diff --git a/src/commands/repos/add.cc b/src/commands/repos/add.cc
index dbe7dad6d2..d3bcbcadff 100644
--- a/src/commands/repos/add.cc
+++ b/src/commands/repos/add.cc
@@ -88,17 +88,23 @@ int AddRepoCmd::execute(Zypper &zypper, const std::vector<std::string> &position
         report_too_few_arguments( zypper.out(), help() );
         return( ZYPPER_EXIT_ERR_INVALID_ARGS );
     case 1:
-      if( !isRepoFile( positionalArgs_r[0] ) )
+      if( isRepoFile( positionalArgs_r[0] ) )
       {
-        zypper.out().error(_("If only one argument is used, it must be a URI pointing to a .repo file."));
-        ERR << "Not a repo file." << endl;
-        zypper.out().info( help() );
-        return ( ZYPPER_EXIT_ERR_INVALID_ARGS );
+        add_repo_from_file( zypper, positionalArgs_r[0], _commonProperties, _repoProperties, _disableCheck );
+        break;
+      }
+      else if ( positionalArgs_r[0].find("obs") == 0 ) {
+        bool withFilename = true;
+        Url url = make_obs_url( positionalArgs_r[0], zypper.config().obs_baseUrl, zypper.config().obs_platform, withFilename );
+        add_repo_from_file( zypper, repo::RepoVariablesUrlReplacer()(url).asCompleteString(), _commonProperties, _repoProperties, _disableCheck );
+        break;
       }
       else
       {
-        add_repo_from_file( zypper, positionalArgs_r[0], _commonProperties, _repoProperties, _disableCheck );
-        break;
+        zypper.out().error(_("If only one argument is used, it must be a URI pointing to a .repo file or a OBS repository."));
+        ERR << "Not a repo file." << endl;
+        zypper.out().info( help() );
+        return ( ZYPPER_EXIT_ERR_INVALID_ARGS );
       }
     case 2:
       Url url;
diff --git a/src/utils/misc.cc b/src/utils/misc.cc
index 2ac643c745..dc445e82b0 100644
--- a/src/utils/misc.cc
+++ b/src/utils/misc.cc
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ namespace
 } // namespace
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-Url make_obs_url( const std::string & obsuri, const Url & base_url, const std::string & default_platform )
+Url make_obs_url( const std::string & obsuri, const Url & base_url, const std::string & default_platform , bool guessRepoFilename )
 {
   // obs-server ==> < base_url, default_platform >
   static std::map<std::string, std::pair<Url,std::string>> wellKnownServers({
@@ -476,6 +476,9 @@ Url make_obs_url( const std::string & obsuri, const Url & base_url, const std::s
     else
       path /= platform;
 
+    if ( guessRepoFilename )
+      path /= what[1] + ".repo";
+
     ret.setPathName( path.asString() );
 
     return ret;
diff --git a/src/utils/misc.h b/src/utils/misc.h
index 9c4d990abf..ab6f91ed3c 100644
--- a/src/utils/misc.h
+++ b/src/utils/misc.h
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ Url make_url( const std::string & url_s );
  * Creates Url out of obs://project/platform URI with given base URL and default
  * platform (used in case the platform is not specified in the URI).
  */
-Url make_obs_url( const std::string & obsuri, const Url & base_url, const std::string & default_platform );
+Url make_obs_url( const std::string & obsuri, const Url & base_url, const std::string & default_platform, bool guessRepoFilename = false );
 
 /**
  * Returns <code>true</code> if the string \a s contains a substring starting