diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/views/fields/url/url_field.js b/addons/web/static/src/views/fields/url/url_field.js
index a2408deff9d..78aadb9cbf9 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/views/fields/url/url_field.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/views/fields/url/url_field.js
@@ -21,16 +21,10 @@ export class UrlField extends Component {
     }
 
     get formattedHref() {
-        let value = "";
-        if (typeof this.props.record.data[this.props.name] === "string") {
-            const shouldaddPrefix = !(
-                this.props.websitePath ||
-                this.props.record.data[this.props.name].includes("://") ||
-                /^\//.test(this.props.record.data[this.props.name])
-            );
-            value = shouldaddPrefix
-                ? `http://${this.props.record.data[this.props.name]}`
-                : this.props.record.data[this.props.name];
+        let value = this.props.record.data[this.props.name];
+        if (value && !this.props.websitePath) {
+            const regex = /^((ftp|http)s?:\/)?\//i; // http(s)://... ftp(s)://... /...
+            value = !regex.test(value) ? `http://${value}` : value;
         }
         return value;
     }
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/fields/url_field_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/fields/url_field_tests.js
index 162fa55a7dc..ab9b1892096 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/fields/url_field_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/fields/url_field_tests.js
@@ -325,4 +325,20 @@ QUnit.module("Fields", (hooks) => {
             "Placeholder"
         );
     });
+
+    QUnit.test("url field with non falsy, but non url value", async function (assert) {
+        serverData.models.partner.fields.foo.default = "odoo://hello";
+
+        await makeView({
+            type: "form",
+            resModel: "partner",
+            serverData,
+            arch: `<form><field name="foo" widget="url"/></form>`,
+        });
+
+        assert.strictEqual(
+            target.querySelector(".o_field_widget[name='foo'] a").getAttribute("href"),
+            "http://odoo://hello"
+        );
+    });
 });