diff --git a/doc/help/settings.asciidoc b/doc/help/settings.asciidoc
index 9143a4c41..8bac566da 100644
--- a/doc/help/settings.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/help/settings.asciidoc
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@
 |<<url.default_page,url.default_page>>|Page to open if :open -t/-b/-w is used without URL.
 |<<url.incdec_segments,url.incdec_segments>>|URL segments where `:navigate increment/decrement` will search for a number.
 |<<url.open_base_url,url.open_base_url>>|Open base URL of the searchengine if a searchengine shortcut is invoked without parameters.
+|<<url.open_categories_shown,url.open_categories_shown>>|Which categories should be shown in the :open dialogue.
 |<<url.searchengines,url.searchengines>>|Search engines which can be used via the address bar.
 |<<url.start_pages,url.start_pages>>|Page(s) to open at the start.
 |<<url.yank_ignored_parameters,url.yank_ignored_parameters>>|URL parameters to strip with `:yank url`.
@@ -3227,6 +3228,18 @@ Type: <<types,Bool>>
 
 Default: +pass:[false]+
 
+[[url.open_categories_shown]]
+=== url.open_categories_shown
+Which categories should be shown in the :open dialogue.
+
+Type: <<types,List of Strings>>
+
+Default
+- +pass:[bookmarks]+
+- +pass:[searchengines]+
+- +pass:[history]+
+- +pass:[quickmarks]+
+
 [[url.searchengines]]
 === url.searchengines
 Search engines which can be used via the address bar.
diff --git a/qutebrowser/completion/models/urlmodel.py b/qutebrowser/completion/models/urlmodel.py
index bebf6d829..5b544ea3d 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/completion/models/urlmodel.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/completion/models/urlmodel.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 from qutebrowser.completion.models import (completionmodel, listcategory,
                                            histcategory)
 from qutebrowser.utils import log, objreg
+from qutebrowser.config import config
 
 
 _URLCOL = 0
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ def _delete_quickmark(data):
 
 
 def url(*, info):
-    """A model which combines bookmarks, quickmarks and web history URLs.
+    """A model which combines bookmarks, quickmarks, search engines and web history URLs.
 
     Used for the `open` command.
     """
@@ -59,16 +60,22 @@ def url(*, info):
     quickmarks = [(url, name) for (name, url)
                   in objreg.get('quickmark-manager').marks.items()]
     bookmarks = objreg.get('bookmark-manager').marks.items()
+    searchengines = config.val.url.searchengines.items()
+    categories = config.val.url.open_categories_shown
 
-    if quickmarks:
+    if searchengines and "searchengines" in categories:
+        model.add_category(listcategory.ListCategory(
+            'Search engines', searchengines, sort=False))
+
+    if quickmarks and "quickmarks" in categories:
         model.add_category(listcategory.ListCategory(
             'Quickmarks', quickmarks, delete_func=_delete_quickmark,
             sort=False))
-    if bookmarks:
+    if bookmarks and "bookmarks" in categories:
         model.add_category(listcategory.ListCategory(
             'Bookmarks', bookmarks, delete_func=_delete_bookmark, sort=False))
 
-    if info.config.get('completion.web_history_max_items') != 0:
+    if info.config.get('completion.web_history_max_items') != 0 and "history" in categories:
         hist_cat = histcategory.HistoryCategory(delete_func=_delete_history)
         model.add_category(hist_cat)
     return model
diff --git a/qutebrowser/config/configdata.yml b/qutebrowser/config/configdata.yml
index 49e037538..a5a5a067e 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/config/configdata.yml
+++ b/qutebrowser/config/configdata.yml
@@ -1565,6 +1565,19 @@ url.open_base_url:
   default: false
   desc: Open base URL of the searchengine if a searchengine shortcut is invoked without parameters.
 
+url.open_categories_shown:
+  type:
+    name: List
+    valtype: String
+    none_ok: true
+  default:
+    - searchengines
+    - quickmarks
+    - bookmarks
+    - history
+  desc: Which categories should be shown in the :open dialogue.
+
+
 url.searchengines:
   default:
     DEFAULT: https://duckduckgo.com/?q={}