diff --git a/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp b/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
index 6e2b81390c..ebc8dc2683 100644
--- a/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
@@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@ void DolphinMainWindow::setupDockWidgets()
     infoDock->setObjectName("infoDock");
     infoDock->setAllowedAreas(Qt::LeftDockWidgetArea | Qt::RightDockWidgetArea);
     Panel* infoPanel = new InformationPanel(infoDock);
-    connect(infoPanel, SIGNAL(urlActivated(KUrl)), activeViewContainer(), SLOT(setUrl(KUrl)));
+    connect(infoPanel, SIGNAL(urlActivated(KUrl)), this, SLOT(handleUrl(KUrl)));
     infoDock->setWidget(infoPanel);
 
     QAction* infoAction = infoDock->toggleViewAction();
@@ -1660,6 +1660,16 @@ void DolphinMainWindow::setUrlAsCaption(const KUrl& url)
     setCaption(caption);
 }
 
+void DolphinMainWindow::handleUrl(const KUrl& url)
+{
+    if (KProtocolManager::supportsListing(url)) {
+        activeViewContainer()->setUrl(url);
+    }
+    else {
+        new KRun(url, this);
+    }
+}
+
 QString DolphinMainWindow::squeezedText(const QString& text) const
 {
     const QFontMetrics fm = fontMetrics();
diff --git a/src/dolphinmainwindow.h b/src/dolphinmainwindow.h
index e9332194f5..0b4f90d19f 100644
--- a/src/dolphinmainwindow.h
+++ b/src/dolphinmainwindow.h
@@ -406,6 +406,12 @@ private slots:
      */
     void showSearchOptions();
 
+    /**
+     * If the URL can be listed open it in the current view, otherwise
+     * run it through KRun.
+     */
+    void handleUrl(const KUrl& url);
+
 private:
     DolphinMainWindow(int id);
     void init();
@@ -460,7 +466,7 @@ private:
     QString tabProperty(const QString& property, int tabIndex) const;
 
     /**
-     * Sets the window caption to url.fileName() if this is non-empty, 
+     * Sets the window caption to url.fileName() if this is non-empty,
      * "/" if the URL is "file:///", and url.protocol() otherwise.
      */
     void setUrlAsCaption(const KUrl& url);
diff --git a/src/panels/information/informationpanelcontent.h b/src/panels/information/informationpanelcontent.h
index 6c08e50d2e..923bb762f6 100644
--- a/src/panels/information/informationpanelcontent.h
+++ b/src/panels/information/informationpanelcontent.h
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ public:
      */
     void configureSettings();
 
+signals:
+    void urlActivated( const KUrl& url );
+
 protected:
     /** @see QObject::eventFilter() */
     virtual bool eventFilter(QObject* obj, QEvent* event);