diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4f1d23ac..89348d3c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ dillo-3.2.0 [Not released yet]
  - Reload current page on SIGUSR1 signal
  - Print library versions and enabled features with dillo -v.
  - Allow image formats to be ignored with the "ignore_image_formats" option.
+ - Add the "link_action" option to define custom menu entries to open links
+   with external programs or scripts.
    Patches: Rodrigo Arias Mallo
 +- Add primitive support for SVG using the nanosvg.h library.
  - Add support for ch, rem, vw, vh, vmin and vmax CSS units.
diff --git a/dillorc b/dillorc
index 88afe11a..484185c2 100644
--- a/dillorc
+++ b/dillorc
@@ -64,6 +64,17 @@
 # jump to a given position.
 #scrollbar_page_mode=NO
 
+# Define custom actions for the link menu. The format is <label>:<cmd>. The
+# command will be executed in the system shell using the system() call. You can
+# implement your own handling logic in a script or program. The following
+# environment variables are set:
+#   $url:    URL being opened
+#   $origin: URL of the current document
+# Examples:
+# link_action="Debug variables:echo url=$url origin=$origin"
+# link_action="Open in MPV:mpv $url"
+# link_action="Open in Firefox:firefox $url"
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #                           RENDERING SECTION
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index b2c7e28a..225a364a 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ dillo_SOURCES = \
 	bw.c \
 	cookies.c \
 	cookies.h \
+	actions.c \
+	actions.h \
 	hsts.c \
 	hsts.h \
 	auth.c \
diff --git a/src/actions.c b/src/actions.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e197615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/actions.c
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * File: actions.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Rodrigo Arias Mallo <rodarima@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#include "actions.h"
+#include "msg.h"
+#include "../dlib/dlib.h"
+#include <errno.h>
+
+static Dlist *link_actions = NULL;
+
+void
+action_parse(char *line)
+{
+   char *label = strtok(line, ":");
+
+   if (label == NULL || strlen(label) == 0) {
+      MSG("Missing action label, ignoring '%s'\n", line);
+      return;
+   }
+
+   //MSG("Got label='%s'\n", label);
+
+   char *cmd = strtok(NULL, "");
+
+   if (cmd == NULL || strlen(cmd) == 0) {
+      MSG("Missing action command, ignoring '%s'\n", line);
+      return;
+   }
+
+   //MSG("Got action label='%s' cmd='%s'\n", label, cmd);
+
+   Action *action = dMalloc(sizeof(Action));
+   action->label = dStrdup(label);
+   action->cmd = dStrdup(cmd);
+
+   dList_append(link_actions, action);
+}
+
+void
+a_Actions_init(void)
+{
+   int n = dList_length(prefs.link_actions);
+
+   link_actions = dList_new(n);
+
+   for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+      char *line = dList_nth_data(prefs.link_actions, i);
+      if (line)
+         action_parse(line);
+   }
+}
+
+Dlist *
+a_Actions_link_get(void)
+{
+   return link_actions;
+}
diff --git a/src/actions.h b/src/actions.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5319bea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/actions.h
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * File: actions.h
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Rodrigo Arias Mallo <rodarima@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ACTIONS_H
+#define ACTIONS_H
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+
+#include "dlib/dlib.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+   char *label;
+   char *cmd;
+} Action;
+
+void a_Actions_init(void);
+Dlist *a_Actions_link_get(void);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+#endif /* ACTIONS_H*/
diff --git a/src/dillo.cc b/src/dillo.cc
index 2a65e12c..405f4c3e 100644
--- a/src/dillo.cc
+++ b/src/dillo.cc
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #include "capi.h"
 #include "dicache.h"
 #include "cookies.h"
+#include "actions.h"
 #include "hsts.h"
 #include "domain.h"
 #include "auth.h"
@@ -489,6 +490,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
    a_Dicache_init();
    a_Bw_init();
    a_Cookies_init();
+   a_Actions_init();
    a_Hsts_init(Paths::getPrefsFP(PATHS_HSTS_PRELOAD));
    a_Auth_init();
    a_UIcmd_init();
diff --git a/src/html.cc b/src/html.cc
index 1c5a08f4..69b495d6 100644
--- a/src/html.cc
+++ b/src/html.cc
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ bool DilloHtml::HtmlLinkReceiver::press (Widget *widget, int link, int img,
             a_UIcmd_page_popup(bw, bw->num_page_bugs != 0, html->cssUrls);
             ret = true;
          } else {
-            a_UIcmd_link_popup(bw, html->links->get(link));
+            a_UIcmd_link_popup(bw, html->links->get(link), html->page_url);
             ret = true;
          }
       }
diff --git a/src/menu.cc b/src/menu.cc
index 7cea24a7..3cdc2f77 100644
--- a/src/menu.cc
+++ b/src/menu.cc
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@
 #include <FL/Fl.H>
 #include <FL/Fl_Menu_Item.H>
 
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include "lout/misc.hh"    /* SimpleVector */
 #include "msg.h"
 #include "menu.hh"
+#include "actions.h"
 #include "uicmd.hh"
 #include "history.h"
 #include "html.hh"
@@ -430,30 +433,123 @@ void a_Menu_page_popup(BrowserWindow *bw, const DilloUrl *url,
    a_Timeout_add(0.0, Menu_popup_cb, (void*)&page_data);
 }
 
-static Fl_Menu_Item link_menu[] = {
+static Fl_Menu_Item link_menu_[] = {
    {"Open link in new tab", 0, Menu_open_url_nt_cb,0,0,0,0,0,0},
    {"Open link in new window", 0, Menu_open_url_nw_cb,0,FL_MENU_DIVIDER,0,0,
     0,0},
    {"Bookmark this link", 0, Menu_add_bookmark_cb,0,0,0,0,0,0},
    {"Copy link location", 0, Menu_copy_urlstr_cb,0,FL_MENU_DIVIDER,0,0,0,0},
-   {"Save link as...", 0, Menu_save_link_cb,0,0,0,0,0,0},
+   {"Save link as...", 0, Menu_save_link_cb,0,FL_MENU_DIVIDER,0,0,0,0},
    {0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0}
 };
 
-static void Menu_set_link_menu_user_data(void *user_data)
+/* As we can only provide a pointer to the link menu items, we need to
+ * create an auxiliary structure to hold the current URL and the program
+ * that should run on each item. */
+struct link_menu_item {
+   const DilloUrl *url;
+   const DilloUrl *origin;
+   Action *action;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Open URL following a custom action
+ */
+static void Menu_open_url_action_cb(Fl_Widget*, void *user_data)
+{
+   /* Don't use popup_url because it is used for the image URL when coming from
+    * the image menu. We should get rid of the global variables and pass them
+    * via the user_data. */
+
+   struct link_menu_item *mitem = (struct link_menu_item *) user_data;
+   const DilloUrl *url = mitem->url;
+   const DilloUrl *origin = mitem->origin;
+   Action *action = mitem->action;
+
+   /* Set the environment variables */
+   setenv("url", URL_STR(url), 1);
+   setenv("origin", URL_STR(origin), 1);
+
+   if (fork() == 0) {
+      /* Child */
+      errno = 0;
+      int ret = system(action->cmd);
+      if (ret == -1) {
+         MSG("Cannot run '%s': %s\n", action->cmd, strerror(errno));
+         exit(1);
+      } else if (ret != 0) {
+         MSG("Command exited with '%d': %s\n", ret, action->cmd);
+         exit(1);
+      } else {
+         /* All good, terminate the child */
+         exit(0);
+      }
+   }
+}
+
+static Fl_Menu_Item *get_link_menu(void)
 {
-   int i;
+   static Fl_Menu_Item *link_menu = NULL;
+   static struct link_menu_item *link_menu_item = NULL;
+
+   /* Already initialized */
+   if (link_menu != NULL)
+      return link_menu;
 
-   for (i = 0; link_menu[i].label(); i++)
-      link_menu[i].user_data(user_data);
+   Dlist *actions = a_Actions_link_get();
+   int nactions = dList_length(actions);
+
+   /* Count static menu entries */
+   int nstatic = 0;
+   while (link_menu_[nstatic].text)
+      nstatic++;
+
+   int ntotal = nstatic + nactions;
+   link_menu = (Fl_Menu_Item *) calloc(ntotal + 1, sizeof(Fl_Menu_Item));
+   link_menu_item = (struct link_menu_item *) calloc(nactions, sizeof(struct link_menu_item));
+
+   /* Just copy the static entries */
+   for (int i = 0; i < nstatic; i++) {
+      memcpy(&link_menu[i], &link_menu_[i], sizeof(Fl_Menu_Item));
+   }
+
+   /* And append the dynamic ones */
+   for (int i = 0; i < nactions; i++) {
+      Action *action = (Action *) dList_nth_data(actions, i);
+      struct link_menu_item *mitem = &link_menu_item[i];
+      mitem->url = NULL; /* Not known yet */
+      mitem->action = action;
+
+      Fl_Menu_Item *item = &link_menu[nstatic + i];
+      item->text = action->label;
+      item->callback_ = Menu_open_url_action_cb;
+      item->user_data_ = mitem;
+   }
+
+   return link_menu;
+}
+
+static void Menu_set_link_menu_user_data(const DilloUrl *url, const DilloUrl *page_url)
+{
+   Fl_Menu_Item *link_menu = get_link_menu();
+   for (int i = 0; link_menu[i].label(); i++) {
+      if (link_menu[i].callback_ == Menu_open_url_action_cb) {
+         struct link_menu_item *mitem = (struct link_menu_item *) link_menu[i].user_data_;
+         /* Set the url and origin */
+         mitem->url = url;
+         mitem->origin = page_url;
+      } else {
+         link_menu[i].user_data_ = (void *) url;
+      }
+   }
 }
 
 /**
  * Link popup menu (construction & popup)
  */
-void a_Menu_link_popup(BrowserWindow *bw, const DilloUrl *url)
+void a_Menu_link_popup(BrowserWindow *bw, const DilloUrl *url, const DilloUrl *page_url)
 {
-   static Menu_popup_data_t link_data = {"Link menu", NULL, link_menu};
+   static Menu_popup_data_t link_data = {"Link menu", NULL, NULL};
 
    popup_x = Fl::event_x();
    popup_y = Fl::event_y();
@@ -461,7 +557,10 @@ void a_Menu_link_popup(BrowserWindow *bw, const DilloUrl *url)
    a_Url_free(popup_url);
    popup_url = a_Url_dup(url);
 
-   Menu_set_link_menu_user_data(popup_url);
+   Fl_Menu_Item *link_menu = get_link_menu();
+   link_data.menu = link_menu;
+
+   Menu_set_link_menu_user_data(popup_url, page_url);
 
    a_Timeout_add(0.0, Menu_popup_cb, (void*)&link_data);
 }
@@ -484,7 +583,7 @@ void a_Menu_image_popup(BrowserWindow *bw, const DilloUrl *url,
       {"Bookmark this image", 0, Menu_add_bookmark_cb,0,0,0,0,0,0},
       {"Copy image location", 0,Menu_copy_urlstr_cb,0,FL_MENU_DIVIDER,0,0,0,0},
       {"Save image as...", 0, Menu_save_link_cb, 0, FL_MENU_DIVIDER,0,0,0,0},
-      {"Link menu", 0, Menu_nop_cb, link_menu, FL_SUBMENU_POINTER,0,0,0,0},
+      {"Link menu", 0, Menu_nop_cb, get_link_menu(), FL_SUBMENU_POINTER,0,0,0,0},
       {0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0}
    };
    static Menu_popup_data_t image_data = {"Image menu", NULL, pm};
@@ -517,7 +616,7 @@ void a_Menu_image_popup(BrowserWindow *bw, const DilloUrl *url,
 
    if (link_url) {
       pm[7].activate();
-      Menu_set_link_menu_user_data(popup_link_url);
+      Menu_set_link_menu_user_data(popup_link_url, popup_page_url);
    } else {
       pm[7].deactivate();
    }
diff --git a/src/menu.hh b/src/menu.hh
index a8170e89..60d230a4 100644
--- a/src/menu.hh
+++ b/src/menu.hh
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
 void a_Menu_page_popup(BrowserWindow *bw, const DilloUrl *url,
                        bool_t has_bugs, void *v_cssUrls);
-void a_Menu_link_popup(BrowserWindow *bw, const DilloUrl *url);
+void a_Menu_link_popup(BrowserWindow *bw, const DilloUrl *url,
+                       const DilloUrl *page_url);
 void a_Menu_image_popup(BrowserWindow *bw, const DilloUrl *url,
                         bool_t loaded_img, DilloUrl *page_url,
                         DilloUrl *link_url);
diff --git a/src/prefs.c b/src/prefs.c
index 4a68e4c9..a57c792c 100644
--- a/src/prefs.c
+++ b/src/prefs.c
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ void a_Prefs_init(void)
    prefs.scroll_switches_tabs = TRUE;
    prefs.scroll_switches_tabs_reverse = FALSE;
    prefs.no_proxy = dStrdup(PREFS_NO_PROXY);
+   prefs.link_actions = dList_new(16);
    prefs.panel_size = P_medium;
    prefs.parse_embedded_css=TRUE;
    prefs.save_dir = dStrdup(PREFS_SAVE_DIR);
diff --git a/src/prefs.h b/src/prefs.h
index 03bc1e56..0027e53c 100644
--- a/src/prefs.h
+++ b/src/prefs.h
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ typedef struct {
    int penalty_hyphen, penalty_hyphen_2;
    int penalty_em_dash_left, penalty_em_dash_right, penalty_em_dash_right_2;
    int stretchability_factor;
+   Dlist *link_actions;
 } DilloPrefs;
 
 /** Global Data */
diff --git a/src/prefsparser.cc b/src/prefsparser.cc
index ee1d9d02..b5ab1b17 100644
--- a/src/prefsparser.cc
+++ b/src/prefsparser.cc
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ void PrefsParser::parse(FILE *fp)
         PREFS_FRACTION_100, 0 },
       { "stretchability_factor", &prefs.stretchability_factor,
         PREFS_FRACTION_100, 0 },
+      { "link_action", &prefs.link_actions, PREFS_STRINGS, 0 },
       { "zoom_factor", &prefs.zoom_factor, PREFS_DOUBLE, 0 }
    };
    // changing the LC_NUMERIC locale (temporarily) to C
diff --git a/src/uicmd.cc b/src/uicmd.cc
index 18ac2ff1..273bcb9f 100644
--- a/src/uicmd.cc
+++ b/src/uicmd.cc
@@ -1269,9 +1269,9 @@ void a_UIcmd_page_popup(void *vbw, bool_t has_bugs, void *v_cssUrls)
 /*
  * Popup the link menu
  */
-void a_UIcmd_link_popup(void *vbw, const DilloUrl *url)
+void a_UIcmd_link_popup(void *vbw, const DilloUrl *url, const DilloUrl *page_url)
 {
-   a_Menu_link_popup((BrowserWindow*)vbw, url);
+   a_Menu_link_popup((BrowserWindow*)vbw, url, page_url);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/uicmd.hh b/src/uicmd.hh
index f75d9a48..fe72486a 100644
--- a/src/uicmd.hh
+++ b/src/uicmd.hh
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void a_UIcmd_findbar_toggle(BrowserWindow *bw, int on);
 void a_UIcmd_focus_main_area(BrowserWindow *bw);
 void a_UIcmd_focus_location(void *vbw);
 void a_UIcmd_page_popup(void *vbw, bool_t has_bugs, void *v_cssUrls);
-void a_UIcmd_link_popup(void *vbw, const DilloUrl *url);
+void a_UIcmd_link_popup(void *vbw, const DilloUrl *url, const DilloUrl *page_url);
 void a_UIcmd_image_popup(void *vbw, const DilloUrl *url, bool_t loaded_img,
                          DilloUrl *page_url, DilloUrl *link_url);
 void a_UIcmd_form_popup(void *vbw, const DilloUrl *url, void *vform,