diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 53e0bb6dc..9704854c0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ endif (MSVC)
 add_subdirectory(po)
 add_subdirectory(support)
 add_subdirectory(streams/icons)
+add_subdirectory(streams/providers)
 
 if (ENABLE_PROXY_CONFIG)
     set(CANTATA_SRCS ${CANTATA_SRCS} network/proxysettings.cpp)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d1c046c89..6768045ef 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 -----
 1. Add support for opus audio format - AudioCD encoding, transcoding, HTTP
    server, etc.
+2. Add support for user-installable stream providers. Need to copy
+   name.xml.gz, and name.svg/name.png to ~/.config/cantata/streams - or
+   PREFIX/share/cantata/streams
 
 1.1.1
 -----
diff --git a/models/streamsmodel.cpp b/models/streamsmodel.cpp
index 8fc799176..90f54e110 100644
--- a/models/streamsmodel.cpp
+++ b/models/streamsmodel.cpp
@@ -38,12 +38,14 @@
 #include "digitallyimported.h"
 #include "qjson/parser.h"
 #include "qtiocompressor/qtiocompressor.h"
+#include "utils.h"
 #include <QModelIndex>
 #include <QString>
 #include <QVariant>
 #include <QMimeData>
 #include <QXmlStreamReader>
 #include <QFile>
+#include <QDir>
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QLocale>
@@ -54,6 +56,9 @@
 #include <KDE/KGlobal>
 K_GLOBAL_STATIC(StreamsModel, instance)
 #endif
+#if defined Q_OS_WIN
+#include <QDesktopServices>
+#endif
 
 StreamsModel * StreamsModel::self()
 {
@@ -116,6 +121,25 @@ static QIcon getIcon(const QString &name)
     return icon.isNull() ? Icons::self()->streamCategoryIcon : icon;
 }
 
+static QIcon getExternalIcon(const QString &xmlFile)
+{
+    QIcon icon;
+    QString iconFile=xmlFile;
+    iconFile.replace(".xml.gz", ".svg");
+
+    if (QFile::exists(iconFile)) {
+        icon.addFile(iconFile);
+    } else {
+        iconFile=xmlFile;
+        iconFile.replace(".xml.gz", ".png");
+        if (QFile::exists(iconFile)) {
+            icon.addFile(iconFile);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return icon;
+}
+
 static QString categoryCacheName(const QString &name, bool createDir=false)
 {
     return Utils::cacheDir(StreamsModel::constCacheDir, createDir)+name+StreamsModel::constCacheExt;
@@ -264,7 +288,16 @@ QList<StreamsModel::Item *> StreamsModel::CategoryItem::loadCache()
         }
     }
 
-    return newItems;
+    return QList<Item *>();
+}
+
+QList<StreamsModel::Item *> StreamsModel::XmlCategoryItem::loadCache()
+{
+    if (QFile::exists(cacheName)) {
+        return loadXml(cacheName);
+    }
+
+    return QList<Item *>();
 }
 
 bool StreamsModel::CategoryItem::saveXml(const QString &fileName, bool format) const
@@ -460,6 +493,7 @@ StreamsModel::StreamsModel(QObject *parent)
     favourites=new FavouritesCategoryItem(constFavouritesUrl, i18n("Favorites"), root, getIcon("favourites"));
     root->children.append(favourites);
     buildListenLive();
+    buildXml();
     addBookmarkAction = ActionCollection::get()->createAction("bookmarkcategory", i18n("Bookmark Category"), Icon("bookmark-new"));
     addToFavouritesAction = ActionCollection::get()->createAction("addtofavourites", i18n("Add Stream To Favorites"), favouritesIcon());
     configureAction = ActionCollection::get()->createAction("configurestreams", i18n("Configure Streams"), Icons::self()->configureIcon);
@@ -1668,3 +1702,29 @@ void StreamsModel::buildListenLive()
         }
     }
 }
+
+void StreamsModel::buildXml()
+{
+    #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    QStringList dirs=QStringList() << QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()+"/streams/";
+    #else
+    QStringList dirs=QStringList() << INSTALL_PREFIX "/share/cantata/streams/"
+                                   << Utils::configDir("streams");
+    #endif
+    QSet<QString> added;
+
+    foreach (const QString &dir, dirs) {
+        if (dir.isEmpty()) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        QDir d(dir);
+        QStringList files=d.entryList(QStringList() << "*.xml.gz", QDir::Files|QDir::Readable);
+        foreach (const QString &file, files) {
+            if (!added.contains(file)) {
+                CategoryItem *cat=new XmlCategoryItem(Utils::getFile(file).remove(".xml.gz"), root, getExternalIcon(dir+file), dir+file);
+                added.insert(file);
+                root->children.append(cat);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/models/streamsmodel.h b/models/streamsmodel.h
index 8f329f515..f641566dc 100644
--- a/models/streamsmodel.h
+++ b/models/streamsmodel.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public:
         CategoryItem * getBookmarksCategory();
         CategoryItem * createBookmarksCategory();
         void saveCache() const;
-        QList<Item *> loadCache();
+        virtual QList<Item *> loadCache();
         bool saveXml(const QString &fileName, bool format=false) const;
         bool saveXml(QIODevice *dev, bool format=false) const;
         QList<Item *> loadXml(const QString &fileName, bool importing=false);
@@ -119,6 +119,13 @@ public:
         bool canConfigure() const { return true; }
     };
 
+    struct XmlCategoryItem : public CategoryItem
+    {
+        XmlCategoryItem(const QString &n, CategoryItem *p, const QIcon &i, const QString &cn)
+            : CategoryItem("-", n, p, i, cn) { }
+        QList<Item *> loadCache();
+    };
+
     static const QString constPrefix;
     static const QString constCacheDir;
     static const QString constCacheExt;
@@ -198,6 +205,7 @@ private:
     Item * toItem(const QModelIndex &index) const { return index.isValid() ? static_cast<Item*>(index.internalPointer()) : root; }
     bool loadFavourites(const QString &fileName, const QModelIndex &index, bool importing=false);
     void buildListenLive();
+    void buildXml();
 
 private:
     QMap<QNetworkReply *, CategoryItem *> jobs;
diff --git a/streams/providers/1.fm.png b/streams/providers/1.fm.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b37ecf42
Binary files /dev/null and b/streams/providers/1.fm.png differ
diff --git a/streams/providers/1.fm.xml.gz b/streams/providers/1.fm.xml.gz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3eefd22d
Binary files /dev/null and b/streams/providers/1.fm.xml.gz differ
diff --git a/streams/providers/CMakeLists.txt b/streams/providers/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f169279b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/streams/providers/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+file(GLOB provider_files *.xml.gz *.png *.svg)
+if (WIN32)
+    install(FILES ${provider_files} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/streams/)
+else (WIN32)
+    install(FILES ${provider_files} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}/streams/)
+endif (WIN32)