diff --git a/assets/wezterm-nautilus.py b/assets/wezterm-nautilus.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f007a7482b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/wezterm-nautilus.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2022 Sebastian Wiesner <sebastian@swsnr.de>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+import os.path
+
+from gi import require_version
+require_version('Nautilus', '3.0')
+from gi.repository import Nautilus, GObject, Gio, GLib
+
+
+class OpenInWezTermAction(GObject.GObject, Nautilus.MenuProvider):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        session = Gio.bus_get_sync(Gio.BusType.SESSION, None)
+        self._systemd = None
+        # Check if the this system runs under systemd, per sd_booted(3)
+        if os.path.isdir('/run/systemd/system/'):
+            self._systemd = Gio.DBusProxy.new_sync(session,
+                    Gio.DBusProxyFlags.NONE,
+                    None,
+                    "org.freedesktop.systemd1",
+                    "/org/freedesktop/systemd1",
+                    "org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager", None)
+
+    def _open_terminal(self, path):
+        cmd = ['wezterm', 'start', '--cwd', path]
+        child = Gio.Subprocess.new(cmd, Gio.SubprocessFlags.NONE)
+        if self._systemd:
+            # Move new terminal into a dedicated systemd scope to make systemd
+            # track the terminal separately; in particular this makes systemd
+            # keep a separate CPU and memory account for Wezterm which in turn
+            # ensures that oomd doesn't take nautilus down if a process in
+            # wezterm consumes a lot of memory.
+            pid = int(child.get_identifier())
+            props = [("PIDs", GLib.Variant('au', [pid])),
+                ('CollectMode', GLib.Variant('s', 'inactive-or-failed'))]
+            name = f'app-nautilus-org.wezfurlong.wezterm-{pid}.scope'
+            args = GLib.Variant('(ssa(sv)a(sa(sv)))', (name, 'fail', props, []))
+            self._systemd.call_sync('StartTransientUnit', args,
+                    Gio.DBusCallFlags.NO_AUTO_START, 500, None)
+
+    def _menu_item_activated(self, _menu, paths):
+        for path in paths:
+            self._open_terminal(path)
+
+    def _make_item(self, name, paths):
+        item = Nautilus.MenuItem(name=name, label='Open in WezTerm',
+            icon='org.wezfurlong.wezterm')
+        item.connect('activate', self._menu_item_activated, paths)
+        return item
+
+    def _paths_to_open(self, files):
+        paths = []
+        for file in files:
+            location = file.get_location() if file.is_directory() else file.get_parent_location()
+            path = location.get_path()
+            if path and path not in paths:
+                paths.append(path)
+        if 10 < len(paths):
+            # Let's not open anything if the user selected a lot of directories,
+            # to avoid accidentally spamming their desktop with dozends of
+            # new windows or tabs.  Ten is a totally arbitrary limit :)
+            return []
+        else:
+            return paths
+
+    def get_file_items(self, window, files):
+        paths = self._paths_to_open(files)
+        if paths:
+            return [self._make_item(name='WezTermNautilus::open_in_wezterm', paths=paths)]
+        else:
+            return []
+
+    def get_background_items(self, window, file):
+        paths = self._paths_to_open([file])
+        if paths:
+            return [self._make_item(name='WezTermNautilus::open_folder_in_wezterm', paths=paths)]
+        else:
+            return []
diff --git a/ci/PKGBUILD.template b/ci/PKGBUILD.template
index ac742fceb43..5756b0d448f 100644
--- a/ci/PKGBUILD.template
+++ b/ci/PKGBUILD.template
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ depends=(
   'xcb-util-keysyms'
   'xcb-util-wm'
 )
+optdepends=(
+  'python-nautilus: WezTerm context menu in Nautilus'
+)
 source=(
   "wezterm::https://github.com/wez/wezterm/releases/download/${_tag}/WezTerm-${_tag}-Ubuntu16.04.AppImage"
   'LICENSE::https://github.com/wez/wezterm/raw/main/LICENSE.md'
@@ -56,4 +59,6 @@ package() {
                  "${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/org.wezfurlong.wezterm.png"
   install -Dm644 squashfs-root/usr/share/applications/org.wezfurlong.wezterm.desktop \
                  "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/org.wezfurlong.wezterm.desktop"
+  install -Dm644 squashfs-root/usr/share/nautilus-python/extensions/wezterm-nautilus.py \
+                 "${pkgdir}/usr/share/nautilus-python/extensions/wezterm-nautilus.py"
 }
diff --git a/ci/appimage.sh b/ci/appimage.sh
index b3a8de59b98..fdbde61495c 100755
--- a/ci/appimage.sh
+++ b/ci/appimage.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ install -Dsm755 -t AppDir/usr/bin target/release/strip-ansi-escapes
 install -Dm644 assets/icon/terminal.png AppDir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/org.wezfurlong.wezterm.png
 install -Dm644 assets/wezterm.desktop AppDir/usr/share/applications/org.wezfurlong.wezterm.desktop
 install -Dm644 assets/wezterm.appdata.xml AppDir/usr/share/metainfo/org.wezfurlong.wezterm.appdata.xml
+install -Dm644 assets/wezterm-nautilus.py AppDir/usr/share/nautilus-python/extensions/wezterm-nautilus.py
 
 [ -x /tmp/linuxdeploy ] || ( curl -L 'https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage' -o /tmp/linuxdeploy && chmod +x /tmp/linuxdeploy )
 
diff --git a/ci/deploy.sh b/ci/deploy.sh
index f182f267ddf..635fa0808ec 100755
--- a/ci/deploy.sh
+++ b/ci/deploy.sh
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ install -Dm644 assets/shell-integration/* -t %{buildroot}/etc/profile.d
 install -Dm644 assets/icon/terminal.png %{buildroot}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/org.wezfurlong.wezterm.png
 install -Dm644 assets/wezterm.desktop %{buildroot}/usr/share/applications/org.wezfurlong.wezterm.desktop
 install -Dm644 assets/wezterm.appdata.xml %{buildroot}/usr/share/metainfo/org.wezfurlong.wezterm.appdata.xml
+install -Dm644 assets/wezterm-nautilus.py %{buildroot}/usr/share/nautilus-python/extensions/wezterm-nautilus.py
 
 %files
 /usr/bin/wezterm
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ install -Dm644 assets/wezterm.appdata.xml %{buildroot}/usr/share/metainfo/org.we
 /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/org.wezfurlong.wezterm.png
 /usr/share/applications/org.wezfurlong.wezterm.desktop
 /usr/share/metainfo/org.wezfurlong.wezterm.appdata.xml
+/usr/share/nautilus-python/extensions/wezterm-nautilus.py
 /etc/profile.d/*
 EOF
 
@@ -203,6 +205,7 @@ EOF
         install -Dm644 assets/icon/terminal.png pkg/debian/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/org.wezfurlong.wezterm.png
         install -Dm644 assets/wezterm.desktop pkg/debian/usr/share/applications/org.wezfurlong.wezterm.desktop
         install -Dm644 assets/wezterm.appdata.xml pkg/debian/usr/share/metainfo/org.wezfurlong.wezterm.appdata.xml
+        install -Dm644 assets/wezterm-nautilus.py pkg/debian/usr/share/nautilus-python/extensions/wezterm-nautilus.py
         install -Dm644 assets/shell-integration/* -t pkg/debian/etc/profile.d
         if [[ "$BUILD_REASON" == "Schedule" ]] ; then
           debname=wezterm-nightly.$distro$distver