diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 763b936..c1c4b6c 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ static Shortcut shortcuts[] = {
 	{ TERMMOD,              XK_J,           zoom,           {.f = -1} },
 	{ TERMMOD,              XK_U,           zoom,           {.f = +2} },
 	{ TERMMOD,              XK_D,           zoom,           {.f = -2} },
+	{ ShiftMask|ControlMask,XK_Return,      newterm,        {.i =  0} },
 	{ MODKEY,               XK_l,           externalpipe,   {.v = openurlcmd } },
 	{ MODKEY,               XK_y,           externalpipe,   {.v = copyurlcmd } },
 	{ MODKEY,               XK_o,           externalpipe,   {.v = copyoutput } },
@@ -539,3 +540,4 @@ static char ascii_printable[] =
 	" !\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?"
 	"@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_"
 	"`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~";
+
diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index ab0a81d..6fa0497 100644
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ typedef struct {
 } STREscape;
 
 static void execsh(char *, char **);
+static char *getcwd_by_pid(pid_t pid);
 static void stty(char **);
 static void sigchld(int);
 static void ttywriteraw(const char *, size_t);
@@ -1058,6 +1059,26 @@ tswapscreen(void)
 	tfulldirt();
 }
 
+void
+newterm(const Arg* a)
+{
+	switch (fork()) {
+	case -1:
+		die("fork failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		break;
+	case 0:
+		chdir(getcwd_by_pid(pid));
+		execlp("st", "./st", NULL);
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
+static char *getcwd_by_pid(pid_t pid) {
+	char buf[32];
+	snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "/proc/%d/cwd", pid);
+	return realpath(buf, NULL);
+}
+
 void
 tscrolldown(int orig, int n)
 {
@@ -2660,3 +2681,4 @@ redraw(void)
 	tfulldirt();
 	draw();
 }
+
diff --git a/st.h b/st.h
index fcfd176..df8ead3 100644
--- a/st.h
+++ b/st.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ void die(const char *, ...);
 void redraw(void);
 void draw(void);
 
+void newterm(const Arg *);
 void externalpipe(const Arg *);
 void printscreen(const Arg *);
 void printsel(const Arg *);
@@ -137,3 +138,4 @@ extern unsigned int defaultfg;
 extern unsigned int defaultbg;
 extern float alpha;
 extern const int boxdraw, boxdraw_bold, boxdraw_braille;
+