diff --git a/components/servo/lib.rs b/components/servo/lib.rs
index 4f254d5f682..1cc349de1dd 100644
--- a/components/servo/lib.rs
+++ b/components/servo/lib.rs
@@ -168,10 +168,13 @@ fn create_constellation(opts: opts::Opts,
         storage_task);
 
     // Send the URL command to the constellation.
-    {
-        let ConstellationChan(ref chan) = constellation_chan;
-        chan.send(ConstellationMsg::InitLoadUrl(opts.url.clone())).unwrap();
-    }
+    match opts.url {
+        Some(url) => {
+            let ConstellationChan(ref chan) = constellation_chan;
+            chan.send(ConstellationMsg::InitLoadUrl(url.clone())).unwrap();
+        },
+        None => ()
+    };
 
     constellation_chan
 }
diff --git a/components/util/opts.rs b/components/util/opts.rs
index f3e7487f468..0b19f815596 100644
--- a/components/util/opts.rs
+++ b/components/util/opts.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use url::{self, Url};
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Opts {
     /// The initial URL to load.
-    pub url: Url,
+    pub url: Option<Url>,
 
     /// How many threads to use for CPU painting (`-t`).
     ///
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static FORCE_CPU_PAINTING: bool = false;
 
 pub fn default_opts() -> Opts {
     Opts {
-        url: Url::parse("about:blank").unwrap(),
+        url: Some(Url::parse("about:blank").unwrap()),
         paint_threads: 1,
         gpu_painting: false,
         tile_size: 512,
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ pub fn from_cmdline_args(args: &[String]) -> bool {
     };
 
     let opts = Opts {
-        url: url,
+        url: Some(url),
         paint_threads: paint_threads,
         gpu_painting: gpu_painting,
         tile_size: tile_size,
diff --git a/ports/cef/core.rs b/ports/cef/core.rs
index cfd411da3ad..04a88991838 100644
--- a/ports/cef/core.rs
+++ b/ports/cef/core.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn cef_initialize(args: *const cef_main_args_t,
     temp_opts.hard_fail = false;
     temp_opts.enable_text_antialiasing = true;
     temp_opts.resources_path = None;
+    temp_opts.url = None;
     opts::set(temp_opts);
 
     if unsafe { (*settings).windowless_rendering_enabled != 0 } {