diff --git a/src/Mod/Web/Gui/AppWebGui.cpp b/src/Mod/Web/Gui/AppWebGui.cpp
index 8901e04957..016abf531e 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Web/Gui/AppWebGui.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Web/Gui/AppWebGui.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ public:
         );
         add_varargs_method("openBrowserWindow",&Module::openBrowserWindow
         );
+        add_varargs_method("open",&Module::openBrowser,
+            "open(string)\n"
+            "Load a local (X)HTML file."
+        );
+        add_varargs_method("insert",&Module::openBrowser,
+            "insert(string)\n"
+            "Load a local (X)HTML file."
+        );
         initialize("This module is the WebGui module."); // register with Python
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Mod/Web/InitGui.py b/src/Mod/Web/InitGui.py
index 87dd9575a3..a3daa1455f 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Web/InitGui.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Web/InitGui.py
@@ -47,4 +47,7 @@ class WebWorkbench ( Workbench ):
 
 Gui.addWorkbench(WebWorkbench())
 
+# Append the open handler
+FreeCAD.addImportType("Web Page (*.html *.xhtml)", "WebGui")
+
 FreeCAD.__unit_test__ += [ "TestWebGui" ]