diff --git a/native/atom_cef_client.cpp b/native/atom_cef_client.cpp
index b6e8ae0c3..96f788d78 100644
--- a/native/atom_cef_client.cpp
+++ b/native/atom_cef_client.cpp
@@ -26,9 +26,14 @@ bool AtomCefClient::OnProcessMessageReceived(CefRefPtr<CefBrowser> browser,
   if (name == "open") {
     bool hasArguments = message->GetArgumentList()->GetSize() == 1;
     hasArguments ? Open(message->GetArgumentList()->GetString(0)) : Open();
+      return true;
+  }
+  if (name == "newWindow") {
+    NewWindow();
     return true;
   }
 
+
   return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/native/atom_cef_client.h b/native/atom_cef_client.h
index 5256d51f8..014de4701 100644
--- a/native/atom_cef_client.h
+++ b/native/atom_cef_client.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ class AtomCefClient : public CefClient,
 
   void Open(std::string path);
   void Open();
+  void NewWindow();
 
   IMPLEMENT_REFCOUNTING(AtomCefClient);
   IMPLEMENT_LOCKING(AtomCefClient);
diff --git a/native/atom_cef_client_mac.mm b/native/atom_cef_client_mac.mm
index b8a9283e8..bbd95d2a8 100644
--- a/native/atom_cef_client_mac.mm
+++ b/native/atom_cef_client_mac.mm
@@ -16,4 +16,8 @@ void AtomCefClient::Open() {
     NSURL *url = [[panel URLs] lastObject];
     Open([[url path] UTF8String]);
   }
+}
+
+void AtomCefClient::NewWindow() {
+  [(AtomApplication *)[AtomApplication sharedApplication] open:nil];
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/atom.coffee b/src/app/atom.coffee
index cb54c75c6..fc88a057c 100644
--- a/src/app/atom.coffee
+++ b/src/app/atom.coffee
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ fs = require('fs')
 atom.configDirPath = fs.absolute("~/.atom")
 atom.configFilePath = fs.join(atom.configDirPath, "atom.coffee")
 atom.open = (args...) -> @sendMessageToBrowserProcess('open', args)
+atom.newWindow = (args...) -> @sendMessageToBrowserProcess('newWindow', args)
diff --git a/src/app/keymap.coffee b/src/app/keymap.coffee
index 7c75682e2..eff396131 100644
--- a/src/app/keymap.coffee
+++ b/src/app/keymap.coffee
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Keymap
       'meta-,': 'open-user-configuration'
       'meta-o': 'open'
 
-    $(document).on 'new-window', => $native.newWindow()
+    $(document).on 'new-window', => atom.newWindow()
     $(document).on 'open-user-configuration', => atom.open(atom.configFilePath)
     $(document).on 'open', => atom.open()