' => 'query',
+            'on_failure' => 'null',
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertNull($modifier->transform('https://www.icinga.org/path/'));
+    }
+
+    public function testMissingComponentReturnsPropertyOnfailureKeep()
+    {
+        $modifier = new PropertyModifierParseURL();
+        $modifier->setSettings([
+            'url_component' => 'query',
+            'on_failure' => 'keep',
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('http://www.icinga.org/path/', $modifier->transform('http://www.icinga.org/path/'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException Icinga\Exception\InvalidPropertyException
+     */
+    public function testMissingComponentThrowsExceptionOnfailureFail()
+    {
+        $modifier = new PropertyModifierParseURL();
+        $modifier->setSettings([
+            'url_component' => 'query',
+            'on_failure' => 'fail',
+        ]);
+
+        $modifier->transform('http://www.icinga.org/path/');
+    }
+
+
+    public function testInvalidUrlReturnsNullOnfailureNull()
+    {
+        $modifier = new PropertyModifierParseURL();
+        $modifier->setSettings([
+            'url_component' => 'host',
+            'on_failure' => 'null',
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertNull($modifier->transform(self::$invalidurl));
+    }
+
+    public function testInvalidUrlReturnsItselfOnfailureKeep()
+    {
+        $modifier = new PropertyModifierParseURL();
+        $modifier->setSettings([
+            'url_component' => 'host',
+            'on_failure' => 'keep',
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(self::$invalidurl, $modifier->transform(self::$invalidurl));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException Icinga\Exception\InvalidPropertyException
+     */
+    public function testInvalidUrlThrowsExceptionOnfailureFail()
+    {
+        $modifier = new PropertyModifierParseURL();
+        $modifier->setSettings([
+            'url_component' => 'host',
+            'on_failure' => 'fail',
+        ]);
+
+        $modifier->transform(self::$invalidurl);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider dataURLcomponentProvider
+     */
+    public function testSuccessfullyParse($component, $result)
+    {
+        $modifier = new PropertyModifierParseURL();
+        $modifier->setSettings([
+            'url_component' => $component,
+            'on_failure' => 'null',
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($result, $modifier->transform(self::$validurl));
+    }
+    public function dataURLcomponentProvider()
+    {
+        return [
+            'scheme' => [
+                    'scheme',
+                    'https',
+                ],
+                'host' => [
+                        'host',
+                        'www.icinga.org',
+                ],
+                'port' => [
+                    'port',
+                    '',
+                ],
+                'path' => [
+                        'path',
+                        '/path/file.html',
+                ],
+                'query' => [
+                        'query',
+                        'foo=bar',
+                ],
+                'fragment' => [
+                        'fragment',
+                        'section',
+                ],
+        ];
+    }
+}