diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 467759302..08d4ab42b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -834,6 +834,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "native-tls",
  "num-derive",
  "num-traits",
+ "open",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pgp",
  "pretty_assertions",
@@ -1978,6 +1979,15 @@ version = "0.2.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2839e79665f131bdb5782e51f2c6c9599c133c6098982a54c794358bf432529c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "open"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7c283bf0114efea9e42f1a60edea9859e8c47528eae09d01df4b29c1e489cc48"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl"
 version = "0.10.29"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1a51cd505..ed8fa1744 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ pretty_env_logger = { version = "0.4.0", optional = true }
 log = {version = "0.4.8", optional = true }
 rustyline = { version = "4.1.0", optional = true }
 ansi_term = { version = "0.12.1", optional = true }
+open = { version = "1.4.0", optional = true }
 
 
 [dev-dependencies]
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ required-features = ["repl"]
 [features]
 default = []
 internals = []
-repl = ["internals", "rustyline", "log", "pretty_env_logger", "ansi_term"]
+repl = ["internals", "rustyline", "log", "pretty_env_logger", "ansi_term", "open"]
 vendored = ["async-native-tls/vendored", "async-smtp/native-tls-vendored"]
 nightly = ["pgp/nightly"]
 
diff --git a/examples/repl/cmdline.rs b/examples/repl/cmdline.rs
index 619988837..d1dde5fc9 100644
--- a/examples/repl/cmdline.rs
+++ b/examples/repl/cmdline.rs
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ pub async fn cmdline(context: Context, line: &str, chat_id: &mut ChatId) -> Resu
                  ===========================Message commands==\n\
                  listmsgs <query>\n\
                  msginfo <msg-id>\n\
+                 openfile <msg-id>\n\
                  listfresh\n\
                  forward <msg-id> <chat-id>\n\
                  markseen <msg-id>\n\
@@ -890,6 +891,15 @@ pub async fn cmdline(context: Context, line: &str, chat_id: &mut ChatId) -> Resu
             let res = message::get_msg_info(&context, id).await;
             println!("{}", res);
         }
+        "openfile" => {
+            ensure!(!arg1.is_empty(), "Argument <msg-id> missing.");
+            let id = MsgId::new(arg1.parse()?);
+            let msg = Message::load_from_db(&context, id).await?;
+            let filepath = msg.get_file(&context);
+            ensure!(filepath.is_some(), "Message has no file.");
+            let filepath = filepath.unwrap();
+            open::that(filepath)?;
+        }
         "listfresh" => {
             let msglist = context.get_fresh_msgs().await;
 
diff --git a/examples/repl/main.rs b/examples/repl/main.rs
index e53bed1c2..a14157286 100644
--- a/examples/repl/main.rs
+++ b/examples/repl/main.rs
@@ -186,9 +186,10 @@ const CHAT_COMMANDS: [&str; 26] = [
     "unpin",
     "delchat",
 ];
-const MESSAGE_COMMANDS: [&str; 8] = [
+const MESSAGE_COMMANDS: [&str; 9] = [
     "listmsgs",
     "msginfo",
+    "openfile",
     "listfresh",
     "forward",
     "markseen",