diff --git a/.config/zsh/completions/_openwwwimg b/.config/zsh/completions/_openwwwimg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8adbbe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/zsh/completions/_openwwwimg
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#compdef openwwwimg
+
+_arguments '-h[short help text]' '*:url:_urls'
+
+# Local Variables:
+# mode: shell-script
+# End:
diff --git a/.config/zsh/functions/openwwwimg b/.config/zsh/functions/openwwwimg
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a7da496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/zsh/functions/openwwwimg
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env zsh
+# Open images from URLs by downloading them and then opening them in
+# ${image_viewer}. If downloading fails, open in ${default_cmd} instead.
+
+setopt LOCAL_OPTIONS ERR_RETURN NO_UNSET PIPE_FAIL
+
+zmodload zsh/zutil
+local -a o_help=()
+zparseopts -D -K -- h=o_help
+if [[ ${#o_help} -ne 0 || ! -v 1 ]]; then
+    local ret=$(( ${#o_help} ^ 1 ))
+    print -u $(( 1 + ${ret} )) "usage: ${0} [-h] <URL> …"
+    return ${ret}
+fi
+local -a urls=(${@})
+
+local default_cmd="firefox"
+local image_viewer="viewnior"
+
+for url in ${urls}; do
+    if type ${image_viewer%% *} >& -; then
+        local file="$(mktemp --suffix='.openwwwimg')"
+        curl --silent --location --output ${file} ${url}
+        if [[ ${?} -eq 0 ]]; then
+            ${image_viewer} ${file}
+        else
+            ${default_cmd} ${url}
+        fi
+        rm -f ${file}
+    else
+        ${default_cmd} ${url}
+    fi
+done
diff --git a/.local/bin/urlhandler b/.local/bin/urlhandler
index 3908bc8..abcda47 100755
--- a/.local/bin/urlhandler
+++ b/.local/bin/urlhandler
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ if [[ ${#o_help} -ne 0 || ! -v 1 ]]; then
 fi
 local -a urls=(${@})
 
-autoload -U readwwwlog
+autoload -U readwwwlog openwwwimg
 zmodload zsh/pcre
 
 local default_cmd="firefox"
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ local -A assignments=(
     '^(gemini|gopher)://'                                   "kristall"
     '\.(log|txt)$'                                          "readwwwlog"
     '^https?://(www\.)?(dpaste|pastebin|irccloud)\.com/'    "readwwwlog"
+    '\.(webm|png|jpe?g|gif|svg|bmp|xcf)$'                   "openwwwimg"
 )
 
 local selected_cmd=${default_cmd}