diff --git a/gnome/mc.keys.in.in b/gnome/mc.keys.in.in
index 86f36bfea..929e5cc2c 100644
--- a/gnome/mc.keys.in.in
+++ b/gnome/mc.keys.in.in
@@ -226,4 +226,5 @@ image/*:
 	icon-filename=@icondir@/gnome-image-generic.png
 
 text/*:
-	icon-filename=@icondir@/gnome-textfile.png
\ No newline at end of file
+	icon-filename=@icondir@/gnome-textfile.png
+	open=gnome-edit %f
\ No newline at end of file