diff -u ../xfce4-terminal-0.6.3-old/terminal/terminal-preferences.c terminal/terminal-preferences.c
--- ../xfce4-terminal-0.6.3-old/terminal/terminal-preferences.c	2013-12-26 22:31:10.000000000 +0100
+++ terminal/terminal-preferences.c	2015-09-15 20:33:22.566798724 +0200
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
   PROP_WORD_CHARS,
   PROP_TAB_ACTIVITY_COLOR,
   PROP_TAB_ACTIVITY_TIMEOUT,
+  PROP_MIDDLE_CLICK_OPEN_URI,
   N_PROPERTIES,
 };
 
@@ -910,6 +911,17 @@
                            "-A-Za-z0-9,./?%&#:_=+@~",
                            G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
 
+  /**
+   * TerminalPreferences:middle-click-open-uri:
+   **/
+  preferences_props[PROP_MIDDLE_CLICK_OPEN_URI] =
+      g_param_spec_boolean ("middle-click-open-uri",
+                            NULL,
+                            "MiddleClickOpenUri",
+                            TRUE,
+                            G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
+
+
   /* install all properties */
   g_object_class_install_properties (gobject_class, N_PROPERTIES, preferences_props);
 }
diff -u ../xfce4-terminal-0.6.3-old/terminal/terminal-widget.c terminal/terminal-widget.c
--- ../xfce4-terminal-0.6.3-old/terminal/terminal-widget.c	2013-12-26 22:31:10.000000000 +0100
+++ terminal/terminal-widget.c	2015-09-15 20:16:01.000000000 +0200
@@ -398,13 +398,20 @@
                                     GdkEventButton  *event)
 {
   gboolean committed = FALSE;
+  gboolean middle_click_open_uri;
   gchar   *match;
   guint    signal_id = 0;
   gint     tag;
 
-  if (event->button == 2 && event->type == GDK_BUTTON_PRESS)
+  /* check whether to use ctrl-click or middle click to open URI */
+  g_object_get (G_OBJECT (TERMINAL_WIDGET (widget)->preferences),
+      "middle-click-open-uri", &middle_click_open_uri, NULL);
+
+  if ((event->type == GDK_BUTTON_PRESS) &&
+      (middle_click_open_uri ? (event->button == 2) : 
+       ((event->button == 1) && (event->state & GDK_CONTROL_MASK))))
     {
-      /* middle-clicking on an URI fires the responsible application */
+      /* clicking on an URI fires the responsible application */
       match = vte_terminal_match_check (VTE_TERMINAL (widget),
                                         event->x / VTE_TERMINAL (widget)->char_width,
                                         event->y / VTE_TERMINAL (widget)->char_height,