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diff --git a/src/clj/clojure/java/browse.clj b/src/clj/clojure/java/browse.clj
index d6f710b..3924245 100644
--- a/src/clj/clojure/java/browse.clj
+++ b/src/clj/clojure/java/browse.clj
@@ -10,14 +10,29 @@
   ^{:author "Christophe Grand",
     :doc "Start a web browser from Clojure"}
   clojure.java.browse
+  (:use [clojure.string :only (split)])
   (:require [clojure.java.shell :as sh])
-  (:import (java.net URI)))
+  (:import (java.net URI)
+           (java.io File)))
 
-(defn- macosx? []
+(defn- macosx?
+  "Determine if we're currently running on Mac OS X."
+  []
   (-> "os.name" System/getProperty .toLowerCase
-    (.startsWith "mac os x")))
+      (.startsWith "mac os x")))
 
-(def ^:dynamic *open-url-script* (when (macosx?) "/usr/bin/open"))
+(defn- exec-file
+  [x]
+  (and (.exists (File. x)) x))
+
+(defn- get-xdg-open
+  "Determine the path to freedesktop.org's xdg-open, which is used on various
+   platforms such as GNU/Linux and BSD to open URIs"
+  []
+  (some exec-file (map (partial format "%s/xdg-open")
+                       (-> (System/getenv) (get "PATH") (split #":")))))
+
+(def ^:dynamic *open-url-script* (if (macosx?) "/usr/bin/open" (get-xdg-open)))
 
 (defn- open-url-in-browser
   "Opens url (a string) in the default system web browser.  May not