--- xdg-utils-1.0.2/scripts/xdg-open.x
+++ xdg-utils-1.0.2/scripts/xdg-open
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
 if [ x"$DE" = x"" ]; then
     # if BROWSER variable is not set, check some well known browsers instead
     if [ x"$BROWSER" = x"" ]; then
-        BROWSER=firefox:mozilla:netscape
+        BROWSER=firefox:google-chrome:mozilla:netscape
     fi
     DE=generic
 fi