diff --git a/Core/Core.cc b/Core/Core.cc
index 8ad484cd987bcf7bb0568a17bc8453116fa6ee82..003bc4639bff44c0cae8caf10835242f295940d0 100644
--- a/Core/Core.cc
+++ b/Core/Core.cc
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ Core::init() {
     connect( coreWidget_, SIGNAL( resizeApplication(int,int) ), this, SLOT( resizeApplication(int,int) ) );
     connect( coreWidget_, SIGNAL( stopVideoCapture() ), this, SLOT( stopVideoCapture() ) );
     connect( coreWidget_, SIGNAL( startVideoCapture(QString,int,bool) ), this, SLOT( startVideoCapture(QString,int,bool) ) );
+    connect( coreWidget_, SIGNAL( dragOpenFile(QString)), this, SLOT(loadObject(QString)));
 
     connect(coreWidget_, SIGNAL(showPlugins())       , this, SLOT(slotShowPlugins()));
 
diff --git a/Core/Core.hh b/Core/Core.hh
index 2c706c5c8fae93db2d87ef282158a83ba3c2e917..d411d31b9726fc660c4ef0c34534ea1cb05dcb94 100644
--- a/Core/Core.hh
+++ b/Core/Core.hh
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ public slots:
     /** @name Basic functions
     * @{ */
    //===========================================================================
-private:
+private slots:
   /** \brief Load a new Object ( this may also be an ini or ofs file )
    *
    * This function tries to get the type of data to be loaded from the filename 
diff --git a/widgets/coreWidget/CoreWidget.hh b/widgets/coreWidget/CoreWidget.hh
index bc10bf26a4eb9b2ded481d5783c018a2b01e0a8e..14c3b0e9b829321ac210fe8727ba5b22fd9d0f86 100644
--- a/widgets/coreWidget/CoreWidget.hh
+++ b/widgets/coreWidget/CoreWidget.hh
@@ -903,13 +903,17 @@ public:
   /** @name Drag and Drop
    * @{ */
   //===========================================================================
+  
+  signals:
+    void dragOpenFile(QString _filename);
+  
   private slots:
     void startDrag( QMouseEvent* _event );
 
     void dragEnterEvent(QDragEnterEvent* _event);
 
     void dropEvent( QDropEvent* _event );
-
+    
   /** @} */
 
   private :
diff --git a/widgets/coreWidget/dragAndDrop.cc b/widgets/coreWidget/dragAndDrop.cc
index 389b9c6c0f1eb36bd31b98bc50a8272ab8386d06..520c50586686c75decbc82b3e2c202cec09c23e3 100644
--- a/widgets/coreWidget/dragAndDrop.cc
+++ b/widgets/coreWidget/dragAndDrop.cc
@@ -171,6 +171,15 @@ void CoreWidget::dropEvent ( QDropEvent* _event ) {
       _event->acceptProposedAction();
       return;
     }
+    
+    // Dropped file information
+    if ( view.left ( 4 ) == QString("file://") ) {
+      _event->acceptProposedAction();
+      emit dragOpenFile(view.remove(0,7));
+      return;
+    } 
+    
+    std::cerr << "Skipped unknown drop event : " << view.toStdString() << std::endl;
 
   }