diff --git a/qutebrowser/app.py b/qutebrowser/app.py
index 948cc6bb3..3cb69e06d 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/app.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/app.py
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ class QuteBrowser(QApplication):
         self.aboutToQuit.connect(config.config.save)
         self.mainwindow.tabs.keypress.connect(self.keyparser.handle)
         self.keyparser.set_cmd_text.connect(self.mainwindow.status.cmd.set_cmd)
+        self.mainwindow.tabs.set_cmd_text.connect(
+            self.mainwindow.status.cmd.set_cmd)
         self.mainwindow.status.cmd.got_cmd.connect(self.commandparser.run)
         self.mainwindow.status.cmd.got_search.connect(self.searchparser.search)
         self.mainwindow.status.cmd.got_search_rev.connect(
@@ -226,7 +228,9 @@ class QuteBrowser(QApplication):
 
         handlers = {
             'open':          self.mainwindow.tabs.openurl,
+            'opencur':       self.mainwindow.tabs.opencur,
             'tabopen':       self.mainwindow.tabs.tabopen,
+            'tabopencur':    self.mainwindow.tabs.tabopencur,
             'quit':          self.quit,
             'tabclose':      self.mainwindow.tabs.cur_close,
             'tabprev':       self.mainwindow.tabs.switch_prev,
diff --git a/qutebrowser/commands/__init__.py b/qutebrowser/commands/__init__.py
index 906b25805..f3d7d4148 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/commands/__init__.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/commands/__init__.py
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ class Open(Command):
     count = True
 
 
+class OpenCur(Command):
+    """Fill the statusbar with :open and the current url."""
+    nargs = 0
+    hide = True
+
+
 class TabOpen(Command):
     """Open a page in a new tab.
 
@@ -41,6 +47,12 @@ class TabOpen(Command):
     split_args = False
 
 
+class TabOpenCur(Command):
+    """Fill the statusbar with :tabopen and the current url."""
+    nargs = 0
+    hide = True
+
+
 class TabClose(Command):
     """Close the current tab, or tab [count]."""
     nargs = 0
diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/config.py b/qutebrowser/utils/config.py
index 791983698..baa33fdfd 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/config.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/config.py
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ default_config = """
 
     [keybind]
     o = open
+    go = opencur
     O = tabopen
+    gO = tabopencur
     d = tabclose
     J = tabnext
     K = tabprev
diff --git a/qutebrowser/widgets/browser.py b/qutebrowser/widgets/browser.py
index 03d8b5b39..189511c3b 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/widgets/browser.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/widgets/browser.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class TabbedBrowser(TabWidget):
     cur_statusbar_message = pyqtSignal(str)  # Status bar message
     # Current tab changed scroll position
     cur_scroll_perc_changed = pyqtSignal(int, int)
+    set_cmd_text = pyqtSignal(str)  # Set commandline to a given text
     keypress = pyqtSignal('QKeyEvent')
     _url_stack = []  # Stack of URLs of closed tabs
 
@@ -76,6 +77,11 @@ class TabbedBrowser(TabWidget):
         # FIXME sometimes this doesn't load
         tab.open_tab.connect(self.tabopen)
 
+    def tabopencur(self):
+        """Set the statusbar to :tabopen and the current URL."""
+        url = self.currentWidget().url().toString()
+        self.set_cmd_text.emit(':tabopen ' + url)
+
     def openurl(self, url, count=None):
         """Open an url in the current/[count]th tab.
 
@@ -86,6 +92,11 @@ class TabbedBrowser(TabWidget):
         if tab is not None:
             tab.openurl(url)
 
+    def opencur(self):
+        """Set the statusbar to :open and the current URL."""
+        url = self.currentWidget().url().toString()
+        self.set_cmd_text.emit(':open ' + url)
+
     def undo_close(self):
         """Undo closing a tab.