diff --git a/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.WebSearch/Commands/SearchWeb.cs b/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.WebSearch/Commands/SearchWeb.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c2cc31813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.WebSearch/Commands/SearchWeb.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace Wox.Plugin.WebSearch.Commands
+{
+    internal static class SearchWeb
+    {
+        /// <summary> Opens search in a new browser. If no browser path is passed in then Chrome is used. 
+        /// Leave browser path blank to use Chrome.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static void NewBrowserWindow(this string url, string browserPath)
+        {
+            var browserExecutableName = browserPath?
+                                        .Split(new[] { Path.DirectorySeparatorChar }, StringSplitOptions.None)
+                                        .Last();
+
+            var browser = string.IsNullOrEmpty(browserExecutableName) ? "chrome" : browserPath;
+
+            // Internet Explorer will open url in new browser window, and does not take the --new-window parameter
+            var browserArguements = browserExecutableName == "iexplore.exe" ? url : "--new-window " + url;
+
+            Process.Start(browser, browserArguements);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.WebSearch/Main.cs b/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.WebSearch/Main.cs
index 8340a326f8..28d0757613 100644
--- a/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.WebSearch/Main.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.WebSearch/Main.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Windows.Controls;
 using Wox.Infrastructure;
 using Wox.Infrastructure.Storage;
+using Wox.Plugin.WebSearch.Commands;
 
 namespace Wox.Plugin.WebSearch
 {
@@ -72,7 +73,8 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.WebSearch
                             IcoPath = searchSource.IconPath,
                             Action = c =>
                             {
-                                Process.Start(searchSource.Url.Replace("{q}", Uri.EscapeDataString(keyword)));
+                                searchSource.Url.Replace("{q}", Uri.EscapeDataString(keyword)).NewBrowserWindow("");
+
                                 return true;
                             }
                         };
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.WebSearch
                     IcoPath = searchSource.IconPath,
                     Action = c =>
                     {
-                        Process.Start(searchSource.Url.Replace("{q}", Uri.EscapeDataString(o)));
+                        searchSource.Url.Replace("{q}", Uri.EscapeDataString(o)).NewBrowserWindow("");
                         return true;
                     }
                 });
diff --git a/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.WebSearch/Wox.Plugin.WebSearch.csproj b/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.WebSearch/Wox.Plugin.WebSearch.csproj
index 858b6fd433..ae06a9f3c4 100644
--- a/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.WebSearch/Wox.Plugin.WebSearch.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.WebSearch/Wox.Plugin.WebSearch.csproj
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
     <Compile Include="..\..\SolutionAssemblyInfo.cs">
       <Link>Properties\SolutionAssemblyInfo.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="Commands\SearchWeb.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SearchSourceViewModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SettingsViewModel.cs" />