diff --git a/core/css/header.scss b/core/css/header.scss
index 3805dd493e7..619852faf60 100644
--- a/core/css/header.scss
+++ b/core/css/header.scss
@@ -294,19 +294,21 @@ nav {
 		max-height: 32px;
 		max-width: 32px;
 	}
-	/* loading feedback for apps */
-	.app-loading {
-		.icon-loading-small-dark {
-			display: inline !important;
-			position: absolute;
-			left: 12px;
-			width: 16px;
-			height: 16px;
-		}
-		.app-icon {
-			-ms-filter: 'progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=0)';
-			opacity: 0;
-		}
+
+}
+
+/* loading feedback for apps */
+.app-loading {
+	.icon-loading-small-dark {
+		display: inline !important;
+		position: absolute;
+		left: 12px;
+		width: 16px;
+		height: 16px;
+	}
+	.app-icon {
+		-ms-filter: 'progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=0)';
+		opacity: 0;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -467,6 +469,9 @@ nav {
 			opacity: .6;
 		}
 	}
+	.app-loading .icon-loading-small-dark {
+		top:12px;
+	}
 
 
 	li:hover a,
diff --git a/core/js/js.js b/core/js/js.js
index 5fdafa6e412..95c00dd6448 100644
--- a/core/js/js.js
+++ b/core/js/js.js
@@ -1398,6 +1398,7 @@ function initCore() {
 		// toggle the navigation
 		var $toggle = $('#header .header-appname-container');
 		var $navigation = $('#navigation');
+		var $appmenu = $('#appmenu');
 
 		// init the menu
 		OC.registerMenu($toggle, $navigation);
@@ -1427,6 +1428,20 @@ function initCore() {
 				OC.hideMenus(function(){return false});
 			}
 		});
+
+		$appmenu.delegate('a', 'click', function(event) {
+			var $app = $(event.target);
+			if(!$app.is('a')) {
+				$app = $app.closest('a');
+			}
+			if(event.which === 1 && !event.ctrlKey && !event.metaKey) {
+				$app.addClass('app-loading');
+			} else {
+				// Close navigation when opening app in
+				// a new tab
+				OC.hideMenus(function(){return false});
+			}
+		});
 	}
 
 	function setupUserMenu() {