diff --git a/browser/components/MarkdownPreview.js b/browser/components/MarkdownPreview.js
index 5376a773..b3d59b47 100755
--- a/browser/components/MarkdownPreview.js
+++ b/browser/components/MarkdownPreview.js
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ import copy from 'copy-to-clipboard'
 import mdurl from 'mdurl'
 import exportNote from 'browser/main/lib/dataApi/exportNote'
 import { escapeHtmlCharacters } from 'browser/lib/utils'
+import context from 'browser/lib/context'
+import i18n from 'browser/lib/i18n'
+import fs from 'fs'
 
-const { remote } = require('electron')
+const { remote, shell } = require('electron')
 const attachmentManagement = require('../main/lib/dataApi/attachmentManagement')
 
 const { app } = remote
@@ -27,6 +30,8 @@ const fileUrl = require('file-url')
 
 const dialog = remote.dialog
 
+const uri2path = require('file-uri-to-path')
+
 const markdownStyle = require('!!css!stylus?sourceMap!./markdown.styl')[0][1]
 const appPath = fileUrl(
   process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? app.getAppPath() : path.resolve()
@@ -161,7 +166,6 @@ const scrollBarDarkStyle = `
 }
 `
 
-const { shell } = require('electron')
 const OSX = global.process.platform === 'darwin'
 
 const defaultFontFamily = ['helvetica', 'arial', 'sans-serif']
@@ -219,8 +223,32 @@ export default class MarkdownPreview extends React.Component {
     }
   }
 
-  handleContextMenu (e) {
-    this.props.onContextMenu(e)
+  handleContextMenu (event) {
+    // If a contextMenu handler was passed to us, use it instead of the self-defined one -> return
+    if (_.isFunction(this.props.onContextMenu)) {
+      this.props.onContextMenu(event)
+      return
+    }
+    // No contextMenu was passed to us -> execute our own link-opener
+    if (event.target.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'a') {
+      const href = event.target.href
+      const isLocalFile = href.startsWith('file:')
+      if (isLocalFile) {
+        const absPath = uri2path(href)
+        try {
+          if (fs.lstatSync(absPath).isFile()) {
+            context.popup([
+              {
+                label: i18n.__('Show in explorer'),
+                click: (e) => shell.showItemInFolder(absPath)
+              }
+            ])
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          console.log('Error while evaluating if the file is locally available', e)
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   handleDoubleClick (e) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 59a9d788..f4e5f532 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
     "electron-config": "^1.0.0",
     "electron-gh-releases": "^2.0.2",
     "escape-string-regexp": "^1.0.5",
+    "file-uri-to-path": "^1.0.0",
     "file-url": "^2.0.2",
     "filenamify": "^2.0.0",
     "flowchart.js": "^1.6.5",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1cc5fb08..687bb6de 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3520,6 +3520,10 @@ file-entry-cache@^2.0.0:
     flat-cache "^1.2.1"
     object-assign "^4.0.1"
 
+file-uri-to-path@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/file-uri-to-path/-/file-uri-to-path-1.0.0.tgz#553a7b8446ff6f684359c445f1e37a05dacc33dd"
+
 file-url@^2.0.2:
   version "2.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/file-url/-/file-url-2.0.2.tgz#e951784d79095127d3713029ab063f40818ca2ae"