diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d90ec0f08..0c88e559e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -562,6 +562,12 @@ $udisks_mount \
 $eeze_mount \
 $device_backend"
 
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(E_OPEN, [
+  ecore >= 1.2.0
+  efreet >= 1.2.0
+  efreet-mime >= 1.2.0
+])
+
 AC_E_CHECK_PKG(ECORE_IMF, [ ecore-imf >= 1.2.0 ecore-imf-evas >= 1.2.0 ], [], [:])
 
 e_libs=$E_LIBS" "$LIBINTL" "$fnmatch_libs" "$ECORE_IMF_LIBS" "$execinfo_libs
diff --git a/src/bin/Makefile.am b/src/bin/Makefile.am
index 0e2632b44..cfc36092e 100644
--- a/src/bin/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/bin/Makefile.am
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ bin_PROGRAMS = \
 enlightenment \
 enlightenment_imc \
 enlightenment_start \
-enlightenment_filemanager
+enlightenment_filemanager \
+enlightenment_open
 
 internal_bindir = $(libdir)/enlightenment/utils
 internal_bin_PROGRAMS = \
@@ -411,6 +412,10 @@ enlightenment_filemanager_SOURCES = e_fm_cmdline.c
 enlightenment_filemanager_LDADD = @E_FM_CMDLINE_LIBS@
 enlightenment_filemanager_CFLAGS = @E_FM_CMDLINE_CFLAGS@
 
+enlightenment_open_SOURCES = e_open.c
+enlightenment_open_LDADD = @E_OPEN_LIBS@
+enlightenment_open_CFLAGS = @E_OPEN_CFLAGS@
+
 # HACK! why install-data-hook? install-exec-hook is run after bin_PROGRAMS
 # and before internal_bin_PROGRAMS are installed. install-data-hook is
 # run after both
diff --git a/src/bin/e_open.c b/src/bin/e_open.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..370ac8873
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/e_open.c
@@ -0,0 +1,496 @@
+# ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#  include "config.h"
+# endif
+
+#include <Ecore_Getopt.h>
+#include <Efreet.h>
+#include <Efreet_Mime.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+static const char *
+xdg_defaults_get(const char *path, const char *mime)
+{
+   Efreet_Ini *ini;
+   const char *str;
+
+   if (access(path, R_OK) != 0)
+     return NULL;
+
+   ini = efreet_ini_new(path);
+   if (!ini)
+     return NULL;
+
+   efreet_ini_section_set(ini, "Default Applications");
+   str = eina_stringshare_add(efreet_ini_string_get(ini, mime));
+   efreet_ini_free(ini);
+
+   return str;
+}
+
+static Efreet_Desktop *
+xdg_desktop_from_string_list(const char *strlist)
+{
+   Efreet_Desktop *desktop = NULL;
+   char **array = eina_str_split(strlist, ";", 0);
+   unsigned int i;
+
+   if (!array)
+     return NULL;
+
+   for (i = 0; array[i] != NULL; i++)
+     {
+        const char *name = array[i];
+        if (name[0] == '/')
+          desktop = efreet_desktop_new(name);
+        else
+          desktop = efreet_util_desktop_file_id_find(name);
+
+        if (desktop)
+          {
+             if (desktop->exec) break;
+             else
+               {
+                  efreet_desktop_free(desktop);
+                  desktop = NULL;
+               }
+          }
+     }
+
+   free(array[0]);
+   free(array);
+
+   return desktop;
+}
+
+static Efreet_Desktop *
+desktop_first_free_others(Eina_List *lst)
+{
+   Efreet_Desktop *desktop, *d;
+   if (!lst)
+     return NULL;
+
+   desktop = lst->data;
+   efreet_desktop_ref(desktop);
+
+   EINA_LIST_FREE(lst, d)
+     efreet_desktop_free(d);
+
+   return desktop;
+}
+
+static Efreet_Desktop *
+handler_find(const char *mime)
+{
+   Efreet_Desktop *desktop = NULL;
+   char path[PATH_MAX];
+   const char *name;
+
+   snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/applications/defaults.list",
+            efreet_data_home_get());
+   name = xdg_defaults_get(path, mime);
+   if (!name)
+     {
+        const Eina_List *n, *dirs = efreet_data_dirs_get();
+        const char *d;
+        EINA_LIST_FOREACH(dirs, n, d)
+          {
+             snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/applications/defaults.list", d);
+             name = xdg_defaults_get(path, mime);
+             if (name)
+               break;
+          }
+     }
+
+   if (name)
+     {
+        desktop = xdg_desktop_from_string_list(name);
+        eina_stringshare_del(name);
+     }
+
+   if (!desktop)
+     desktop = desktop_first_free_others(efreet_util_desktop_mime_list(mime));
+
+   return desktop;
+}
+
+static void *
+get_command(void *data, Efreet_Desktop *desktop __UNUSED__, char *command, int remaining __UNUSED__)
+{
+   Eina_List **p_cmd = data;
+   *p_cmd = eina_list_append(*p_cmd, command);
+   return NULL;
+}
+
+static char **
+mime_open(const char *mime, const char * const *argv, int argc)
+{
+   Efreet_Desktop *desktop = handler_find(mime);
+   Eina_List *files = NULL;
+   Eina_List *cmds = NULL;
+   char **ret;
+
+   if (!desktop)
+     return NULL;
+
+   for (; argc > 0; argc--, argv++)
+     files = eina_list_append(files, *argv);
+
+   efreet_desktop_command_get(desktop, files, get_command, &cmds);
+
+   if (!cmds) ret = NULL;
+   else
+     {
+        char *c;
+
+        ret = calloc(eina_list_count(cmds) + 1, sizeof(char *));
+        if (ret)
+          {
+             unsigned int i = 0;
+             EINA_LIST_FREE(cmds, c)
+               {
+                  ret[i] = c; /* was strdup by efreet_desktop_command_get() */
+                  i++;
+               }
+             ret[i] = NULL;
+          }
+        else
+          {
+             EINA_LIST_FREE(cmds, c)
+               free(c);
+          }
+     }
+
+   eina_list_free(files);
+
+   return ret;
+}
+
+static void
+append_single_quote_escaped(Eina_Strbuf *b, const char *str)
+{
+   const char *itr = str;
+   for (; *itr != '\0'; itr++)
+     {
+        if (*itr != '\'')
+          eina_strbuf_append_char(b, *itr);
+        else
+          eina_strbuf_append(b, "\\'");
+     }
+}
+
+static char **
+single_command_open(const char *command, const char * const *argv, int argc)
+{
+   char **ret = calloc(2, sizeof(char *));
+   Eina_Strbuf *b;
+   int i;
+
+   if (!ret)
+     return NULL;
+
+   b = eina_strbuf_new();
+   if (!b)
+     {
+        free(ret);
+        return NULL;
+     }
+   eina_strbuf_append(b, command);
+
+   for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
+     {
+        Eina_Bool has_space = EINA_FALSE;
+        int s_idx_sq = -1, s_idx_dq = -1;
+        int l_idx_sq = -1, l_idx_dq = -1;
+        int idx;
+        const char *itr;
+
+        for (idx = 0, itr = argv[i]; *itr != '\0'; itr++, idx++)
+          {
+             if ((!has_space) && (isspace(*itr)))
+               has_space = EINA_TRUE;
+
+             if (*itr == '\'')
+               {
+                  l_idx_sq = idx;
+                  if (s_idx_sq < 0)
+                    s_idx_sq = idx;
+               }
+
+             if (*itr == '\'')
+               {
+                  l_idx_dq = idx;
+                  if (s_idx_dq < 0)
+                    s_idx_dq = idx;
+               }
+          }
+        idx--;
+
+        eina_strbuf_append_char(b, ' ');
+        if ((!has_space) ||
+            ((s_idx_sq == 0) && (l_idx_sq == idx)) ||
+            ((s_idx_dq == 0) && (l_idx_dq == idx)))
+          eina_strbuf_append(b, argv[i]);
+        else
+          {
+             char c;
+             if ((s_idx_sq >= 0) && (s_idx_dq < 0))
+               c = '"';
+             else if ((s_idx_sq < 0) && (s_idx_dq >= 0))
+               c = '\'';
+             else
+               c = 0;
+
+             if (c)
+               {
+                  eina_strbuf_append_char(b, c);
+                  eina_strbuf_append(b, argv[i]);
+                  eina_strbuf_append_char(b, c);
+               }
+             else
+               {
+                  eina_strbuf_append_char(b, '\'');
+                  append_single_quote_escaped(b, argv[i]);
+                  eina_strbuf_append_char(b, '\'');
+               }
+          }
+     }
+
+   ret[0] = eina_strbuf_string_steal(b);
+   eina_strbuf_free(b);
+
+   return ret;
+}
+
+static char **
+terminal_open(void)
+{
+   const char *generic_names[] = {
+     "[Tt]erminal",
+     "[Tt]erminal [Ee]mulator",
+     "[Tt]erminal *",
+     NULL
+   };
+   const char **itr;
+   Eina_List *cmds = NULL;
+   char **ret;
+   Efreet_Desktop *desktop = NULL;
+
+   for (itr = generic_names; (desktop == NULL) && (*itr != NULL); itr++)
+     desktop = desktop_first_free_others
+       (efreet_util_desktop_generic_name_glob_list(*itr));
+
+   if (!desktop)
+     desktop = desktop_first_free_others(efreet_util_desktop_category_list
+                                         ("TerminalEmulator"));
+
+   if (!desktop)
+     return NULL;
+
+   efreet_desktop_command_get(desktop, NULL, get_command, &cmds);
+   if (!cmds) ret = NULL;
+   else
+     {
+        char *c;
+
+        ret = calloc(eina_list_count(cmds) + 1, sizeof(char *));
+        if (ret)
+          {
+             unsigned int i = 0;
+             EINA_LIST_FREE(cmds, c)
+               {
+                  ret[i] = c; /* was strdup by efreet_desktop_command_get() */
+                  i++;
+               }
+             ret[i] = NULL;
+          }
+        else
+          {
+             EINA_LIST_FREE(cmds, c)
+               free(c);
+          }
+     }
+
+   return ret;
+}
+
+static char **
+browser_open(const char * const *argv, int argc)
+{
+   const char *env = getenv("BROWSER");
+   if (env) return single_command_open(env, argv, argc);
+   return mime_open("x-scheme-handler/http", argv, argc);
+}
+
+static char **
+local_open(const char *path)
+{
+   const char *mime = efreet_mime_type_get(path);
+   if (mime)
+     {
+        char **ret = mime_open(mime, &path, 1);
+        if (ret)
+          return ret;
+        return single_command_open("enlightenment_filemanager", &path, 1);
+     }
+
+   fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Could not get mime type for: %s\n", path);
+   return NULL;
+}
+
+static char **
+protocol_open(const char *str)
+{
+   Efreet_Uri *uri = efreet_uri_decode(str);
+   char **ret = NULL;
+
+   if (!uri)
+     {
+        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Could not decode uri: %s\n", str);
+        return NULL;
+     }
+
+   if (!uri->protocol)
+     fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Could not get protocol from uri: %s\n", str);
+   else if (strcmp(uri->protocol, "file") == 0)
+     ret = local_open(uri->path);
+   else
+     {
+        char mime[256];
+        snprintf(mime, sizeof(mime), "x-scheme-handler/%s", uri->protocol);
+        ret = mime_open(mime, &str, 1);
+     }
+   efreet_uri_free(uri);
+   return ret;
+}
+
+static const struct type_mime {
+   const char *type;
+   const char *mime;
+} type_mimes[] = {
+  /* {"browser", "x-scheme-handler/http"}, */
+  {"mail", "x-scheme-handler/mailto"},
+  /*  {"terminal", NULL}, */
+  {"filemanager", "x-scheme-handler/file"},
+  {"image", "image/jpeg"},
+  {"video", "video/x-mpeg"},
+  {"music", "audio/mp3"},
+  {NULL, NULL}
+};
+
+static const char *type_choices[] = {
+  "browser",
+  "mail",
+  "terminal",
+  "filemanager",
+  "image",
+  "video",
+  "music",
+  NULL
+};
+
+static const Ecore_Getopt options = {
+   "enlightenment_open",
+   "%prog [options] <file-or-folder-or-url>",
+   PACKAGE_VERSION,
+   "(C) 2012 Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri and others",
+   "BSD 2-Clause",
+   "Opens the file using Enlightenment standards.",
+   EINA_FALSE,
+   {
+      ECORE_GETOPT_CHOICE('t', "type", "Choose program type to launch.",
+                          type_choices),
+      ECORE_GETOPT_VERSION('V', "version"),
+      ECORE_GETOPT_COPYRIGHT('C', "copyright"),
+      ECORE_GETOPT_LICENSE('L', "license"),
+      ECORE_GETOPT_HELP('h', "help"),
+      ECORE_GETOPT_SENTINEL
+   }
+};
+
+EAPI int
+main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+   Eina_Bool quit_option = EINA_FALSE;
+   char *type = NULL;
+   Ecore_Getopt_Value values[] = {
+     ECORE_GETOPT_VALUE_STR(type),
+     ECORE_GETOPT_VALUE_BOOL(quit_option),
+     ECORE_GETOPT_VALUE_BOOL(quit_option),
+     ECORE_GETOPT_VALUE_BOOL(quit_option),
+     ECORE_GETOPT_VALUE_BOOL(quit_option),
+     ECORE_GETOPT_VALUE_NONE
+   };
+   int args;
+   char **cmds;
+
+   args = ecore_getopt_parse(&options, values, argc, argv);
+   if (args < 0)
+     {
+        fputs("ERROR: Could not parse command line options.\n", stderr);
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+     }
+   if (quit_option) return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+
+   if ((type == NULL) && (args == argc))
+     {
+        fputs("ERROR: Missing file, directory or URL or --type.\n", stderr);
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+     }
+
+   efreet_init();
+   efreet_mime_init();
+
+   if (type)
+     {
+        if (strcmp(type, "terminal") == 0)
+          cmds = terminal_open();
+        else if (strcmp(type, "browser") == 0)
+          cmds = browser_open((const char * const *)argv + args, argc - args);
+        else
+          {
+             const struct type_mime *itr;
+
+             for (itr = type_mimes; itr->type != NULL; itr++)
+               {
+                  if (strcmp(type, itr->type) == 0)
+                    {
+                       cmds = mime_open(itr->mime,
+                                        (const char * const *)argv + args,
+                                        argc - args);
+                       break;
+                    }
+               }
+             if (!itr->type)
+               {
+                  fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: type not supported %s\n", type);
+                  cmds = NULL;
+               }
+          }
+     }
+   else if (strstr(argv[args], "://"))
+     cmds = protocol_open(argv[args]);
+   else
+     cmds = local_open(argv[args]);
+
+   efreet_mime_shutdown();
+   efreet_shutdown();
+
+
+   /* No EFL, plain boring sequential system() calls */
+   if (!cmds)
+     return EXIT_FAILURE;
+   else
+     {
+        char **itr;
+
+        for (itr = cmds; *itr != NULL; itr++)
+          {
+             system(*itr);
+             free(*itr);
+          }
+        free(cmds);
+     }
+
+   return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}