diff --git a/apiary.apib b/apiary.apib
index 7b8d439..92f7a67 100644
--- a/apiary.apib
+++ b/apiary.apib
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ This API controls the metrics on your dashboard
     + Attributes (object)
         + title (required, string) - The title of the metric to display on the dashboard
         + description (required, string) - A descriptive text for the current state of the metric
+        + detail_url (optional, string) - An URL with further information of the status
         + status (required, enum[string]) - One of: OK, Warning, Critical, Unknown
         + expires: 604800 (optional, number) - Time in seconds when to remove the metric if there is no update (Valid: `0 < x < 604800`)
         + freshness: 3600 (optional, number) - Time in seconds when to switch to stale state of there is no update (Valid: `0 < x < 604800`)
diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
index 11e80a9..56339ad 100644
--- a/client/client.go
+++ b/client/client.go
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ type PostMetricInput struct {
 	// A descriptive text for the current state of the metric
 	Description string `json:"description"`
 
+	// An URL with further information of the status
+	DetailURL string `json:"detail_url"`
+
 	// One of: OK, Warning, Critical, Unknown
 	Status Status `json:"status"`
 
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index f3da364..aaadc53 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ type dashboardMetric struct {
 	MetricID        string                  `json:"id"`
 	Title           string                  `json:"title"`
 	Description     string                  `json:"description"`
+	DetailURL       string                  `json:"detail_url"`
 	Status          string                  `json:"status"`
 	Value           float64                 `json:"value,omitempty"`
 	Expires         int64                   `json:"expires,omitempty"`
@@ -267,6 +268,10 @@ func (dm *dashboardMetric) Update(m *dashboardMetric) {
 	dm.HideValue = m.HideValue
 	dm.StalenessStatus = m.StalenessStatus
 
+	if m.DetailURL != "" {
+		dm.DetailURL = m.DetailURL
+	}
+
 	if m.Expires != 0 {
 		dm.Expires = m.Expires
 	}
diff --git a/web_handlers.go b/web_handlers.go
index 63e1ef8..ef6ca2e 100644
--- a/web_handlers.go
+++ b/web_handlers.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ type outputMetric struct {
 	ID            string              `json:"id"`
 	Config        outputMetricConfig  `json:"config"`
 	Description   string              `json:"description"`
+	DetailURL     string              `json:"detail_url"`
 	HistoryBar    []historyBarSegment `json:"history_bar,omitempty"`
 	LastOK        time.Time           `json:"last_ok"`
 	LastUpdate    time.Time           `json:"last_update"`
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ func outputMetricFromMetric(opts outputMetricFromMetricOpts) outputMetric {
 	out := outputMetric{
 		ID:            opts.Metric.MetricID,
 		Description:   opts.Metric.Description,
+		DetailURL:     opts.Metric.DetailURL,
 		LastOK:        opts.Metric.Meta.LastOK,
 		LastUpdate:    opts.Metric.Meta.LastUpdate,
 		Median:        opts.Metric.Median(),