diff --git a/libimagentryview/Cargo.toml b/libimagentryview/Cargo.toml
index 42b6fa8d..ca3cec15 100644
--- a/libimagentryview/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libimagentryview/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ log = "0.3"
 toml = "0.2.*"
 glob = "0.2.11"
 
+[dependencies.libimagrt]
+path = "../libimagrt"
+
 [dependencies.libimagstore]
 path = "../libimagstore"
 
diff --git a/libimagentryview/src/builtin/editor.rs b/libimagentryview/src/builtin/editor.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f35c98e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libimagentryview/src/builtin/editor.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+use libimagstore::store::Entry;
+use libimagrt::runtime::Runtime;
+use libimagrt::edit::edit_in_tmpfile;
+
+use viewer::Viewer;
+use result::Result;
+use error::ViewErrorKind as VEK;
+use error::ViewError as VE;
+
+pub struct EditorView<'a>(&'a Runtime<'a>);
+
+impl<'a> EditorView<'a> {
+    pub fn new(rt: &'a Runtime) -> EditorView<'a> {
+        EditorView(rt)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> Viewer for EditorView<'a> {
+    fn view_entry(&self, e: &Entry) -> Result<()> {
+        let mut entry = e.to_str().clone().to_string();
+        edit_in_tmpfile(self.0, &mut entry)
+            .map_err(|e| VE::new(VEK::ViewError, Some(Box::new(e))))
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/libimagentryview/src/builtin/mod.rs b/libimagentryview/src/builtin/mod.rs
index 449d9b67..ec41fd0f 100644
--- a/libimagentryview/src/builtin/mod.rs
+++ b/libimagentryview/src/builtin/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pub mod editor;
 pub mod plain;
 pub mod stdout;
 pub mod versions;
diff --git a/libimagentryview/src/error.rs b/libimagentryview/src/error.rs
index f26c6081..fbc31487 100644
--- a/libimagentryview/src/error.rs
+++ b/libimagentryview/src/error.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ generate_error_module!(
         Unknown              => "Unknown view error",
         GlobError            => "Error while glob()ing",
         PatternError         => "Error in glob() pattern",
-        PatternBuildingError => "Could not build glob() pattern"
+        PatternBuildingError => "Could not build glob() pattern",
+        ViewError            => "Failed to start viewer"
     );
 );
 
diff --git a/libimagentryview/src/lib.rs b/libimagentryview/src/lib.rs
index b31642f8..159e0fa2 100644
--- a/libimagentryview/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libimagentryview/src/lib.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ extern crate glob;
 extern crate toml;
 
 extern crate libimagstore;
+extern crate libimagrt;
 #[macro_use] extern crate libimagerror;
 
 pub mod error;