diff --git a/src/client/targets.v b/src/client/targets.v
index 86d8c2a9..d7cc4161 100644
--- a/src/client/targets.v
+++ b/src/client/targets.v
@@ -40,18 +40,17 @@ pub fn (c &Client) get_target(id int) ?Target {
 	return data.data
 }
 
+pub struct NewTarget {
+	kind string
+	url string
+	branch string
+	repo string
+	arch []string
+}
+
 // add_target adds a new target to the server.
-pub fn (c &Client) add_target(url string, branch string, repo string, arch []string) ?Response<string> {
-	mut params := {
-		'url':    url
-		'branch': branch
-		'repo':   repo
-	}
-
-	if arch.len > 0 {
-		params['arch'] = arch.join(',')
-	}
-
+pub fn (c &Client) add_target(t NewTarget) ?Response<string> {
+	params := models.params_from<NewTarget>(t)
 	data := c.send_request<string>(Method.post, '/api/v1/targets', params)?
 
 	return data
diff --git a/src/console/targets/targets.v b/src/console/targets/targets.v
index 530184d4..71a5c92c 100644
--- a/src/console/targets/targets.v
+++ b/src/console/targets/targets.v
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module targets
 import cli
 import vieter.vconf
 import cron.expression { parse_expression }
-import client
+import client { NewTarget }
 import console
 import models { TargetFilter }
 
@@ -65,14 +65,36 @@ pub fn cmd() cli.Command {
 			},
 			cli.Command{
 				name: 'add'
-				required_args: 3
-				usage: 'url branch repo'
-				description: 'Add a new Git repository target.'
+				required_args: 2
+				usage: 'url repo'
+				description: "Add a new target with the given URL & target repo."
+				flags: [
+					cli.Flag{
+						name: 'kind'
+						description: "Kind of target to add. Defaults to 'git' if not specified. One of 'git', 'url'."
+						flag: cli.FlagType.string
+						default_value: ['git']
+					},
+					cli.Flag{
+						name: 'branch'
+						description: "Which branch to clone; only applies to kind 'git'."
+						flag: cli.FlagType.string
+					}
+				]
 				execute: fn (cmd cli.Command) ? {
 					config_file := cmd.flags.get_string('config-file')?
 					conf := vconf.load<Config>(prefix: 'VIETER_', default_path: config_file)?
 
-					add(conf, cmd.args[0], cmd.args[1], cmd.args[2])?
+					kind := cmd.flags.get_string('kind')?
+
+					t := NewTarget{
+						kind: cmd.flags.get_string('kind')?
+						url: cmd.args[0]
+						repo: cmd.args[1]
+						branch: cmd.flags.get_string('branch') or { '' }
+					}
+
+					add(conf, t)?
 				}
 			},
 			cli.Command{
@@ -171,15 +193,15 @@ pub fn cmd() cli.Command {
 fn list(conf Config, filter TargetFilter) ? {
 	c := client.new(conf.address, conf.api_key)
 	repos := c.get_targets(filter)?
-	data := repos.map([it.id.str(), it.url, it.branch, it.repo])
+	data := repos.map([it.id.str(), it.kind, it.url, it.repo])
 
-	println(console.pretty_table(['id', 'url', 'branch', 'repo'], data)?)
+	println(console.pretty_table(['id',  'kind', 'url', 'repo'], data)?)
 }
 
 // add adds a new repository to the server's list.
-fn add(conf Config, url string, branch string, repo string) ? {
+fn add(conf Config, t &NewTarget) ? {
 	c := client.new(conf.address, conf.api_key)
-	res := c.add_target(url, branch, repo, [])?
+	res := c.add_target(t)?
 
 	println(res.message)
 }
diff --git a/src/db/db.v b/src/db/db.v
index 64a57d22..eaf71abb 100644
--- a/src/db/db.v
+++ b/src/db/db.v
@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@ const (
 	migrations_up   = [
 		$embed_file('migrations/001-initial/up.sql'),
 		$embed_file('migrations/002-rename-to-targets/up.sql'),
+		$embed_file('migrations/003-target-url-type/up.sql'),
+	]
+	migrations_down = [
+		$embed_file('migrations/001-initial/down.sql'),
+		$embed_file('migrations/002-rename-to-targets/down.sql'),
+		$embed_file('migrations/003-target-url-type/down.sql'),
 	]
-	migrations_down = [$embed_file('migrations/001-initial/down.sql'),
-		$embed_file('migrations/002-rename-to-targets/down.sql')]
 )
 
 // init initializes a database & adds the correct tables.
diff --git a/src/db/migrations/003-target-url-type/down.sql b/src/db/migrations/003-target-url-type/down.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9d9b45c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/migrations/003-target-url-type/down.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-- I'm not sure whether I should remove any non-git targets here. Keeping them
+-- will result in invalid targets, but removing them means losing data.
+ALTER TABLE Target DROP COLUMN kind;
+
diff --git a/src/db/migrations/003-target-url-type/up.sql b/src/db/migrations/003-target-url-type/up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6be4f47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/migrations/003-target-url-type/up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE Target ADD COLUMN kind TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'git';
diff --git a/src/models/targets.v b/src/models/targets.v
index 537bbc4d..b8fc88a8 100644
--- a/src/models/targets.v
+++ b/src/models/targets.v
@@ -15,10 +15,13 @@ pub fn (gra &TargetArch) str() string {
 pub struct Target {
 pub mut:
 	id int [primary; sql: serial]
-	// URL of the Git repository
+	kind string [nonull]
+	// If kind is git: URL of the Git repository
+	// If kind is url: URL to PKGBUILD file
 	url string [nonull]
-	// Branch of the Git repository to use
-	branch string [nonull]
+	// Branch of the Git repository to use; only applicable when kind is git.
+	// If not provided, the repository is cloned with the default branch.
+	branch string
 	// Which repo the builder should publish packages to
 	repo string [nonull]
 	// Cron schedule describing how frequently to build the repo.