diff --git a/bin/domain/imag-contact/src/edit.rs b/bin/domain/imag-contact/src/edit.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77cca375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/domain/imag-contact/src/edit.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+//
+// imag - the personal information management suite for the commandline
+// Copyright (C) 2015-2019 Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de> and contributors
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version
+// 2.1 of the License.
+//
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+//
+
+#![deny(
+    non_camel_case_types,
+    non_snake_case,
+    path_statements,
+    trivial_numeric_casts,
+    unstable_features,
+    unused_allocation,
+    unused_import_braces,
+    unused_imports,
+    unused_must_use,
+    unused_mut,
+    unused_qualifications,
+    while_true,
+)]
+
+use std::process::exit;
+
+use failure::Error;
+use failure::err_msg;
+
+use libimagrt::runtime::Runtime;
+use libimagerror::trace::MapErrTrace;
+use libimagcontact::store::ContactStore;
+use libimagentryref::reference::fassade::RefFassade;
+use libimagentryref::hasher::default::DefaultHasher;
+use libimagentryref::reference::Ref;
+
+const TEMPLATE : &'static str = include_str!("../static/new-contact-template.toml");
+
+pub fn edit(rt: &Runtime) {
+    let scmd            = rt.cli().subcommand_matches("edit").unwrap();
+    let collection_name = rt.cli().value_of("contact-ref-collection-name").unwrap(); // default by clap
+    let ref_config      = libimagentryref::util::get_ref_config(&rt, "imag-contact").map_err_trace_exit_unwrap();
+    let hash            = scmd.value_of("hash").map(String::from).unwrap(); // safed by clap
+    let force_override  = true; // when editing, we want to override, right?
+
+    if rt.output_is_pipe() {
+        error!("Cannot spawn editor if output is a pipe!");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    ::util::find_contact_by_hash(rt, hash)
+        .for_each(|contact| {
+            let filepath = contact
+                .as_ref_with_hasher::<DefaultHasher>()
+                .get_path(&ref_config)
+                .map_err_trace_exit_unwrap();
+
+            let success = rt.editor()
+                .map_err_trace_exit_unwrap()
+                .ok_or_else(|| {
+                    err_msg("I have no editor configured. Cannot continue!")
+                })
+                .map_err_trace_exit_unwrap()
+                .arg(&filepath)
+                .status()
+                .map_err(Error::from)
+                .map_err_trace_exit_unwrap()
+                .success();
+
+            if !success {
+                error!("Editor failed!");
+                exit(1);
+            }
+
+            let _ = rt
+                .store()
+                .retrieve_from_path(&filepath, &ref_config, &collection_name, force_override)
+                .map_err_trace_exit_unwrap();
+        });
+}
+
diff --git a/bin/domain/imag-contact/src/main.rs b/bin/domain/imag-contact/src/main.rs
index bd429bd5..40ab8a09 100644
--- a/bin/domain/imag-contact/src/main.rs
+++ b/bin/domain/imag-contact/src/main.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ extern crate libimagerror;
 extern crate libimagutil;
 extern crate libimaginteraction;
 extern crate libimagentryedit;
+extern crate libimagentryref;
 
 use std::process::exit;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
@@ -79,10 +80,12 @@ use libimagcontact::deser::DeserVcard;
 mod ui;
 mod util;
 mod create;
+mod edit;
 
 use ui::build_ui;
 use util::build_data_object_for_handlebars;
 use create::create;
+use edit::edit;
 
 fn main() {
     let version = make_imag_version!();
@@ -100,6 +103,7 @@ fn main() {
                 "list"   => list(&rt),
                 "import" => import(&rt),
                 "show"   => show(&rt),
+                "edit"   => edit(&rt),
                 "find"   => find(&rt),
                 "create" => create(&rt),
                 other    => {
diff --git a/bin/domain/imag-contact/src/ui.rs b/bin/domain/imag-contact/src/ui.rs
index c07a938d..e4cf657c 100644
--- a/bin/domain/imag-contact/src/ui.rs
+++ b/bin/domain/imag-contact/src/ui.rs
@@ -92,6 +92,18 @@ pub fn build_ui<'a>(app: App<'a, 'a>) -> App<'a, 'a> {
                         .help("Format to format the contact when printing it"))
                    )
 
+        .subcommand(SubCommand::with_name("edit")
+                   .about("Edit contacts")
+                   .version("0.1")
+                   .arg(Arg::with_name("hash")
+                        .index(1)
+                        .takes_value(true)
+                        .required(true)
+                        .multiple(true)
+                        .value_name("HASH")
+                        .help("Edit the contact pointed to by this reference hash(es)"))
+                   )
+
         .subcommand(SubCommand::with_name("find")
                    .about("Find contact by grepping for a string (no regex yet)")
                    .version("0.1")