diff --git a/src/app/select-list.coffee b/src/app/select-list.coffee
index c69f4c51b..01c9e86c9 100644
--- a/src/app/select-list.coffee
+++ b/src/app/select-list.coffee
@@ -79,10 +79,13 @@ class SelectList extends View
       @loading.text(message)
       @loadingArea.show()
 
+  getFilterQuery: ->
+    @miniEditor.getText()
+
   populateList: ->
     return unless @array?
 
-    filterQuery = @miniEditor.getText()
+    filterQuery = @getFilterQuery()
     if filterQuery.length
       filteredArray = fuzzyFilter(@array, filterQuery, key: @filterKey)
     else
diff --git a/src/packages/fuzzy-finder/lib/fuzzy-finder-view.coffee b/src/packages/fuzzy-finder/lib/fuzzy-finder-view.coffee
index 68134bf37..1680b4e47 100644
--- a/src/packages/fuzzy-finder/lib/fuzzy-finder-view.coffee
+++ b/src/packages/fuzzy-finder/lib/fuzzy-finder-view.coffee
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ $ = require 'jquery'
 humanize = require 'humanize-plus'
 fsUtils = require 'fs-utils'
 LoadPathsTask = require './load-paths-task'
+Point = require 'point'
 
 module.exports =
 class FuzzyFinderView extends SelectList
@@ -64,22 +65,39 @@ class FuzzyFinderView extends SelectList
         @div fsUtils.base(path), class: "primary-line file #{typeClass}"
         @div projectRelativePath, class: 'secondary-line path'
 
-  openPath: (path) ->
-    rootView.open(path, {@allowActiveEditorChange}) if path
+  openPath: (path, lineNumber) ->
+    return unless path
+
+    rootView.open(path, {@allowActiveEditorChange})
+    @moveToLine(lineNumber)
+
+  moveToLine: (lineNumber=-1) ->
+    return unless lineNumber >= 0
+
+    if editor = rootView.getActiveView()
+      position = new Point(lineNumber)
+      editor.scrollToBufferPosition(position, center: true)
+      editor.setCursorBufferPosition(position)
+      editor.moveCursorToFirstCharacterOfLine()
 
   splitOpenPath: (fn) ->
     {path} = @getSelectedElement()
     return unless path
+
+    lineNumber = @getLineNumber()
     if pane = rootView.getActivePane()
       fn(pane, project.open(path))
+      @moveToLine(lineNumber)
     else
-      @openPath(path)
+      @openPath(path, lineNumber)
 
   confirmed : ({path}) ->
     return unless path.length
+
     if fsUtils.isFile(path)
+      lineNumber = @getLineNumber()
       @cancel()
-      @openPath(path)
+      @openPath(path, lineNumber)
     else
       @setError('Selected path does not exist')
       setTimeout((=> @setError()), 2000)
@@ -133,6 +151,22 @@ class FuzzyFinderView extends SelectList
             @attach()
             @miniEditor.setText(currentWord)
 
+  getFilterQuery: ->
+    query = super
+    colon = query.indexOf(':')
+    if colon is -1
+      query
+    else
+      query[0...colon]
+
+  getLineNumber: ->
+    query = @miniEditor.getText()
+    colon = query.indexOf(':')
+    if colon is -1
+      -1
+    else
+      parseInt(query[colon+1..]) - 1
+
   setArray: (paths) ->
     projectRelativePaths = paths.map (path) ->
       projectRelativePath = project.relativize(path)
diff --git a/src/packages/fuzzy-finder/spec/fuzzy-finder-spec.coffee b/src/packages/fuzzy-finder/spec/fuzzy-finder-spec.coffee
index 6fec9f6fc..3992bdd5d 100644
--- a/src/packages/fuzzy-finder/spec/fuzzy-finder-spec.coffee
+++ b/src/packages/fuzzy-finder/spec/fuzzy-finder-spec.coffee
@@ -528,3 +528,25 @@ describe 'FuzzyFinder', ->
         rootView.trigger 'fuzzy-finder:toggle-buffer-finder'
         expect(finderView.find('.status.new').length).toBe 1
         expect(finderView.find('.status.new').closest('li').find('.file').text()).toBe 'newsample.js'
+
+  describe "when the filter text contains a colon followed by a number", ->
+    it "opens the selected path to that line number", ->
+      rootView.attachToDom()
+      expect(rootView.find('.fuzzy-finder')).not.toExist()
+      [editor] = rootView.getEditors()
+      expect(editor.getCursorBufferPosition()).toEqual [0, 0]
+
+      rootView.trigger 'fuzzy-finder:toggle-buffer-finder'
+      expect(rootView.find('.fuzzy-finder')).toExist()
+      finderView.miniEditor.insertText(':4')
+      finderView.trigger 'core:confirm'
+
+      expect(editor.getCursorBufferPosition()).toEqual [3, 4]
+
+      rootView.trigger 'fuzzy-finder:toggle-buffer-finder'
+      expect(rootView.find('.fuzzy-finder')).toExist()
+      finderView.miniEditor.insertText(':10')
+      finderView.miniEditor.trigger 'pane:split-left'
+
+      expect(rootView.getActiveView()).not.toBe editor
+      expect(rootView.getActiveView().getCursorBufferPosition()).toEqual [9, 2]