diff --git a/src/editortab.cpp b/src/editortab.cpp
--- a/src/editortab.cpp
+++ b/src/editortab.cpp
@@ -1478,6 +1478,13 @@
                                    + QString::fromLatin1(QUrl::toPercentEncoding(srcFileRelPath))));
 }
 
+static void openLocalSource(const QString& file, int line)
+{
+    if (Settings::self()->customEditorEnabled())
+        QProcess::startDetached(QString(Settings::self()->customEditorCommand()).arg(file).arg(line));
+    else
+        QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl::fromLocalFile(file));
+}
 
 void EditorTab::dispatchSrcFileOpenRequest(const QString& srcFileRelPath, int line)
 {
@@ -1493,7 +1500,7 @@
     relativePath.cdUp();
     QString srcAbsolutePath(relativePath.absoluteFilePath(srcFileRelPath));
     if (QFile::exists(srcAbsolutePath)) {
-        QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl::fromLocalFile(srcAbsolutePath));
+        openLocalSource(srcAbsolutePath, line);
         return;
     }
 
@@ -1518,7 +1525,7 @@
             Project::instance()->local()->setSourceDir(dir);
     }
     if (dir.length()) {
-        auto doOpen = [srcFileRelPath]() {
+        auto doOpen = [srcFileRelPath, line]() {
             auto sourceFilePaths = Project::instance()->sourceFilePaths();
             bool found = false;
             QByteArray fn = srcFileRelPath.midRef(srcFileRelPath.lastIndexOf('/') + 1).toUtf8();
@@ -1530,7 +1537,7 @@
                     continue;
                 }
                 found = true;
-                QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl::fromLocalFile(absFilePath));
+                openLocalSource(absFilePath, line);
                 it++;
             }
             if (!found) {
diff --git a/src/prefs/lokalize.kcfg b/src/prefs/lokalize.kcfg
--- a/src/prefs/lokalize.kcfg
+++ b/src/prefs/lokalize.kcfg
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@
     <entry name="RestoreRecentFilesOnStartup"  type="Bool">
         <default>true</default>
     </entry>
+    <entry name="CustomEditorEnabled"  type="Bool">
+        <default>false</default>
+    </entry>
+    <entry name="CustomEditorCommand"  type="String">
+        <default>kate %1:%2</default>
+    </entry>
   </group>
   <group name="Editor">
     <entry name="AutoApprove"  type="Bool">
diff --git a/src/prefs/prefs.cpp b/src/prefs/prefs.cpp
--- a/src/prefs/prefs.cpp
+++ b/src/prefs/prefs.cpp
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@
     w = new QWidget(dialog);
     Ui_prefs_general ui_prefs_general;
     ui_prefs_general.setupUi(w);
+    connect(ui_prefs_general.kcfg_CustomEditorEnabled, &QCheckBox::toggled, ui_prefs_general.kcfg_CustomEditorCommand, &QLineEdit::setEnabled);
+    ui_prefs_general.kcfg_CustomEditorCommand->setEnabled(Settings::self()->customEditorEnabled());
     dialog->addPage(w, i18nc("@title:tab", "General"), "preferences-system-windows");
 
 //Editor
diff --git a/src/prefs/prefs_general.ui b/src/prefs/prefs_general.ui
--- a/src/prefs/prefs_general.ui
+++ b/src/prefs/prefs_general.ui
@@ -71,6 +71,22 @@
      </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
+   <item row="2" column="0">
+    <widget class="QCheckBox" name="kcfg_CustomEditorEnabled">
+     <property name="text">
+      <string>Use a custom editor to open source files</string>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item row="3" column="0">
+    <widget class="QLineEdit" name="kcfg_CustomEditorCommand">
+     <property name="toolTip">
+      <string>The following parameters are available
+%1 - Path of the source file
+%2 - Line number</string>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <resources/>