diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 196b6607d1..6adf0340e0 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ django-simple-history==2.7.3
 jira==2.0.0
 Markdown==3.1.1
 python-redmine==2.2.1
+topicaxis-opengraph==0.5
diff --git a/tcms/issuetracker/types.py b/tcms/issuetracker/types.py
index 3f6fafe53c..9bac1f9b20 100644
--- a/tcms/issuetracker/types.py
+++ b/tcms/issuetracker/types.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import redminelib
 
 from django.conf import settings
+from opengraph.opengraph import OpenGraph
 
 from tcms.issuetracker import bugzilla_integration
 from tcms.issuetracker import jira_integration
@@ -63,6 +64,21 @@ def bug_id_from_url(cls, url):
         """
         return int(RE_ENDS_IN_INT.search(url.strip()).group(0))
 
+    def details(self, url):
+        """
+            Returns bug details to be used later. By default this method
+            returns OpenGraph metadata (dict) which is shown in the UI as tooltips.
+            You can override this method to provide different information.
+        """
+        result = OpenGraph(url, scrape=True)
+
+        # remove data which we don't need
+        for key in ['_url', 'url', 'scrape', 'type']:
+            if key in result:
+                del result[key]
+
+        return result
+
     def _report_comment(self, execution):  # pylint: disable=no-self-use
         """
             Returns the comment which is used in the original defect report.
diff --git a/tcms/xmlrpc/api/bug.py b/tcms/xmlrpc/api/bug.py
index 17e7ea5a7b..1293eb85e1 100644
--- a/tcms/xmlrpc/api/bug.py
+++ b/tcms/xmlrpc/api/bug.py
@@ -6,13 +6,33 @@
 from tcms.testcases.models import BugSystem
 from tcms.testruns.models import TestExecution
 from tcms.issuetracker.types import IssueTrackerType
+from tcms.xmlrpc.api.utils import tracker_from_url
 
 
 __all__ = (
+    'details',
     'report',
 )
 
 
+@rpc_method(name='Bug.details')
+def details(url):
+    """
+    .. function:: XML-RPC Bug.details(url)
+
+        Returns details about bug at the given URL address. This method is
+        used when generating additional information which is shown in the UI.
+
+        :param url: URL address
+        :type url: str
+        :return: Detailed information about this URL. Depends on the underlying
+                 issue tracker.
+        :rtype: dict
+    """
+    tracker = tracker_from_url(url)
+    return tracker.details(url)
+
+
 @rpc_method(name='Bug.report')
 def report(execution_id, tracker_id):
     """