diff --git a/audio/spotify/Cargo.toml b/audio/spotify/Cargo.toml
index d5c1ce91..fbbd7237 100644
--- a/audio/spotify/Cargo.toml
+++ b/audio/spotify/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ librespot = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
 tokio = "1.0"
 futures = "0.3"
 anyhow = "1.0"
+url = "2.3"
 
 [lib]
 name = "gstspotify"
diff --git a/audio/spotify/README.md b/audio/spotify/README.md
index aa8424dc..d6f84c88 100644
--- a/audio/spotify/README.md
+++ b/audio/spotify/README.md
@@ -21,4 +21,10 @@ The `spotifyaudiosrc` element can be used to play a song from Spotify using its
 
 ```
 gst-launch-1.0 spotifyaudiosrc username=$USERNAME password=$PASSWORD track=spotify:track:3i3P1mGpV9eRlfKccjDjwi ! oggdemux ! vorbisdec ! audioconvert ! autoaudiosink
+```
+
+The element also implements an URI handler which accepts credentials and cache settings as URI parameters:
+
+```console
+gst-launch-1.0 playbin3 uri=spotify:track:3i3P1mGpV9eRlfKccjDjwi?username=$USERNAME\&password=$PASSWORD\&cache-credentials=cache\&cache-files=cache
 ```
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diff --git a/audio/spotify/src/spotifyaudiosrc/imp.rs b/audio/spotify/src/spotifyaudiosrc/imp.rs
index ee0f643a..87ed8877 100644
--- a/audio/spotify/src/spotifyaudiosrc/imp.rs
+++ b/audio/spotify/src/spotifyaudiosrc/imp.rs
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ impl ObjectSubclass for SpotifyAudioSrc {
     const NAME: &'static str = "GstSpotifyAudioSrc";
     type Type = super::SpotifyAudioSrc;
     type ParentType = gst_base::BaseSrc;
+    type Interfaces = (gst::URIHandler,);
 }
 
 impl ObjectImpl for SpotifyAudioSrc {
@@ -413,3 +414,45 @@ impl Sink for BufferSink {
         Ok(())
     }
 }
+
+impl URIHandlerImpl for SpotifyAudioSrc {
+    const URI_TYPE: gst::URIType = gst::URIType::Src;
+
+    fn protocols() -> &'static [&'static str] {
+        &["spotify"]
+    }
+
+    fn uri(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        let settings = self.settings.lock().unwrap();
+
+        if settings.track.is_empty() {
+            None
+        } else {
+            Some(settings.track.clone())
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn set_uri(&self, uri: &str) -> Result<(), glib::Error> {
+        gst::debug!(CAT, imp: self, "set URI: {}", uri);
+
+        let url = url::Url::parse(uri)
+            .map_err(|e| glib::Error::new(gst::URIError::BadUri, &format!("{:?}", e)))?;
+
+        // allow to configure auth and cache settings from the URI
+        for (key, value) in url.query_pairs() {
+            match key.as_ref() {
+                "username" | "password" | "cache-credentials" | "cache-files" => {
+                    self.instance().set_property(&key, value.as_ref());
+                }
+                _ => {
+                    gst::warning!(CAT, imp: self, "unsupported query: {}={}", key, value);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        self.instance()
+            .set_property("track", format!("{}:{}", url.scheme(), url.path()));
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/audio/spotify/src/spotifyaudiosrc/mod.rs b/audio/spotify/src/spotifyaudiosrc/mod.rs
index cfed1572..4cb41423 100644
--- a/audio/spotify/src/spotifyaudiosrc/mod.rs
+++ b/audio/spotify/src/spotifyaudiosrc/mod.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use gst::prelude::*;
 mod imp;
 
 glib::wrapper! {
-    pub struct SpotifyAudioSrc(ObjectSubclass<imp::SpotifyAudioSrc>) @extends gst_base::BaseSrc, gst::Element, gst::Object;
+    pub struct SpotifyAudioSrc(ObjectSubclass<imp::SpotifyAudioSrc>) @extends gst_base::BaseSrc, gst::Element, gst::Object, @implements gst::URIHandler;
 }
 
 pub fn register(plugin: &gst::Plugin) -> Result<(), glib::BoolError> {
diff --git a/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json b/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json
index fac159d2..f627adea 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json
+++ b/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json
@@ -5565,6 +5565,9 @@
                     "GInitiallyUnowned",
                     "GObject"
                 ],
+                "interfaces": [
+                    "GstURIHandler"
+                ],
                 "klass": "Source/Audio",
                 "long-name": "Spotify source",
                 "pad-templates": {