diff --git a/config.cc b/config.cc
index b1055333..2d74ec4f 100644
--- a/config.cc
+++ b/config.cc
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ HotKey::HotKey( QKeySequence const & seq ):
 
 QKeySequence HotKey::toKeySequence() const
 {
-  return QKeySequence( key1 | modifiers, key2 | modifiers );
+  int v2 = key2 ? ( key2 | modifiers ): 0;
+
+  return QKeySequence( key1 | modifiers, v2 );
 }
 
 Preferences::Preferences():
@@ -181,6 +183,9 @@ Group loadGroup( QDomElement grp, unsigned * nextId = 0 )
   g.name = grp.attribute( "name" );
   g.icon = grp.attribute( "icon" );
 
+  if ( !grp.attribute( "shortcut" ).isEmpty() )
+    g.shortcut = QKeySequence::fromString( grp.attribute( "shortcut" ) );
+
   QDomNodeList dicts = grp.elementsByTagName( "dictionary" );
 
   for( unsigned y = 0; y < dicts.length(); ++y )
@@ -632,6 +637,15 @@ void saveGroup( Group const & data, QDomElement & group )
     group.setAttributeNode( icon );
   }
 
+  if ( !data.shortcut.isEmpty() )
+  {
+    QDomAttr shortcut = dd.createAttribute( "shortcut" );
+
+    shortcut.setValue(  data.shortcut.toString() );
+
+    group.setAttributeNode( shortcut );
+  }
+
   for( vector< DictionaryRef >::const_iterator j = data.dictionaries.begin(); j != data.dictionaries.end(); ++j )
   {
     QDomElement dictionary = dd.createElement( "dictionary" );
diff --git a/config.hh b/config.hh
index fec41347..365b80f8 100644
--- a/config.hh
+++ b/config.hh
@@ -74,13 +74,14 @@ struct Group
 {
   unsigned id;
   QString name, icon;
+  QKeySequence shortcut;
   vector< DictionaryRef > dictionaries;
 
   Group(): id( 0 ) {}
 
   bool operator == ( Group const & other ) const
   { return id == other.id && name == other.name && icon == other.icon &&
-           dictionaries == other.dictionaries; }
+           dictionaries == other.dictionaries && shortcut == other.shortcut; }
 
   bool operator != ( Group const & other ) const
   { return ! operator == ( other ); }
diff --git a/dictgroupwidget.ui b/dictgroupwidget.ui
index f2db4edf..ba89583c 100644
--- a/dictgroupwidget.ui
+++ b/dictgroupwidget.ui
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@
        </property>
       </spacer>
      </item>
+     <item>
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>Shortcut:</string>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item>
+      <widget class="HotKeyEdit" name="shortcut"/>
+     </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
   </layout>
@@ -64,6 +74,11 @@
    <extends>QListWidget</extends>
    <header>groups_widgets.hh</header>
   </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>HotKeyEdit</class>
+   <extends>QLineEdit</extends>
+   <header>hotkeyedit.hh</header>
+  </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
diff --git a/groupcombobox.cc b/groupcombobox.cc
index 4833c0a4..e4a54523 100644
--- a/groupcombobox.cc
+++ b/groupcombobox.cc
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * Part of GoldenDict. Licensed under GPLv3 or later, see the LICENSE file */
 
 #include "groupcombobox.hh"
+#include <QEvent>
+#include <QShortcutEvent>
 
 GroupComboBox::GroupComboBox( QWidget * parent ): QComboBox( parent ),
   popupAction( this )
@@ -25,6 +27,11 @@ void GroupComboBox::fill( Instances::Groups const & groups )
 
   clear();
 
+  for( QMap< int, int >::iterator i = shortcuts.begin(); i != shortcuts.end(); ++i )
+    releaseShortcut( i.key() );
+
+  shortcuts.clear();
+
   for( unsigned x  = 0; x < groups.size(); ++x )
   {
     addItem( groups[ x ].makeIcon(),
@@ -32,9 +39,40 @@ void GroupComboBox::fill( Instances::Groups const & groups )
 
     if ( prevId == groups[ x ].id )
       setCurrentIndex( x );
+
+    // Create a shortcut
+
+    if ( !groups[ x ].shortcut.isEmpty() )
+    {
+      int id = grabShortcut( groups[ x ].shortcut );
+      setShortcutEnabled( id );
+
+      shortcuts.insert( id, x );
+    }
   }
 }
 
+bool GroupComboBox::event( QEvent * event )
+{
+  if ( event->type() == QEvent::Shortcut )
+  {
+    QShortcutEvent * ev = ( QShortcutEvent * ) event;
+
+    QMap< int, int >::const_iterator i = shortcuts.find( ev->shortcutId() );
+
+    if ( i != shortcuts.end() )
+    {
+      ev->accept();
+      setCurrentIndex( i.value() );
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return QComboBox::event( event );
+
+}
+
+
 void GroupComboBox::setCurrentGroup( unsigned id )
 {
   for( int x  = 0; x < count(); ++x )
diff --git a/groupcombobox.hh b/groupcombobox.hh
index 7539b21d..140d66d4 100644
--- a/groupcombobox.hh
+++ b/groupcombobox.hh
@@ -24,8 +24,15 @@ public:
   /// does nothing.
   void setCurrentGroup( unsigned id );
 
+
   /// Returns current group.
   unsigned getCurrentGroup() const;
+
+protected:
+
+  /// We handle shortcut events here.
+  virtual bool event( QEvent * event );
+
 private slots:
 
   void popupGroups();
@@ -33,6 +40,7 @@ private slots:
 private:
 
   QAction popupAction;
+  QMap< int, int > shortcuts;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/groups_widgets.cc b/groups_widgets.cc
index 9d573822..e1bd7984 100644
--- a/groups_widgets.cc
+++ b/groups_widgets.cc
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ DictGroupWidget::DictGroupWidget( QWidget * parent,
     if ( icons[ x ] == group.icon )
       ui.groupIcon->setCurrentIndex( x + 1 );
   }
+
+  ui.shortcut->setHotKey( Config::HotKey( group.shortcut ) );
 }
 
 Config::Group DictGroupWidget::makeGroup() const
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@ Config::Group DictGroupWidget::makeGroup() const
 
   g.icon = ui.groupIcon->itemData( ui.groupIcon->currentIndex() ).toString();
 
+  g.shortcut = ui.shortcut->getHotKey().toKeySequence();
+
   return g.makeConfigGroup();
 }
 
diff --git a/instances.cc b/instances.cc
index 6334596e..5e346114 100644
--- a/instances.cc
+++ b/instances.cc
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ Group::Group( Config::Group const & cfgGroup,
               vector< sptr< Dictionary::Class > > const & allDictionaries ):
   id( cfgGroup.id ),
   name( cfgGroup.name ),
-  icon( cfgGroup.icon )
+  icon( cfgGroup.icon ),
+  shortcut( cfgGroup.shortcut )
 {
   for( unsigned x = 0; x < cfgGroup.dictionaries.size(); ++x )
   {
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ Config::Group Group::makeConfigGroup()
   result.id = id;
   result.name = name;
   result.icon = icon;
+  result.shortcut = shortcut;
 
   for( unsigned x = 0; x < dictionaries.size(); ++x )
     result.dictionaries.push_back(
diff --git a/instances.hh b/instances.hh
index 0a989eb1..440e18e7 100644
--- a/instances.hh
+++ b/instances.hh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ struct Group
 {
   unsigned id;
   QString name, icon;
+  QKeySequence shortcut;
   vector< sptr< Dictionary::Class > > dictionaries;
 
   /// Instantiates the given group from its configuration. If some dictionary