diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/resulttool/merge.py b/poky/scripts/lib/resulttool/merge.py
index 3e4b7a3..70d23a4 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/resulttool/merge.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/resulttool/merge.py
@@ -3,21 +3,15 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2019, Intel Corporation.
 # Copyright (c) 2019, Linux Foundation
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-# under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
-# version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 #
-# This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
-# more details.
-#
+
 import os
 import json
 import resulttool.resultutils as resultutils
 
 def merge(args, logger):
-    if os.path.isdir(args.target_results):
+    if resultutils.is_url(args.target_results) or os.path.isdir(args.target_results):
         results = resultutils.load_resultsdata(args.target_results, configmap=resultutils.store_map)
         resultutils.append_resultsdata(results, args.base_results, configmap=resultutils.store_map)
         resultutils.save_resultsdata(results, args.target_results)
@@ -31,12 +25,12 @@
 
 def register_commands(subparsers):
     """Register subcommands from this plugin"""
-    parser_build = subparsers.add_parser('merge', help='merge test result files/directories',
-                                         description='merge the results from multiple files/directories into the target file or directory',
+    parser_build = subparsers.add_parser('merge', help='merge test result files/directories/URLs',
+                                         description='merge the results from multiple files/directories/URLs into the target file or directory',
                                          group='setup')
     parser_build.set_defaults(func=merge)
     parser_build.add_argument('base_results',
-                              help='the results file/directory to import')
+                              help='the results file/directory/URL to import')
     parser_build.add_argument('target_results',
                               help='the target file or directory to merge the base_results with')