diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 6f05dce..c79e1c8 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -470,3 +470,9 @@ static char ascii_printable[] =
 	" !\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?"
 	"@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_"
 	"`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~";
+
+/*
+ * plumb_cmd is run on mouse button 3 click, with argument set to
+ * current selection and with cwd set to the cwd of the active shell
+ */
+static char *plumb_cmd = "plumber";
diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index a9338e1..28fa676 100644
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
  #include <pty.h>
 #elif defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__APPLE__)
  #include <util.h>
+ #include <sys/sysctl.h>
 #elif defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__)
  #include <libutil.h>
 #endif
@@ -231,6 +232,22 @@ 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)
 {
diff --git a/st.h b/st.h
index fa2eddf..3ea37f0 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 *);
+
 /* config.h globals */
 extern char *utmp;
 extern char *scroll;
diff --git a/x.c b/x.c
index 89786b8..a56d0e0 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>
@@ -683,6 +684,33 @@ xsetsel(char *str)
 	setsel(str, CurrentTime);
 }
 
+void
+plumb(char *sel)
+{
+	if (sel == NULL) {
+		return;
+	}
+	char cwd[PATH_MAX];
+	pid_t child;
+	if (subprocwd(cwd) != 0) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	switch (child = fork()) {
+	case -1:
+		return;
+	case 0:
+		if (chdir(cwd) != 0) {
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		if (execvp(plumb_cmd, (char *const []){plumb_cmd, sel, 0}) == -1)
+		exit(1);
+		exit(0);
+	default:
+		waitpid(child, NULL, 0);
+	}
+}
+
 void
 brelease(XEvent *e)
 {
@@ -695,6 +723,13 @@ brelease(XEvent *e)
 		return;
 	if (e->xbutton.button == Button1)
 		mousesel(e, 1);
+	else if (e->xbutton.button == Button3) {
+		if (!selected(evcol(e), evrow(e))) {
+			selstart(evcol(e), evrow(e), SNAP_WORD);
+			mousesel(e, 1);
+		}
+		plumb(xsel.primary);
+	}
 }
 
 void