diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9c7fe41..6c7e9b2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Positional argument `<packagename>` is required. When force is not specified, yo
 
 `-a --all` will download *all* distributions of a given package/version combination.
 
+`--url` will download and expand a file directly from the specified URL.
+
 ```plaintext
 py -m safepull numpy
                                                   numpy v.1.25.0
diff --git a/src/safepull/safepull.py b/src/safepull/safepull.py
index 9a4cb27..ad4d3f2 100644
--- a/src/safepull/safepull.py
+++ b/src/safepull/safepull.py
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ def unpack(byte_object: BytesIO, filename: str) -> None:
             whl_zip.extractall(path=Path.cwd().joinpath(f"{filename[:-4]}"))
 
 
+def download_from_url(url: str) -> None:
+    """Download and unpack a file from a URL."""
+    response = requests.get(url, stream=True, timeout=60)
+    response.raise_for_status()
+    filename = url.split("/")[-1]
+    byteobject = BytesIO(response.content)
+    unpack(byteobject, filename)
+
+
 def run() -> None:
     """Run the program."""
     console = Console()
@@ -80,8 +89,16 @@ def run() -> None:
         action="store_true",
         help="Downloads all distributions of a package.",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--url",
+        help="Download and expand a file directly from the specified URL.",
+    )
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
+    if args.url:
+        download_from_url(args.url)
+        return
+
     use_in = args.package
     if not args.package:
         use_in = input("Input a package title: ")
diff --git a/tests/test_safepull.py b/tests/test_safepull.py
index 1aa9303..a08eb53 100644
--- a/tests/test_safepull.py
+++ b/tests/test_safepull.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 from safepull.models import Package
-from safepull.safepull import query_package, run, unpack
+from safepull.safepull import query_package, run, unpack, download_from_url
 
 
 @pytest.fixture()
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ def test_run(  # noqa: PLR0913
             force=False,
             metadata=False,
             all=True,
+            url=None,
         ),
     ):
         run()
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ def test_run(  # noqa: PLR0913
             force=False,
             metadata=True,
             all=False,
+            url=None,
         ),
     ):
         run()
@@ -133,8 +135,29 @@ def test_run(  # noqa: PLR0913
             force=False,
             metadata=False,
             all=False,
+            url=None,
         ),
     ):
         run()
         mock_console_print.assert_called_once_with("Mocked Table")
         mock_unpack.assert_called_once()
+
+
+@patch("safepull.safepull.download_from_url")
+def test_run_with_url(mock_download_from_url: MagicMock) -> None:
+    """Test the run function with --url flag."""
+    with patch(
+        "argparse.ArgumentParser.parse_args",
+        return_value=argparse.Namespace(
+            package=None,
+            version=None,
+            force=False,
+            metadata=False,
+            all=False,
+            url="https://example.com/example-1.0.0.tar.gz",
+        ),
+    ):
+        run()
+        mock_download_from_url.assert_called_once_with(
+            "https://example.com/example-1.0.0.tar.gz",
+        )