diff --git a/dvc/cli/parser.py b/dvc/cli/parser.py
index c626daf9d..c1ce67183 100644
--- a/dvc/cli/parser.py
+++ b/dvc/cli/parser.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from dvc.commands import (
     init,
     install,
     ls,
+    ls_url,
     machine,
     metrics,
     move,
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ COMMANDS = [
     install,
     root,
     ls,
+    ls_url,
     freeze,
     dag,
     daemon,
diff --git a/dvc/commands/ls_url.py b/dvc/commands/ls_url.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49405d043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dvc/commands/ls_url.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import argparse
+import logging
+
+from dvc.cli.command import CmdBaseNoRepo
+from dvc.cli.utils import append_doc_link
+from dvc.exceptions import DvcException
+from dvc.ui import ui
+
+from .ls import _prettify
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class CmdListUrl(CmdBaseNoRepo):
+    def run(self):
+        from dvc.repo import Repo
+
+        try:
+            entries = Repo.ls_url(self.args.url)
+            if entries:
+                entries = _prettify(entries, with_color=True)
+                ui.write("\n".join(entries))
+            return 0
+        except DvcException:
+            logger.exception("failed to list '%s'", self.args.url)
+            return 1
+
+
+def add_parser(subparsers, parent_parser):
+    LS_HELP = "List directory contents from URL."
+    get_parser = subparsers.add_parser(
+        "list-url",
+        aliases=["ls-url"],
+        parents=[parent_parser],
+        description=append_doc_link(LS_HELP, "ls-url"),
+        help=LS_HELP,
+        formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
+    )
+    get_parser.add_argument(
+        "url", help="See `dvc import-url -h` for full list of supported URLs."
+    )
+    get_parser.set_defaults(func=CmdListUrl)
diff --git a/dvc/exceptions.py b/dvc/exceptions.py
index b85ef8e0a..2168e2697 100644
--- a/dvc/exceptions.py
+++ b/dvc/exceptions.py
@@ -278,6 +278,11 @@ class PathMissingError(DvcException):
         self.dvc_only = dvc_only
 
 
+class URLMissingError(DvcException):
+    def __init__(self, url):
+        super().__init__(f"The path '{url}' does not exist.")
+
+
 class RemoteCacheRequiredError(DvcException):
     def __init__(self, scheme, fs_path):
 
diff --git a/dvc/repo/__init__.py b/dvc/repo/__init__.py
index 520a575c0..86e8a4a46 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/__init__.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/__init__.py
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class Repo:
     from dvc.repo.imp_url import imp_url  # type: ignore[misc]
     from dvc.repo.install import install  # type: ignore[misc]
     from dvc.repo.ls import ls as _ls  # type: ignore[misc]
+    from dvc.repo.ls_url import ls_url as _ls_url  # type: ignore[misc]
     from dvc.repo.move import move  # type: ignore[misc]
     from dvc.repo.pull import pull  # type: ignore[misc]
     from dvc.repo.push import push  # type: ignore[misc]
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ class Repo:
     from .data import status as data_status  # type: ignore[misc]
 
     ls = staticmethod(_ls)
+    ls_url = staticmethod(_ls_url)
     get = staticmethod(_get)
     get_url = staticmethod(_get_url)
 
diff --git a/dvc/repo/ls_url.py b/dvc/repo/ls_url.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..affc16266
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dvc/repo/ls_url.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+from dvc.exceptions import URLMissingError
+from dvc.output import Output
+
+
+def ls_url(url):
+    out = Output(None, url)
+    fs, fs_path = out.fs, out.fs_path
+
+    try:
+        info = fs.info(fs_path)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        raise URLMissingError(url)
+    if info["type"] != "directory":
+        return [{"path": info["name"], "isdir": False}]
+
+    infos = fs.ls(fs_path, detail=True)
+    ret = []
+    for info in infos:
+        ls_info = {
+            "path": fs.path.relpath(info["name"], fs_path),
+            "isdir": info["type"] == "directory",
+        }
+        ret.append(ls_info)
+    return ret
diff --git a/tests/func/test_ls_url.py b/tests/func/test_ls_url.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57a665d0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/func/test_ls_url.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import os
+
+import pytest
+
+from dvc.exceptions import URLMissingError
+from dvc.repo import Repo
+
+
+def match_files(entries, expected):
+    entries_content = {(d["path"], d["isdir"]) for d in entries}
+    expected_content = {(d["path"], d["isdir"]) for d in expected}
+    assert entries_content == expected_content
+
+
+def test_file(tmp_dir):
+    tmp_dir.gen({"foo": "foo contents"})
+
+    result = Repo.ls_url("foo")
+    match_files(result, [{"path": os.path.abspath("foo"), "isdir": False}])
+
+
+def test_dir(tmp_dir):
+    tmp_dir.gen({"dir/foo": "foo contents", "dir/subdir/bar": "bar contents"})
+
+    result = Repo.ls_url("dir")
+    match_files(
+        result,
+        [{"path": "foo", "isdir": False}, {"path": "subdir", "isdir": True}],
+    )
+
+
+def test_nonexistent(tmp_dir):
+    with pytest.raises(URLMissingError):
+        Repo.ls_url("nonexistent")
diff --git a/tests/unit/command/test_ls_url.py b/tests/unit/command/test_ls_url.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff1aba241
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/command/test_ls_url.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from dvc.cli import parse_args
+from dvc.commands.ls_url import CmdListUrl
+
+
+def test_ls_url(mocker):
+    cli_args = parse_args(["ls-url", "src"])
+    assert cli_args.func == CmdListUrl
+
+    cmd = cli_args.func(cli_args)
+    m = mocker.patch("dvc.repo.Repo.ls_url", autospec=True)
+
+    assert cmd.run() == 0
+
+    m.assert_called_once_with("src")