diff --git a/src/versit/qversitcontactexporter_p.cpp b/src/versit/qversitcontactexporter_p.cpp
index de9612d..150ef22 100644
--- a/src/versit/qversitcontactexporter_p.cpp
+++ b/src/versit/qversitcontactexporter_p.cpp
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ bool QVersitContactExporterPrivate::encodeContentFromFile(const QString& resourc
     if (isValidRemoteUrl( resourcePath )) {
         encodeContent = true;
         value.setValue(resourcePath);
-        property.insertParameter(QLatin1String("VALUE"), QLatin1String("URL"));
+        property.insertParameter(QLatin1String("VALUE"), QLatin1String("uri"));
     } else if (mResourceHandler
                && mResourceHandler->loadResource(resourcePath, &imageData, &mimeType)) {
         value.setValue(imageData);
diff --git a/src/versit/qversitcontactimporter_p.cpp b/src/versit/qversitcontactimporter_p.cpp
index 9f6c04f..4e9e511 100644
--- a/src/versit/qversitcontactimporter_p.cpp
+++ b/src/versit/qversitcontactimporter_p.cpp
@@ -852,10 +852,11 @@ bool QVersitContactImporterPrivate::saveDataFromProperty(const QVersitProperty &
                                                             QByteArray *data) const
 {
     bool found = false;
-    const QString valueParam = property.parameters().value(QLatin1String("VALUE"));
+    const QString valueParam = property.parameters().value(QLatin1String("VALUE")).toUpper();
     QVariant variant(property.variantValue());
     if (variant.type() == QVariant::String
-        || valueParam == QLatin1String("URL")) {
+        || valueParam == QLatin1String("URL")
+        || valueParam == QLatin1String("URI")) {
         *location = property.value();
         found |= !location->isEmpty();
     } else if (variant.type() == QVariant::ByteArray) {