diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/navigationsubwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/navigationsubwidget.cpp
index 354c7810e3f..0087980f040 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/navigationsubwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/navigationsubwidget.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <QDebug>
 
 #include <QHBoxLayout>
+#include <QMenu>
 #include <QResizeEvent>
 #include <QToolButton>
 
@@ -75,6 +76,12 @@ NavigationSubWidget::NavigationSubWidget(NavigationWidget *parentWidget, int pos
     QToolButton *splitAction = new QToolButton();
     splitAction->setIcon(QIcon(QLatin1String(Constants::ICON_SPLIT_HORIZONTAL)));
     splitAction->setToolTip(tr("Split"));
+    splitAction->setPopupMode(QToolButton::InstantPopup);
+    splitAction->setProperty("noArrow", true);
+    m_splitMenu = new QMenu(splitAction);
+    splitAction->setMenu(m_splitMenu);
+    connect(m_splitMenu, &QMenu::aboutToShow, this, &NavigationSubWidget::populateSplitMenu);
+
     QToolButton *close = new QToolButton();
     close->setIcon(QIcon(QLatin1String(Constants::ICON_BUTTON_CLOSE)));
     close->setToolTip(tr("Close"));
@@ -88,7 +95,6 @@ NavigationSubWidget::NavigationSubWidget(NavigationWidget *parentWidget, int pos
     setLayout(lay);
     lay->addWidget(m_toolBar);
 
-    connect(splitAction, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SIGNAL(splitMe()));
     connect(close, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SIGNAL(closeMe()));
 
     setFactoryIndex(factoryIndex);
@@ -136,6 +142,18 @@ void NavigationSubWidget::comboBoxIndexChanged(int factoryIndex)
     restoreSettings();
 }
 
+void NavigationSubWidget::populateSplitMenu()
+{
+    m_splitMenu->clear();
+    QAbstractItemModel *factoryModel = m_parentWidget->factoryModel();
+    int count = factoryModel->rowCount();
+    for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+        QModelIndex index = factoryModel->index(i, 0);
+        QAction *action = m_splitMenu->addAction(factoryModel->data(index).toString());
+        connect(action, &QAction::triggered, this, [this, i]() { emit splitMe(i); });
+    }
+}
+
 void NavigationSubWidget::setFocusWidget()
 {
     if (m_navigationWidget)
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/navigationsubwidget.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/navigationsubwidget.h
index f711e2ecc3c..afb56bef8c3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/navigationsubwidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/navigationsubwidget.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <QList>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+class QMenu;
 class QToolButton;
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
@@ -71,15 +72,18 @@ public:
     Command *command(const QString &title) const;
 
 signals:
-    void splitMe();
+    void splitMe(int factoryIndex);
     void closeMe();
 
 private slots:
     void comboBoxIndexChanged(int);
 
 private:
+    void populateSplitMenu();
+
     NavigationWidget *m_parentWidget;
     QComboBox *m_navigationComboBox;
+    QMenu *m_splitMenu;
     QWidget *m_navigationWidget;
     INavigationWidgetFactory *m_navigationWidgetFactory;
     Utils::StyledBar *m_toolBar;
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/navigationwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/navigationwidget.cpp
index 5e54004a184..3e359341f33 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/navigationwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/navigationwidget.cpp
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ Internal::NavigationSubWidget *NavigationWidget::insertSubItem(int position,int
     }
 
     Internal::NavigationSubWidget *nsw = new Internal::NavigationSubWidget(this, position, index);
-    connect(nsw, SIGNAL(splitMe()), this, SLOT(splitSubWidget()));
+    connect(nsw, &Internal::NavigationSubWidget::splitMe,
+            this, &NavigationWidget::splitSubWidget);
     connect(nsw, SIGNAL(closeMe()), this, SLOT(closeSubWidget()));
     insertWidget(position, nsw);
     d->m_subWidgets.insert(position, nsw);
@@ -281,11 +282,11 @@ void NavigationWidget::activateSubWidget(Id factoryId)
     }
 }
 
-void NavigationWidget::splitSubWidget()
+void NavigationWidget::splitSubWidget(int factoryIndex)
 {
     Internal::NavigationSubWidget *original = qobject_cast<Internal::NavigationSubWidget *>(sender());
     int pos = indexOf(original) + 1;
-    insertSubItem(pos, original->factoryIndex());
+    insertSubItem(pos, factoryIndex);
 }
 
 void NavigationWidget::closeSubWidget()
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/navigationwidget.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/navigationwidget.h
index 104d708d8da..145ef4913b0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/navigationwidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/navigationwidget.h
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ protected:
 
 private slots:
     void activateSubWidget();
-    void splitSubWidget();
+    void splitSubWidget(int factoryIndex);
     void closeSubWidget();
 
 private: