diff --git a/verify/mainwindow.cpp b/verify/mainwindow.cpp
index e66947c58..18d5c321f 100644
--- a/verify/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/verify/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <set>
 
+#include <QFileDialog>
+
 static void arrayIndex(const Tokenizer &tokenizer, std::set<unsigned int> &errorlines);
 
 static unsigned char readChar(std::istream &istr)
@@ -49,8 +51,22 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent)
     : QMainWindow(parent), ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
 {
     ui->setupUi(this);
+    connect(ui->actionOpen, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(open()));
+}
 
-    const std::string fileName("../lib/tokenize.cpp");
+MainWindow::~MainWindow()
+{
+    delete ui;
+}
+
+void MainWindow::open()
+{
+    const std::string fileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this,
+                                 tr("Open File"),
+                                 "",
+                                 "cpp files (*.cpp)").toStdString();
+    if (fileName.empty())
+        return;
 
     setWindowTitle(fileName.c_str());
 
@@ -99,11 +115,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent)
         }
         ui->plainTextEdit->setPlainText(QString::fromStdString(report.str()));
     }
-}
 
-MainWindow::~MainWindow()
-{
-    delete ui;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/verify/mainwindow.h b/verify/mainwindow.h
index 421b62137..34db65a84 100644
--- a/verify/mainwindow.h
+++ b/verify/mainwindow.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 namespace Ui
 {
-    class MainWindow;
+class MainWindow;
 }
 
 class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ public:
     MainWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);
     ~MainWindow();
 
+private slots:
+    void open();
+
 private:
     Ui::MainWindow *ui;
 };
diff --git a/verify/mainwindow.ui b/verify/mainwindow.ui
index 93a032cf6..5a93f241f 100644
--- a/verify/mainwindow.ui
+++ b/verify/mainwindow.ui
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@
      <height>25</height>
     </rect>
    </property>
+   <widget class="QMenu" name="menuFile">
+    <property name="title">
+     <string>File</string>
+    </property>
+    <addaction name="actionOpen"/>
+   </widget>
+   <addaction name="menuFile"/>
   </widget>
   <widget class="QToolBar" name="mainToolBar">
    <attribute name="toolBarArea">
@@ -43,6 +50,11 @@
    </attribute>
   </widget>
   <widget class="QStatusBar" name="statusBar"/>
+  <action name="actionOpen">
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Open..</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
  </widget>
  <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11"/>
  <resources/>