diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 7fddce7..45c0a87 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ int startup_notification = False;
 /* monitor to display notifications on */
 int monitor = 0;
 
+/* path to dmenu */
+char *dmenu = "/usr/bin/dmenu";
+
+char *browser = "/usr/bin/firefox";
+
 /* follow focus to different monitor and display notifications there?
  * possible values:
  * FOLLOW_NONE
@@ -60,6 +65,9 @@ keyboard_shortcut close_all_ks = {.str = "none",
 keyboard_shortcut history_ks = {.str = "none",
                        .code = 0, .sym = NoSymbol,.is_valid = False}; /* ignore this */
 
+keyboard_shortcut context_ks = {.str = "none",
+                       .code = 0, .sym = NoSymbol,.is_valid = False}; /* ignore this */
+
 rule_t default_rules[] = {
      /* name can be any unique string. It is used to identify the rule in dunstrc to override it there */
 
diff --git a/dunst.c b/dunst.c
index bdd9255..350bcc1 100644
--- a/dunst.c
+++ b/dunst.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ void hide_win(void);
 void move_all_to_history(void);
 void print_version(void);
 str_array *extract_urls(const char *str);
+void context_menu(void);
 
 void r_line_cache_init(r_line_cache *c);
 void r_line_cache_append(r_line_cache *c, const char *s, ColorSet *col, bool continues);
@@ -153,6 +154,57 @@ str_array *extract_urls( const char * to_match)
     return urls;
 }
 
+void context_menu(void) {
+        char *dmenu_input = NULL;
+
+        n_queue *iter = displayed;
+
+        while (iter) {
+                for (int i = 0; i < iter->n->urls->count; i++) {
+                        dmenu_input = string_append(dmenu_input,
+                                        (iter->n->urls->strs)[i], "\n");
+                }
+                iter = iter->next;
+        }
+
+        int child_io[2];
+        int parent_io[2];
+        pipe(child_io);
+        pipe(parent_io);
+        int pid = fork();
+
+    if (pid == 0) {
+        close(child_io[1]);
+        close(parent_io[0]);
+        close(0);
+        dup(child_io[0]);
+        close(1);
+        dup(parent_io[1]);
+        execlp(dmenu, dmenu, (char *) NULL);
+    } else {
+        close(child_io[0]);
+        close(parent_io[1]);
+        write(child_io[1], dmenu_input, strlen(dmenu_input));
+        close(child_io[1]);
+
+        char buf[1024];
+        size_t len = read(parent_io[0], buf, 1023);
+        if (len == 0)
+            return;
+        buf[len - 1] = '\0';
+    }
+
+    close(child_io[1]);
+
+    int browser_pid = fork();
+
+    if (browser_pid == 0) {
+            execlp(browser, browser, (char *) NULL);
+    } else {
+            return;
+    }
+}
+
 void pause_signal_handler(int sig)
 {
         if (sig == SIGUSR1) {
@@ -812,6 +864,11 @@ void handleXEvents(void)
                             && close_all_ks.mask == ev.xkey.state) {
                                 move_all_to_history();
                         }
+                        if (context_ks.str
+                            && XLookupKeysym(&ev.xkey, 0) == context_ks.sym
+                            && context_ks.mask == ev.xkey.state) {
+                                context_menu();
+                        }
                 }
         }
 }
@@ -1149,6 +1206,7 @@ void hide_win()
 {
         ungrab_key(&close_ks);
         ungrab_key(&close_all_ks);
+        ungrab_key(&context_ks);
 
         XUngrabButton(dc->dpy, AnyButton, AnyModifier, win);
         XUnmapWindow(dc->dpy, win);
@@ -1264,6 +1322,7 @@ void setup(void)
         init_shortcut(&close_ks);
         init_shortcut(&close_all_ks);
         init_shortcut(&history_ks);
+        init_shortcut(&context_ks);
 
         grab_key(&close_ks);
         ungrab_key(&close_ks);
@@ -1271,6 +1330,8 @@ void setup(void)
         ungrab_key(&close_all_ks);
         grab_key(&history_ks);
         ungrab_key(&history_ks);
+        grab_key(&context_ks);
+        ungrab_key(&context_ks);
 
         colors[LOW] = initcolor(dc, lowfgcolor, lowbgcolor);
         colors[NORM] = initcolor(dc, normfgcolor, normbgcolor);
@@ -1344,6 +1405,7 @@ void map_win(void)
 
         grab_key(&close_ks);
         grab_key(&close_all_ks);
+        grab_key(&context_ks);
         setup_error_handler();
         XGrabButton(dc->dpy, AnyButton, AnyModifier, win, false,
                     BUTTONMASK, GrabModeAsync, GrabModeSync, None, None);
@@ -1498,6 +1560,10 @@ void load_options(char *cmdline_config_path)
         startup_notification = option_get_bool("global", "startup_notification",
                         "-startup_notification", false, "print notification on startup");
 
+
+        dmenu = option_get_string("global", "dmenu", "-dmenu", dmenu, "path to dmenu");
+        browser = option_get_string("global", "browser", "-browser", browser, "path to browser");
+
         lowbgcolor =
             option_get_string("urgency_low", "background", "-lb", lowbgcolor,
                               "Background color for notifcations with low urgency");
@@ -1543,6 +1609,11 @@ void load_options(char *cmdline_config_path)
                               history_ks.str,
                               "Shortcut to pop the last notification from history");
 
+        context_ks.str =
+                option_get_string("shortcuts", "context", "-context_key",
+                                context_ks.str,
+                                "Shortcut for context menu");
+
         print_notifications =
             cmdline_get_bool("-print", false,
                              "Print notifications to cmdline (DEBUG)");
diff --git a/dunstrc b/dunstrc
index 6797c8a..311df0d 100644
--- a/dunstrc
+++ b/dunstrc
@@ -94,6 +94,13 @@
     # automatically after a crash.
     startup_notification = false
 
+    # dmenu path
+    dmenu = "/usr/bin/dmenu"
+
+    # browser for opening urls in context menu
+    browser = /usr/bin/firefox
+
+
 [shortcuts]
     # shortcuts are specified as [modifier+][modifier+]...key
     # available modifiers are 'ctrl', 'mod1' (the alt-key), 'mod2', 'mod3'
@@ -110,6 +117,9 @@
     # On the US keyboard layout 'grave' is normally above TAB and left of '1'.
     history = ctrl+grave
 
+    # context menu
+    context = ctrl+shift+period
+
 [urgency_low]
     # IMPORTANT: colors have to be defined in quotation marks.
     # Otherwise the '#' and following  would be interpreted as a comment.
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index ef1b133..90f7026 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -46,6 +48,22 @@ char *string_replace(const char *needle, const char *replacement,
         return tmp;
 }
 
+char *string_append(char *a, const char *b, const char *sep)
+{
+        if (!a)
+                return strdup(b);
+
+        char *new;
+        if (!sep)
+                asprintf(&new, "%s%s", a, b);
+        else
+                asprintf(&new, "%s%s%s", a, sep, b);
+        free(a);
+
+        return new;
+
+}
+
 int digit_count(int i)
 {
         int len = 0;
diff --git a/utils.h b/utils.h
index 3d3774f..ab1e8d6 100644
--- a/utils.h
+++ b/utils.h
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ char *lskip(char *str);
 char *string_replace(const char *needle, const char *replacement,
                      char *haystack);
 
+char *string_append(char *a, const char *b, const char *sep);
+
 /* exit with an error message */
 void die(char *msg, int exit_value);