diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3442e32..39f757f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ install: st
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	cp -f st $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	cp -f st-copyout $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
+	cp -f st-urlhandler $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	chmod 755 $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/st
 	chmod 755 $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/st-copyout
+	chmod 755 $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/st-urlhandler
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(MANPREFIX)/man1
 	sed "s/VERSION/$(VERSION)/g" < st.1 > $(DESTDIR)$(MANPREFIX)/man1/st.1
 	chmod 644 $(DESTDIR)$(MANPREFIX)/man1/st.1
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ install: st
 uninstall:
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/st
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/st-copyout
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/st-urlhandler
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(MANPREFIX)/man1/st.1
 
 .PHONY: all options clean dist install uninstall
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 0c2115b..1d3a8a4 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -221,9 +221,7 @@ MouseKey mkeys[] = {
 	{ Button5,              TERMMOD,        zoom,           {.f =  -1} },
 };
 
-static char *openurlcmd[] = { "/bin/sh", "-c",
-    "sed 's/.*│//g' | tr -d '\n' | grep -aEo '(((http|https)://|www\\.)[a-zA-Z0-9.]*[:]?[a-zA-Z0-9./@&%?$#=_-]*)|((magnet:\\?xt=urn:btih:)[a-zA-Z0-9]*)'| uniq | sed 's/^www./http:\\/\\/www\\./g' | dmenu -w $(xdotool getactivewindow) -i -p 'Follow which url?' -l 10 | xargs -r xdg-open",
-    "externalpipe", NULL };
+static char *openurlcmd[] = { "/bin/sh", "-c", "st-urlhandler", "externalpipe", NULL };
 
 static char *copyurlcmd[] = { "/bin/sh", "-c",
     "sed 's/.*│//g' | tr -d '\n' | grep -aEo '(((http|https)://|www\\.)[a-zA-Z0-9.]*[:]?[a-zA-Z0-9./@&%?$#=_-]*)|((magnet:\\?xt=urn:btih:)[a-zA-Z0-9]*)' | uniq | sed 's/^www./http:\\/\\/www\\./g' | dmenu -w $(xdotool getactivewindow) -i -p 'Copy which url?' -l 10 | tr -d '\n' | xclip -selection clipboard",
diff --git a/st-urlhandler b/st-urlhandler
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a68c46c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/st-urlhandler
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+urlregex="(((http|https)://|www\\.)[a-zA-Z0-9.]*[:]?[a-zA-Z0-9./@&%?$#=_-]*)|((magnet:\\?xt=urn:btih:)[a-zA-Z0-9]*)"
+
+# First remove linebreaks and mutt sidebars:
+urls="$(sed 's/.*│//g' | tr -d '\n' |
+	grep -aEo "$urlregex" | # grep only urls as defined above.
+	uniq | # Ignore neighboring duplicates.
+	sed 's/^www./http:\/\/www\./g')"
+
+[ -z "$urls" ] && exit
+
+chosen="$(echo "$urls" | dmenu -w "$(xdotool getactivewindow)" -i -p 'Follow which url?' -l 10)"
+
+setsid xdg-open "$chosen" >/dev/null 2>&1 &