diff --git a/spacemacs/funcs.el b/spacemacs/funcs.el
index 2ff1de4fc..e3c505758 100644
--- a/spacemacs/funcs.el
+++ b/spacemacs/funcs.el
@@ -840,3 +840,14 @@ If ASCII si not provided then UNICODE is used instead."
   (save-excursion
     (evil-end-of-line)
     (eval-last-sexp nil)))
+
+(defun spacemacs/open-in-external-app ()
+  "Open current file in external application."
+  (interactive)
+  (let ((file-path (buffer-file-name)))
+    (cond
+     ((system-is-mswindows) (w32-shell-execute "open" (replace-regexp-in-string "/" "\\" file-path)))
+     ((system-is-mac) (shell-command (format "open \"%s\"" file-path)))
+     ((system-is-linux) (let ((process-connection-type nil))
+                          (start-process "" nil "xdg-open" file-path)))
+     )))
diff --git a/spacemacs/keybindings.el b/spacemacs/keybindings.el
index aefcebaa0..3780504ce 100644
--- a/spacemacs/keybindings.el
+++ b/spacemacs/keybindings.el
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
   "fec" 'find-contrib-file
   "fed" 'find-dotfile
   "fev" 'spacemacs/display-and-copy-version
+  "fo" 'spacemacs/open-in-external-app
   "fS" 'evil-write-all
   "fs" 'evil-write
   "fy" 'show-and-copy-buffer-filename)