diff --git a/plugins/osgdb_3dtiles/ReaderWriter3dTiles.cpp b/plugins/osgdb_3dtiles/ReaderWriter3dTiles.cpp
index 672089853fca5aec79bb1bad7ed61a36571ae32d..c0af6b8502d574211bf23824e057ca1957ff33f7 100644
--- a/plugins/osgdb_3dtiles/ReaderWriter3dTiles.cpp
+++ b/plugins/osgdb_3dtiles/ReaderWriter3dTiles.cpp
@@ -239,6 +239,12 @@ protected:
     {
         std::string uri = (content.is<picojson::object>() && content.contains("uri"))
                          ? content.get("uri").to_str() : "";
+        if (uri.empty())
+        {
+            uri = (content.is<picojson::object>() && content.contains("url"))
+                ? content.get("url").to_str() : "";
+        }
+
         std::string ext = osgDB::getFileExtension(uri);
         if (!uri.empty() && !osgDB::isAbsolutePath(uri))
             uri = prefix + osgDB::getNativePathSeparator() + uri;