diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 91ab8ca..d0343e3 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -472,3 +472,9 @@ static char ascii_printable[] =
 	" !\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?"
 	"@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_"
 	"`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~";
+
+/*
+ * plumb_cmd is run on mouse button 3 click, with first NULL set to
+ * current selection and with cwd set to the cwd of the active shell
+ */
+static char *plumb_cmd[] = {"plumb", "-m", NULL, NULL};
diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index 51049ba..11756c4 100644
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 #elif defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__)
  #include <libutil.h>
 #endif
+#if defined(__OpenBSD__)
+ #include <sys/sysctl.h>
+#endif
 
 /* Arbitrary sizes */
 #define UTF_INVALID   0xFFFD
@@ -231,6 +234,22 @@ static const uchar utfmask[UTF_SIZ + 1] = {0xC0, 0x80, 0xE0, 0xF0, 0xF8};
 static const Rune utfmin[UTF_SIZ + 1] = {       0,    0,  0x80,  0x800,  0x10000};
 static const Rune utfmax[UTF_SIZ + 1] = {0x10FFFF, 0x7F, 0x7FF, 0xFFFF, 0x10FFFF};
 
+int
+subprocwd(char *path)
+{
+#if   defined(__linux)
+	if (snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "/proc/%d/cwd", pid) < 0)
+		return -1;
+	return 0;
+#elif defined(__OpenBSD__)
+	size_t sz = PATH_MAX;
+	int name[3] = {CTL_KERN, KERN_PROC_CWD, pid};
+	if (sysctl(name, 3, path, &sz, 0, 0) == -1)
+		return -1;
+	return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
 ssize_t
 xwrite(int fd, const char *s, size_t len)
 {
@@ -810,7 +829,7 @@ ttynew(const char *line, char *cmd, const char *out, char **args)
 		break;
 	default:
 #ifdef __OpenBSD__
-		if (pledge("stdio rpath tty proc", NULL) == -1)
+		if (pledge("stdio rpath tty proc ps exec", NULL) == -1)
 			die("pledge\n");
 #endif
 		close(s);
diff --git a/st.h b/st.h
index 519b9bd..8255556 100644
--- a/st.h
+++ b/st.h
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ void *xmalloc(size_t);
 void *xrealloc(void *, size_t);
 char *xstrdup(const char *);
 
+int subprocwd(char *);
+
 int xgetcolor(int x, unsigned char *r, unsigned char *g, unsigned char *b);
 
 /* config.h globals */
diff --git a/x.c b/x.c
index cd96575..5d3948a 100644
--- a/x.c
+++ b/x.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <locale.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <sys/select.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <libgen.h>
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@ static void (*handler[LASTEvent])(XEvent *) = {
 };
 
 /* Globals */
+static int plumbsel;
 static DC dc;
 static XWindow xw;
 static XSelection xsel;
@@ -694,6 +696,37 @@ xsetsel(char *str)
 	setsel(str, CurrentTime);
 }
 
+void
+plumbinit()
+{
+	for(plumbsel = 0; plumb_cmd[plumbsel]; plumbsel++);
+}
+
+void
+plumb(char *sel) {
+	if (sel == NULL)
+		return;
+	char cwd[PATH_MAX];
+	pid_t child;
+	if (subprocwd(cwd) != 0)
+		return;
+
+	plumb_cmd[plumbsel] = sel;
+
+	switch(child = fork()) {
+		case -1:
+			return;
+		case 0:
+			if (chdir(cwd) != 0)
+				exit(1);
+			if (execvp(plumb_cmd[0], plumb_cmd) == -1)
+				exit(1);
+			exit(0);
+		default:
+			waitpid(child, NULL, 0);
+	}
+}
+
 void
 brelease(XEvent *e)
 {
@@ -711,6 +744,8 @@ brelease(XEvent *e)
 		return;
 	if (e->xbutton.button == Button1)
 		mousesel(e, 1);
+	else if (e->xbutton.button == Button3)
+		plumb(xsel.primary);
 }
 
 void
@@ -2076,6 +2111,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	} ARGEND;
 
 run:
+	plumbinit();
 	if (argc > 0) /* eat all remaining arguments */
 		opt_cmd = argv;