diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/AddLinksDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/AddLinksDialog.cpp
index f15d0121f..af1958b99 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/AddLinksDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/AddLinksDialog.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ AddLinksDialog::AddLinksDialog(QString url, QWidget *parent)
   
   connect( ui.anonBox, SIGNAL( stateChanged ( int ) ), this, SLOT( load ( void  ) ) );
 
-  ui.linkLineEdit->setReadOnly(true);
   ui.linkLineEdit->setText(url);
 
   RetroShareLink link(url);
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/AddLinksDialog.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/AddLinksDialog.ui
index a2dfaf19b..04b9363a4 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/AddLinksDialog.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/AddLinksDialog.ui
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>614</width>
-    <height>429</height>
+    <height>415</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/LinksDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/LinksDialog.cpp
index d7f9141f7..f02e2f130 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/LinksDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/LinksDialog.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 #include "LinksDialog.h"
 #include "RetroShareLink.h"
+#include "AddLinksDialog.h"
 #include <retroshare/rspeers.h>
 #include <retroshare/rsrank.h>
 #include <retroshare/rsfiles.h>
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ LinksDialog::LinksDialog(QWidget *parent)
   /* add button */
   connect( ui.addButton, SIGNAL( clicked( void ) ), this, SLOT( addLinkComment( void ) ) );
   connect( ui.expandButton, SIGNAL( clicked( void ) ), this, SLOT( toggleWindows( void ) ) );
+  
+  connect( ui.pushButton, SIGNAL( clicked( ) ), this, SLOT( addNewLink( ) ) );
 
   connect( ui.linkTreeWidget, SIGNAL( currentItemChanged ( QTreeWidgetItem *, QTreeWidgetItem * ) ),
   		this, SLOT( changedItem ( QTreeWidgetItem *, QTreeWidgetItem * ) ) );
@@ -1043,3 +1046,13 @@ void LinksDialog::anchorClicked (const QUrl& link )
 		QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl(newAddress));
 	}
 }
+
+void LinksDialog::addNewLink()
+{
+
+	AddLinksDialog *nAddLinksDialog = new AddLinksDialog("");
+
+	nAddLinksDialog->show();
+
+	/* window will destroy itself! */
+}
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/LinksDialog.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/LinksDialog.h
index d30cb30d6..cf55ea134 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/LinksDialog.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/LinksDialog.h
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ private slots:
   void checkUpdate();
   
   void anchorClicked (const QUrl &);
+  
+  void addNewLink();
 
 private:
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/LinksDialog.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/LinksDialog.ui
index 2d867b778..59055342b 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/LinksDialog.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/LinksDialog.ui
@@ -556,6 +556,25 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
         </property>
        </spacer>
       </item>
+      <item row="0" column="3">
+       <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButton">
+        <property name="styleSheet">
+         <string notr="true">QPushButton:hover { 
+border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
+}</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Add new link</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="icon">
+         <iconset resource="images.qrc">
+          <normaloff>:/images/edit_add24.png</normaloff>:/images/edit_add24.png</iconset>
+        </property>
+        <property name="flat">
+         <bool>true</bool>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>