diff --git a/src/System.CommandLine.Tests/Binding/TypeConversionTests.cs b/src/System.CommandLine.Tests/Binding/TypeConversionTests.cs
index 454942a873..efbe793a8f 100644
--- a/src/System.CommandLine.Tests/Binding/TypeConversionTests.cs
+++ b/src/System.CommandLine.Tests/Binding/TypeConversionTests.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,21 @@ protected T GetValue<T>(Argument<T> argument, string commandLine)
             return result.GetValue(argument);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void Option_argument_of_DirectoryInfo_can_be_bound_without_custom_conversion_logic()
+        {
+            var option = new Option<DirectoryInfo>("--dir");
+
+            var dir = new DirectoryInfo(Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "temp"));
+
+            var result = new RootCommand { option }.Parse($"--dir {dir.FullName}");
+
+            result.GetValue(option)
+                  .FullName
+                  .Should()
+                  .Be(dir.FullName);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void Option_argument_of_FileInfo_can_be_bound_without_custom_conversion_logic()
         {
@@ -34,7 +49,9 @@ public void Option_argument_of_FileInfo_can_be_bound_without_custom_conversion_l
 
             var file = new FileInfo(Path.Combine(new DirectoryInfo("temp").FullName, "the-file.txt"));
 
-            GetValue(option, $"--file {file.FullName}")
+            var result = new RootCommand { option }.Parse($"--file {file.FullName}");
+
+            result.GetValue(option)
                   .Name
                   .Should()
                   .Be("the-file.txt");
@@ -107,6 +124,20 @@ public void Argument_of_array_of_FileInfo_can_be_called_without_custom_conversio
                 .BeEquivalentTo("file1.txt", "file2.txt");
         }
 
+        [Fact] // https://github.com/dotnet/command-line-api/issues/2574
+        public void Option_argument_of_Uri_can_be_bound_without_custom_conversion_logic()
+        {
+            var option = new Option<Uri>("--file");
+
+            var uri = new Uri("https://example.com");
+
+            var result = new RootCommand { option }.Parse($"--file {uri}");
+
+            result.GetValue(option)
+                  .Should()
+                  .Be(uri);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void Argument_defaults_arity_to_One_for_non_IEnumerable_types()
         {
@@ -419,44 +450,6 @@ public void A_default_value_of_a_non_string_type_can_be_specified()
                    .Be(123);
         }
 
-        [Fact]
-        public void A_default_value_with_a_custom_constructor_can_be_specified_for_an_option_argument()
-        {
-            var directoryInfo = new DirectoryInfo(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory());
-
-            var option = new Option<DirectoryInfo>("-x") { DefaultValueFactory = (_) => directoryInfo };
-
-            var command = new Command("something")
-            {
-                option
-            };
-
-            var result = command.Parse("something");
-
-            result.GetValue(option).Should().Be(directoryInfo);
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void A_default_value_with_a_custom_constructor_can_be_specified_for_a_command_argument()
-        {
-            var directoryInfo = new DirectoryInfo(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory());
-
-            var argument = new Argument<DirectoryInfo>("the-arg") { DefaultValueFactory = (_) => directoryInfo };
-
-            var command = new Command("something")
-            {
-                argument
-            };
-
-            var result = command.Parse("something");
-
-            result.Errors.Should().BeEmpty();
-
-            var value = result.GetValue(argument);
-
-            value.Should().Be(directoryInfo);
-        }
-
         [Fact]
         public void Specifying_an_option_argument_overrides_the_default_value()
         {
@@ -474,7 +467,6 @@ public void Specifying_an_option_argument_overrides_the_default_value()
             value.Should().Be(456);
         }
 
-
         [Fact]
         public void Values_can_be_correctly_converted_to_DateTime_without_the_parser_specifying_a_custom_converter()
         {
diff --git a/src/System.CommandLine/Binding/ArgumentConverter.StringConverters.cs b/src/System.CommandLine/Binding/ArgumentConverter.StringConverters.cs
index 4a48afbb34..52e1575987 100644
--- a/src/System.CommandLine/Binding/ArgumentConverter.StringConverters.cs
+++ b/src/System.CommandLine/Binding/ArgumentConverter.StringConverters.cs
@@ -286,5 +286,17 @@ private static Dictionary<Type, TryConvertString> StringConverters
             value = default;
             return false;
         },
+
+        [typeof(Uri)] = (string input, out object? value) =>
+        {
+            if (Uri.TryCreate(input, UriKind.Absolute, out var uri))
+            {
+                value = uri;
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            value = default;
+            return false;
+        },
     };
 }
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