diff --git a/connectivity/source/drivers/firebird/FDriver.cxx b/connectivity/source/drivers/firebird/FDriver.cxx
index e55a1bcfda5f..7f7b44a1a362 100644
--- a/connectivity/source/drivers/firebird/FDriver.cxx
+++ b/connectivity/source/drivers/firebird/FDriver.cxx
@@ -147,7 +147,10 @@ sal_Bool SAL_CALL FirebirdDriver::acceptsURL( const ::rtl::OUString& url )
 {
     // here we have to look if we support this url format
     // change the URL format to your needs, but please aware that the first on who accepts the URl wins.
-    return url.startsWith("sdbc:firebird:");
+    // This could be extended to allow for external dbs using e.g. sdbc:firebird:url
+    // in addition to embedded dbs.
+//     return url.startsWith("sdbc:firebird:");
+    return url.equals("sdbc:embedded:firebird");
 }
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sequence< DriverPropertyInfo > SAL_CALL FirebirdDriver::getPropertyInfo( const ::rtl::OUString& url, const Sequence< PropertyValue >& info ) throw(SQLException, RuntimeException)
diff --git a/dbaccess/source/core/misc/dsntypes.cxx b/dbaccess/source/core/misc/dsntypes.cxx
index 0c02d64d6949..806e117bbd84 100644
--- a/dbaccess/source/core/misc/dsntypes.cxx
+++ b/dbaccess/source/core/misc/dsntypes.cxx
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ OUString ODsnTypeCollection::getDatasourcePrefixFromMediaType(const OUString& _s
 bool ODsnTypeCollection::isShowPropertiesEnabled( const OUString& _sURL ) const
 {
     return !(    _sURL.matchIgnoreAsciiCaseAsciiL("sdbc:embedded:hsqldb",sizeof("sdbc:embedded:hsqldb")-1)
+            ||  _sURL.matchIgnoreAsciiCaseAsciiL("sdbc:embedded:firebird",sizeof("sdbc:embedded:firebird")-1)
             ||  _sURL.matchIgnoreAsciiCaseAsciiL("sdbc:address:outlook",sizeof("sdbc:address:outlook")-1)
             ||  _sURL.matchIgnoreAsciiCaseAsciiL("sdbc:address:outlookexp",sizeof("sdbc:address:outlookexp")-1)
             ||  _sURL.matchIgnoreAsciiCaseAsciiL("sdbc:address:mozilla:",sizeof("sdbc:address:mozilla:")-1)
@@ -321,7 +322,11 @@ OUString ODsnTypeCollection::getEmbeddedDatabase() const
         }
     }
     if ( sEmbeddedDatabaseURL.isEmpty() )
+#ifdef ENABLE_FIREBIRD_SDBC
+        sEmbeddedDatabaseURL = "sdbc:embedded:firebird";
+#else
         sEmbeddedDatabaseURL = "sdbc:embedded:hsqldb";
+#endif
     return sEmbeddedDatabaseURL;
 }
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -361,6 +366,9 @@ DATASOURCE_TYPE ODsnTypeCollection::determineType(const OUString& _rDsn) const
     if (sDsn.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("sdbc:embedded:hsqldb"))
         return DST_EMBEDDED_HSQLDB;
 
+    if (sDsn.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("sdbc:embedded:firebird"))
+        return DST_EMBEDDED_FIREBIRD;
+
     // find second :
     nSeparator = sDsn.indexOf(static_cast<sal_Unicode>(':'), nSeparator + 1);
     if (-1 == nSeparator)
@@ -489,6 +497,7 @@ void ODsnTypeCollection::fillPageIds(const OUString& _sURL,::std::vector<sal_Int
         case DST_KAB:
         case DST_MACAB:
         case DST_EMBEDDED_HSQLDB:
+        case DST_EMBEDDED_FIREBIRD:
             break;
         default:
             _rOutPathIds.push_back(PAGE_DBSETUPWIZARD_USERDEFINED);
diff --git a/dbaccess/source/inc/dsntypes.hxx b/dbaccess/source/inc/dsntypes.hxx
index eec1af661c00..e7c42af97fcb 100644
--- a/dbaccess/source/inc/dsntypes.hxx
+++ b/dbaccess/source/inc/dsntypes.hxx
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ enum DATASOURCE_TYPE
      DST_EMBEDDED_HSQLDB    = 23,
     DST_MYSQL_NATIVE        = 24,
     DST_MYSQL_NATIVE_DIRECT = 25,
+    DST_EMBEDDED_FIREBIRD    = 26,
 
     DST_USERDEFINE1,    /// first user defined driver
     DST_USERDEFINE2,
diff --git a/dbaccess/source/ui/dlg/generalpage.cxx b/dbaccess/source/ui/dlg/generalpage.cxx
index daad4541f57b..4dc5f94e9c8e 100644
--- a/dbaccess/source/ui/dlg/generalpage.cxx
+++ b/dbaccess/source/ui/dlg/generalpage.cxx
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ namespace dbaui
                 _inout_rDisplayName = String();
         }
 
-        if ( eType ==  ::dbaccess::DST_EMBEDDED_HSQLDB )
+        if ( eType ==  ::dbaccess::DST_EMBEDDED_HSQLDB
+                || eType ==  ::dbaccess::DST_EMBEDDED_FIREBIRD )
             _inout_rDisplayName = String();
 
         return _inout_rDisplayName.getLength() > 0;