diff --git a/layers/+tools/shell/README.org b/layers/+tools/shell/README.org
index 7078be70f..39006257d 100644
--- a/layers/+tools/shell/README.org
+++ b/layers/+tools/shell/README.org
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 - [[#configuration][Configuration]]
   - [[#default-shell][Default shell]]
   - [[#default-shell-position-width-and-height][Default shell position, width, and height]]
+  - [[#external-terminal-emulator][External terminal emulator]]
   - [[#set-shell-for-term-ansi-term-and-vterm][Set shell for term, ansi-term and vterm]]
   - [[#set-shell-for-multi-term][Set shell for multi-term]]
   - [[#width-of-the-shell-popup-buffers][Width of the shell popup buffers]]
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ This layer configures the various shells available in Emacs.
 
 ** Features:
 - Shell integration
+- Running external terminal emulator in current/project directory
 
 * Install
 To use this configuration layer, add it to your =~/.spacemacs=. You will need to
@@ -144,6 +146,12 @@ your shell is positioned on the left or the right.
              shell-default-width 40)))
 #+END_SRC
 
+** External terminal emulator
+This layer supports opening an external terminal emulator using [[https://github.com/davidshepherd7/terminal-here][terminal-here]].
+By default =terminal-here= finds an appropriate default shell for you.
+If this does not work please check the package documentation how to
+change it.
+
 ** Set shell for term, ansi-term and vterm
 The default shell can be set by setting the variable =shell-default-term-shell=.
 Default value is =/bin/bash=.
@@ -280,7 +288,9 @@ Some advanced configuration is setup for =eshell= in this layer:
 | Key binding | Description                                                |
 |-------------+------------------------------------------------------------|
 | ~SPC '​~     | Open, close or go to the default shell                     |
-| ~SPC p '​~   | Open a shell in the project's root                         |
+| ~SPC "​~     | Open external terminal emulator in current directory       |
+| ~SPC p '​~   | Open a shell in the project’s root                         |
+| ~SPC p "​~   | Open external terminal emulator in project root            |
 | ~SPC a s e~ | Open, close or go to an =eshell=                           |
 | ~SPC a s i~ | Open, close or go to a =shell=                             |
 | ~SPC a s m~ | Open, close or go to a =multi-term=                        |
diff --git a/layers/+tools/shell/config.el b/layers/+tools/shell/config.el
index 0d88ce56a..5d0ad35b7 100644
--- a/layers/+tools/shell/config.el
+++ b/layers/+tools/shell/config.el
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 (defvar shell-default-position 'bottom
   "Position of the shell. Possible values are `top', `bottom', `full',
-`left' and `right'.")
+  `left' and `right'.")
 
 (defvar shell-default-height 30
   "Height in percents for the shell window.")
@@ -40,16 +40,16 @@
 
 (defvar shell-enable-smart-eshell nil
   "If non-nil then `em-smart' is enabled. `em-smart' allows to quickly review
-commands, modify old commands or enter a new one.")
+  commands, modify old commands or enter a new one.")
 
 (defvar shell-protect-eshell-prompt t
   "If non-nil then eshell's prompt is protected. This means that
-movement to the prompt is inhibited like for `comint-mode'
-prompts and the prompt is made read-only")
+  movement to the prompt is inhibited like for `comint-mode'
+  prompts and the prompt is made read-only")
 
 (defvar shell-default-full-span t
   "If non-nil, the `shell' buffer spans full width of a frame.")
 
 (defvar close-window-with-terminal nil
   "If non-nil, the window is closed when the terminal is stopped.
-This is only applied to `term' and `ansi-term' modes.")
+  This is only applied to `term' and `ansi-term' modes.")
diff --git a/layers/+tools/shell/packages.el b/layers/+tools/shell/packages.el
index 527d669c4..ff06b452d 100644
--- a/layers/+tools/shell/packages.el
+++ b/layers/+tools/shell/packages.el
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
         shell-pop
         (term :location built-in)
         xterm-color
+        terminal-here
         vi-tilde-fringe
         (vterm :toggle (not (spacemacs/system-is-mswindows)))
         ))
@@ -293,6 +294,16 @@
             (remove 'ansi-color-process-output comint-output-filter-functions))
       (add-hook 'eshell-mode-hook 'spacemacs/init-eshell-xterm-color))))
 
+(defun shell/init-terminal-here ()
+  :defer t
+  :init
+  (progn
+    (spacemacs/register-repl 'terminal-here 'terminal-here)
+    (spacemacs/set-leader-keys
+      "\"" 'terminal-here-launch
+      "p \"" 'terminal-here-project-launch)
+    ))
+
 (defun shell/post-init-vi-tilde-fringe ()
   (spacemacs/add-to-hooks 'spacemacs/disable-vi-tilde-fringe
                           '(comint-mode-hook