diff --git a/custom/conf/app.example.ini b/custom/conf/app.example.ini
index 5adfb0546f0bf..fa6a9e3fac0bc 100644
--- a/custom/conf/app.example.ini
+++ b/custom/conf/app.example.ini
@@ -705,6 +705,8 @@ PATH =
 ;;
 ;; Minimum amount of time a user must exist before comments are kept when the user is deleted.
 ;USER_DELETE_WITH_COMMENTS_MAX_TIME = 0
+;; Valid site url schemes for user profiles
+;VALID_SITE_URL_SCHEMES=http,https
 
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
diff --git a/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md b/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
index 5e976174fb19b..aa9eb7e0caee7 100644
--- a/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
+++ b/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
@@ -519,6 +519,7 @@ relation to port exhaustion.
 - `NO_REPLY_ADDRESS`: **noreply.DOMAIN** Value for the domain part of the user's email address in the git log if user has set KeepEmailPrivate to true. DOMAIN resolves to the value in server.DOMAIN.
   The user's email will be replaced with a concatenation of the user name in lower case, "@" and NO_REPLY_ADDRESS.
 - `USER_DELETE_WITH_COMMENTS_MAX_TIME`: **0** Minimum amount of time a user must exist before comments are kept when the user is deleted.
+- `VALID_SITE_URL_SCHEMES`: **http, https**: Valid site url schemes for user profiles
 
 ### Service - Expore (`service.explore`)
 
diff --git a/modules/setting/service.go b/modules/setting/service.go
index 41e834e8e61ef..bd70c7e6ebe5b 100644
--- a/modules/setting/service.go
+++ b/modules/setting/service.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package setting
 
 import (
 	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ var Service struct {
 	AutoWatchOnChanges                      bool
 	DefaultOrgMemberVisible                 bool
 	UserDeleteWithCommentsMaxTime           time.Duration
+	ValidSiteURLSchemes                     []string
 
 	// OpenID settings
 	EnableOpenIDSignIn bool
@@ -120,6 +122,16 @@ func newService() {
 	Service.DefaultOrgVisibilityMode = structs.VisibilityModes[Service.DefaultOrgVisibility]
 	Service.DefaultOrgMemberVisible = sec.Key("DEFAULT_ORG_MEMBER_VISIBLE").MustBool()
 	Service.UserDeleteWithCommentsMaxTime = sec.Key("USER_DELETE_WITH_COMMENTS_MAX_TIME").MustDuration(0)
+	sec.Key("VALID_SITE_URL_SCHEMES").MustString("http,https")
+	Service.ValidSiteURLSchemes = sec.Key("VALID_SITE_URL_SCHEMES").Strings(",")
+	schemes := make([]string, len(Service.ValidSiteURLSchemes))
+	for _, scheme := range Service.ValidSiteURLSchemes {
+		scheme = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(scheme))
+		if scheme != "" {
+			schemes = append(schemes, scheme)
+		}
+	}
+	Service.ValidSiteURLSchemes = schemes
 
 	if err := Cfg.Section("service.explore").MapTo(&Service.Explore); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal("Failed to map service.explore settings: %v", err)
diff --git a/modules/validation/binding.go b/modules/validation/binding.go
index 4cef48daf32d6..5d5c64611f29a 100644
--- a/modules/validation/binding.go
+++ b/modules/validation/binding.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ func CheckGitRefAdditionalRulesValid(name string) bool {
 func AddBindingRules() {
 	addGitRefNameBindingRule()
 	addValidURLBindingRule()
+	addValidSiteURLBindingRule()
 	addGlobPatternRule()
 	addRegexPatternRule()
 	addGlobOrRegexPatternRule()
@@ -102,6 +103,24 @@ func addValidURLBindingRule() {
 	})
 }
 
+func addValidSiteURLBindingRule() {
+	// URL validation rule
+	binding.AddRule(&binding.Rule{
+		IsMatch: func(rule string) bool {
+			return strings.HasPrefix(rule, "ValidSiteUrl")
+		},
+		IsValid: func(errs binding.Errors, name string, val interface{}) (bool, binding.Errors) {
+			str := fmt.Sprintf("%v", val)
+			if len(str) != 0 && !IsValidSiteURL(str) {
+				errs.Add([]string{name}, binding.ERR_URL, "Url")
+				return false, errs
+			}
+
+			return true, errs
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func addGlobPatternRule() {
 	binding.AddRule(&binding.Rule{
 		IsMatch: func(rule string) bool {
diff --git a/modules/validation/helpers.go b/modules/validation/helpers.go
index c22e667a2ebf9..343261aac5b59 100644
--- a/modules/validation/helpers.go
+++ b/modules/validation/helpers.go
@@ -52,6 +52,25 @@ func IsValidURL(uri string) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+// IsValidSiteURL checks if URL is valid
+func IsValidSiteURL(uri string) bool {
+	u, err := url.ParseRequestURI(uri)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if !validPort(portOnly(u.Host)) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for _, scheme := range setting.Service.ValidSiteURLSchemes {
+		if scheme == u.Scheme {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // IsAPIURL checks if URL is current Gitea instance API URL
 func IsAPIURL(uri string) bool {
 	return strings.HasPrefix(strings.ToLower(uri), strings.ToLower(setting.AppURL+"api"))
diff --git a/services/forms/user_form.go b/services/forms/user_form.go
index 2c065dc5116a8..903a625da01e8 100644
--- a/services/forms/user_form.go
+++ b/services/forms/user_form.go
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ type UpdateProfileForm struct {
 	Name                string `binding:"AlphaDashDot;MaxSize(40)"`
 	FullName            string `binding:"MaxSize(100)"`
 	KeepEmailPrivate    bool
-	Website             string `binding:"ValidUrl;MaxSize(255)"`
+	Website             string `binding:"ValidSiteUrl;MaxSize(255)"`
 	Location            string `binding:"MaxSize(50)"`
 	Language            string
 	Description         string `binding:"MaxSize(255)"`