diff --git a/src/js/vapi-background.js b/src/js/vapi-background.js
index a4918859a..43445308a 100644
--- a/src/js/vapi-background.js
+++ b/src/js/vapi-background.js
@@ -718,6 +718,11 @@ if (window.chrome) {
                         e.stopPropagation();
                     }
 
+                    if (e.message.middleClickURL) {
+                        vAPI.lastMiddleClick = e.message;
+                        return;
+                    }
+
                     // blocking unwanted pop-ups
                     if (e.message.type === 'popup') {
                         if (typeof vAPI.tabs.onPopup === 'function') {
@@ -769,6 +774,20 @@ if (window.chrome) {
                 safari.application.addEventListener('beforeNavigate', function(e) {
                     // e.url is not present for local files or data URIs
                     if (e.url) {
+                        // beforeNavigate fires twice when opening a link with
+                        // middle click. Once with the same tab, second time with
+                        // the new tab. This hack tries to ignore the first one.
+                        if (vAPI.lastMiddleClick) {
+                            if (e.target === safari.application.activeBrowserWindow.activeTab
+                                && e.timeStamp - vAPI.lastMiddleClick.timeStamp <= 500
+                                && e.url === vAPI.lastMiddleClick.middleClickURL) {
+                                vAPI.lastMiddleClick = null;
+                                return;
+                            }
+
+                            vAPI.lastMiddleClick = null;
+                        }
+
                         vAPI.net.onBeforeRequest.callback({
                             name: 'canLoad',
                             target: e.target,
diff --git a/src/js/vapi-client.js b/src/js/vapi-client.js
index e9bfd63d1..a58ed1419 100644
--- a/src/js/vapi-client.js
+++ b/src/js/vapi-client.js
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ if (window.chrome) {
         return;
     }
 
+    var beforeLoadEvent = document.createEvent('Event');
+    beforeLoadEvent.initEvent('beforeload');
+
     var linkHelper = document.createElement('a');
     var onBeforeLoad = function(e, details) {
         if (e.url && e.url.slice(0, 5) === 'data:') {
@@ -274,8 +277,6 @@ if (window.chrome) {
         document.removeEventListener('DOMSubtreeModified', firstMutation, true);
         firstMutation = null;
         var randomEventName = parseInt(Math.random() * 1e15, 10).toString(36);
-        var beforeLoadEvent = document.createEvent('Event');
-        beforeLoadEvent.initEvent('beforeload');
 
         window.addEventListener(randomEventName, function(e) {
             var result = onBeforeLoad(beforeLoadEvent, e.detail);
@@ -342,6 +343,21 @@ if (window.chrome) {
     };
 
     window.addEventListener('contextmenu', onContextMenu, true);
+
+    window.addEventListener('mouseup', function(e) {
+        if (e.button !== 1) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        e = document.evaluate('ancestor-or-self::a[@href]', e.target, null, 9, null).singleNodeValue;
+
+        if (e && /^https?:$/.test(e.protocol)) {
+            safari.self.tab.canLoad(beforeLoadEvent, {
+                middleClickURL: e.href,
+                timeStamp: Date.now()
+            });
+        }
+    }, true);
 }
 
 })();